The Challenge:
Establishing control over the product lifecycle is critical if manufacturers are to transform their processes of innovation and maximize value. 

The solution is to use Teamcenter Portfolio and Program Management.
Teamcenter offers a complete infrastructure for strategic planning, program and project management directly linked to detailed execution across the product lifecycle. Teamcenter for Portfolio and Program Management helps companies make the right strategic investments while ensuring their ability to execute and manage their initiatives. With modular solutions for Portfolio Management and Program Execution Management, Teamcenter provides a complete suite of Product Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions for the entire product lifecycle. 

Capabilities of Teamcenter Portfolio and Program Management:
Portfolio management prioritizes product innovation.
Teamcenter’s unique set of portfolio management capabilities help companies ensure that they are working on the right innovation projects with the right resources in the right strategic areas throughout the product lifecycle. A collaborative infrastructure for portfolio definition and management enables organizations to establish a formal environment where they can balance an often dizzying array of brands, product lines, product offerings, product options, technologies, investment opportunities and ideas while making complex portfolio decisions.
Within Teamcenter’s portfolio management environment, organizations can clearly define their company’s high level strategic goals through the use of weighted strategic objectives, scoring models and performance criteria that outline the relative merits of ideas, projects and programs throughout their lifecycle.

Program execution management ensures program performance
Teamcenter enhances program performance by increasing visibility and control over program deliverables and more accurately accounting for program execution. Teamcenter’s solution for program execution management provides executives, product managers and program managers with increased visibility into program performance, extending their control over deliverables and ensuring overall accountability.

Teamcenter provides total visibility to your most up-to-date and complete program information, including rolled-up performance metrics, process metrics, custom strategy-specific KPI and risk analysis metrics. This enables effective execution by understanding resource, time and financial demands across the product lifecycle.