Speaker

Marcus Krastel, PhD, Managing Director, Engineering Methods AG

Title

CLM as the Backbone of Software-Defined Product Lifecycles

As products evolve into complex, software-driven systems, managing configurations across sales, engineering, manufacturing, service, and operations becomes significantly more challenging. Treating software as just another item in the eBOM is no longer sufficient. Internal efficiency pressures, customer expectations for traceability and cybersecurity transparency, and regulatory demands such as Digital Product Passports (DPP) and ICTS restrictions require a new approach.

This session explores how Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) serves as a holistic approach for integrating ALM and PLM within the broader enterprise architecture. Acting as the operational integration layer, CLM connects MBSE models, Product Line Engineering (PLE), software modules, bills of materials, IT system landscapes, and configuration decisions into a continuous digital configuration thread across the organization.ct Passports (DPP) and ICTS restrictions require a new approach.

Learn how a model-based target architecture combined with early stakeholder alignment lays the foundation for scalable implementation and enables configurable software components to be managed consistently across the entire lifecycle. The result is lower integration complexity, faster execution of changes, compliance by design, and a robust CLM architecture embedded at the core of PLM that ensures true end-to-end lifecycle continuity.ct Passports (DPP) and ICTS restrictions require a new approach.

Outcomes at a glance:

• MBSE and CLM work together
• PLM + ALM integration improves traceability
• A digital thread enables visibility and control