The Product Development Partnership

The Product Development Partnership provides expert consultation services to companies in the retail, footwear and apparel industries who are looking to implement new software or enhance their existing product lifecycle management (“PLM”). With several decades’ combined experience, a unique skill set and global expertise running the gamut from design to delivery, our services are informed, proven and completely impartial.

As fiercely independent world leaders with a long and proven history of PDM, CPM and PLM implementations (more than 150 successful projects spanning the globe) we know PLM, we have an absolute focus on best practice, and we work for nobody but our clients.

Latest News

Atlas Design Group Goes Live After Successful Implementation by PDP

(MANCHESTER, UK, 9 DECEMBER 2011) Atlas Design Group AB, a European leader in accessories, shirt, ties and underwear for men and women, has this week gone live on the Lawson Fashion PLM system, following a smooth implementation conducted by the Product Development Partnership.

Speaking Engagements - September & October 2011

Managing Director of PDP, Mark Harrop, was invited to speak at a series of PLM-focused events throughout September and October of 2011, reaching an audience that included representatives from some of the world's leading retailers, brands, manufacturers and PLM vendors.

PDP Selected to Implement Centric PLM For JD Sports

JD Sports Fashion PLC, having this month selected a PLM solution from Centric Software, Inc., has chosen PDP to conduct the implementation. With decades’ worth of experience and an absolute focus on the retail, footwear and apparel industries, PDP’s consultants will collaborate with Centric Software’s own global services team to ensure a smooth implementation.

PDP & WhichPLM Inform Daily Telegraph PLM Supplement

Mark Harrop, Managing Director of PDP and WhichPLM was, in June of 2011, featured in a Daily Telegraph supplement dedicated to the vital role that PLM has come to play in a range of industries. The supplement, which was issued to some of the highest-profile companies in the UK, highlights the importance of an effective PLM implementation and discusses the very latest ideas, technologies and breakthroughs in the field.

PDP Celebrates Mark Harrop’s 37th Year In Industry

At PDP, we recently celebrated the start of Managing Director, Mark Harrop's 37th year in the retailer, footwear and apparel industry. Taking in roles all the way from Cutting Room Manager to one of the world's leading independent PLM consultants, Mark has worked at every stage of the product development process in a career that began in earnest in 1974.

 

Please contact us directly with any specific PLM project queries. We charge nothing to listen and we are happy to discuss implementations, training and support on practically any scale.