Plant lifecycle management

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Plant lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing an industrial facility's data and information throughout its lifetime. Plant lifecycle management differs from product lifecycle management by its primary focus on the integration of logical, physical and technical plant data in a combined plant model.

A PLM model can be used through a plants whole lifecycle, covering:

• Design,
• Construction,
• Erection,
• Commissioning,
• Handover,
• Operation,
• Maintenance/Refurbishment/Life Extension,
• Decommissioning,
• Land rehabilitation.