PLM adoption in SMEs context

ABSTRACT

The increasing market needs and technologies evolution, push companies to develop competitive advantages based on adequate and intensive use of information technology and communication (ICT). However, SMEs do not realize the importance of ICT adoption, which becomes vital for the development, and are not always well equipped to adopt and integrate them to their activities.

The paper focused on issues regarding the ICT adoption, especially PLM solutions by SMEs. By analyzing the PLM definitions and works done, we explored indicators that impact positively or negatively ICT and PLM adoption. This paper proposes a model, currently theoretical, with empirical validation proposal through a survey.

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

KEYWORDS:

• PLM
• SMEs
• ICT adoption

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement is made to the European Union for the support of this research through the European Program INTERREG IVA France-Channel-UK by funding project entitled “Building an Expertise Network for an Efficient Innovation & Training System (BENEFITS).

ORCID

Mourad Messaadia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3912-1788

David Baudry http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4386-4496

Anne Louis http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4414-2126

Sara Mahdikhah http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-269X

Richard Evans http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-0560

James Gao http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-3654

Thierry Paquet http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2044-7542

M'hammed Sahnoun http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3515-8118