PLM Definition for Companies & Consumers

Is PLM a strategy, a way to manage data, a method to create products?  Or something else?  This video explains Product Lifecycle Management in a fun and friendly way.  
http://www.3ds.com/plm
http://perspectives.3ds.com/design/pl...

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