About Metafore

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Our Company

Metafore is an independent full-service product lifecycle management (PLM) solution provider.

We help organizations to drive innovation, accelerate revenues, increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, improve quality, ensure compliance, and shorten time-to-market through the integration and resourceful utilization of PLM processes and technologies.

We deliver PLM by assisting companies in the evaluation, implementation, and operation of the most appropriate PLM processes, practices, and technologies.

Our Services

We make PLM easy and affordable for organizations of all sizes by providing a full spectrum of services and offerings, including:

1. PLM Consulting
2. PLM Implementation
3. PLM Operation

Why Metafore?

• We understand PLM! For over 15 years our members have been assisting dozens of large, midsize and small companies in the successful evaluation, implementation and operation of PLM. Companies we have worked with include Apple, Argo-Tech, Cardinal Health, Caterpillar, Kavlico, Nestlé, Pilatus Aircraft, St. Jude Medical, Sulzer, Target, Thales Avionics and many more.
• We understand the market! We work with all major PLM software companies, including Arena Solutions, Dassault Systemes, Oracle, PTC, SAP and Siemens, yet we are vendor and technology neutral.
• We understand the technology! We have profound technical expertise in most major PLM systems, including Agile, Arena, Eigner, eMatrix, Enovia, I-man, Metaphase, SAP PLM, Sherpa, SmarTeam, Teamcenter and Windchill.
• We understand your business! We have extensive practical experience in the following industries:
  - Aerospace & Defense
  - Automotive
  - Consumer goods
  - High-tech/Electronics
  - Machinery equipment
  - Medical devices
• We understand your needs! From general PLM education for executives and decision makers to the detailed definition of functional requirements, from out-of-the-box installation to the most complex application integration, from system upgrades to system administration we offer a full spectrum of PLM products and services.

What We Deliver

Comprehensive, Unbiased Information
Our vendor and technology independence enables and allows us to provide you with comprehensive and unbiased information and ensures that you can make the right decisions about PLM.

Proven Methodologies
Our experienced people and proven process transformation, technology evaluation and system implementation methodologies will ensure the design, implementation and operation of appropriate and cost-effective PLM solutions in the shortest possible time, allowing you to quickly drive desired business improvements and achieve the intended results.

Extensive Support in Every Phase of Your PLM Project
Many PLM consulting firms can help you with assessments, justifications, and system evaluations, but fall short or can not help you at all with the implementation.
PLM service firms can implement, but often do not understand your business and cannot assist you with the selection of the appropriate technology.
And PLM software vendors are primarily interested in selling their own technology, do usually not have the expertise to transform existing business processes, and often do not have the necessary resources to support broad implementations.

Metafore understands all aspects of PLM – people, processes and technology – and our experts will support you in every phase of your PLM project: Evaluation, implementation and operation.
 

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Contact us. We look forward to discussing with you how we can help!