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Kaytek Consulting Director recently answered a query from a US-Based Professional Engineer seeking to switch to a Career in SAP-PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) from a Non-SAP PDM (Product Data Management) Background. The same is reproduced below. Background : I am software professional with 14+ years experience in PDM/CAD/CAE application development. From an academic background point of view I am a Mechanical Engineer from my BS to PhD from a top-notched Institute (IITM) in India. My PhD was mostly application software development for Aerospace and Defence Divisions. In recent past 8 years, I work for a major PDM vendor in the US; for developing its PDM Integration products. Some of the areas of my PDM / PLM experience come from Advanced Product Configurator BOM and Product Structure Editor Occurrence Data Management Team Data Management Document Managament Life Cycles Data Management CAD and Non-CAD data Product Data Management and Integration to PDM / PLM. My work involves PDM client customizations for various industry verticals that includes pre and post customer service with complete involvement in software life cycle. |
My role varies from an independent developer to team lead based on scope and content of the project. With this back ground, I am seriously considering a change to SAP PLM. I am a green card holder and would like to make this career change in US as such. Any additional comments/information on this topic are highly and sincerely appreciated. I have tried to get the answer for these question in some SAP forums but with no luck. Your feed back and suggestions are highly appreciated. My questions are as follows :  Question-1 : I am thinking learning SAP MM / PP as functional skills and NetWeaver for technical skills. Which ever opportunity comes first I will pick up that and go for the rest of the list one by one. When ever I get the choice for learning/switching to PLM I will go for it. Based on my back ground/experience, is this a good strategy? Do you have any comments on this approach ? Answer-1 : In addition to the above SAP functional modules, my humble suggestion would also be SAP CRM or SAP SCM since PLM tightly integrates with these modules. Netwaeaver is fine. It is a core SAP technology and your background should manage the same easily. Question-2 : Does my background maps to that of a SAP PLM expert? Answer-2 : I would not say SAP PLM expert, but Yes; PLM in general. What is PLM ? From one of the old AMR research reports, PLM is PDM + Collaborative Product Design + Direct Material Sourcing + Customer Needs Management + Product Portfolio Management. Question-3 : Can I leverage my current professional and academic background to be SAP PLM professional/expert ? Yes. With adequate knowledge and atleast one / two actual SAP PLM projects in the future. |
Question-4 : If so, possibly, what could be the back ground mapping rate to SAP PLM ? Answer-4 : I would say quite good, though not 100 %. Question-5 : Is it necessary to go through SAP ABAP training before getting trained in SAP PLM? Answer-5 : SAP Netweaver should be fine. Formally learning ABAP may not be required since compared to your background of C, C++, it is much simpler. You can always learn ABAP in a self-study mode. Question-6 : In general what is the market growth for SAP PLM compared to its competitors like IBM Dassault, UGS TeamCenter ? Answer-6 : I do not know the actual market growth rates. Perhaps smart Googling (using the Search Box below) might help. However, I do know that SAP has a strong enterprise base and is serious about their PLM offering. Thanks you very for your feed back which is useful in my efforts to switch to SAP PLM. I apreciate your time and valuable suggestions and comments. PLM 
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