Today at the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) 2004 International Conference, Microsoft Corp. announced its new Program for Collaborative Product Development (CPD), created to help manufacturers deliver products to market faster in today's competitive environment while reducing product development costs. The program is designed to help companies understand how to better leverage existing technology investments to ensure successful collaboration for product development now and in the future. It focuses on two critical areas of product life-cycle management (PLM) in manufacturing as defined by leading industry analyst firms: product design and collaboration (PDC) and portfolio and program management (PPM). Microsoft's customers and partners are already succeeding with the new program as a growing number of leading enterprise manufacturers adopt Microsoft®-based solutions.
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