Question 1

What is Agile PLM?

Accepted Answer

Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a software solution designed to help companies manage their product development process from concept to launch and beyond. It enables organizations to automate and streamline their product development process, and provides a central hub for managing product data and collaboration between different teams and departments.

The main features of Oracle Agile PLM include:

Product Data Management (PDM): This module allows companies to store, organize, and access all product-related data in a centralized location. It includes tools for managing engineering data, bills of materials, documents, and change management.

Collaboration and Workflow Management: This module allows teams to collaborate and communicate more effectively by providing tools for managing tasks, approvals, and notifications. It also allows teams to define and manage their own workflows, helping to ensure that processes are consistent and efficient.

Engineering Change Management: This module enables organizations to manage changes to product data throughout the product lifecycle. It includes tools for tracking, approving and implementing changes, and also helps teams to ensure that changes are properly communicated and implemented.

Compliance Management: This module ensures that products comply with industry and regulatory standards. It includes tools for managing product certifications and compliance documentation and helps to ensure that products are designed and manufactured to meet the necessary requirements.

Business Intelligence and Analytics: This module provides business insights and analytics which allow teams to make data-driven decisions. It helps to track and evaluate the performance of products, identify trends and opportunities, and forecast future demand.

Oracle Agile PLM is widely used across different industries such as manufacturing, consumer goods, high-tech, and more. It allows teams to collaborate more efficiently, streamline workflows and improve the overall product development process. It is a comprehensive solution that enables companies to increase their competitiveness, reduce product development costs, and improve product quality.

Question 2

What are some common Agile PLM issues that customers experience?

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Difficulties in navigating Agile PLM also hinder the resolution of challenges. Some common troubleshooting Agile PLM issues that customers face include:

•    Agile Service Stopped itself automatically after a short interval of time.
•    Not able to start Cluster
•    Not able to login to Java Client
•    Session Terminated Error
•    Reset the administrator password
•    Change database user Password when its expired
•    Unable to Run ACP
•    Unable to Run Acollect
•    Unable to Run Averify
•    File Manager Failed to start
•    Not able to Add/Get Files 
•    Not able to view the Files using AutoVue

thrive.gs employs its years of experience managing many Agile Platforms. Therefore, it has created a method for evaluating the health of your Agile PLM platform and architecture.

Agile PLM Health Check (https://www.thrive.gs/agile-plm-health-check)from thrive.gs identifies the root causes of any performance issues and offers a comprehensive report with remedial recommendations. Support from thrive.gs develops a road map for resolving common difficulties and simplifies the troubleshooting process.

Question 3

How do I boost the performance of Oracle Agile PLM?

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There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as the optimal settings for a database or Weblogic server will vary depending on the specific application and usage patterns. However, some general tips for tuning databases and Weblogic servers include:

1.    SGA & PGA
2.    Heap Memory
3.    Shared Pool
4.    Large Pool
5.    Buffer Cache
6.    Redo Log Buffer
7.    Java Pool
8.    DB Connections

Question 4

Why do you need to upgrade to Agile PLM 9.3.6 or to the latest Agile PLM versions?

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First, businesses should upgrade since it includes numerous bug fixes and software enhancements and is a proactive business choice. If an upgrade is not possible owing to a lack of time or cash, organizations must engage break-fix help from industry professionals.

thrive.gs provides both choices to meet your requirements. When you engage thrive.gs for break-fix support, you are guaranteed to obtain a number of advantages. thrive.gs supports the bug-fixing of Agile PLM 9.3.6 versions and provides extensive performance analysis through benchmarking.

thrive.gs (https://www.thrive.gs/)urges companies to upgrade due to its unparalleled advantages. Among these are delta training, load testing, benchmarking, and the upgrade of all thrive.gs add-ons. In addition, an update enables your users to receive Oracle's assistance, which is exclusive to the most recent versions of Agile PLM.

Question 5

How does Agile PLM Health Check help to maintain the PLM system?

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Agile PLM Health Check is a powerful mechanism that helps you to keep track of your Oracle Agile PLM performance.(https://www.thrive.gs/agile-plm-health-check) Our Agile PLM Health check contains the following recommendations:

1.    Hardware Review and Recommendations
2.    Software Review and Recommendations
3.    Validate Backup/Restore Mechanism
4.    Averify Issues
5.    Load Testing
6.    Heap Memory
7.    Thread Dump
8.    JVM Settings
10.   Tomcat Settings
11.    Database Settings
12.    Review Logs

thrive.gs ensures that applying the above recommendations helps in identifying potential difficulties and implementing corrective measures.

Question 6

Why do we need multiple FM servers?

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If the physical location of your offices varies, you'll need to deploy a separate FM server there. Workspace members can use DFM to store and share files.

Question 7

What is workflow in Agile PLM?

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1. An Agile PLM workflow is an automated sequence of statuses that a routable object follows as it goes through a company‘s change control process. When users create a routable object, they select a workflow from the list of workflows that are available for that routable object.
A workflow can contain any number of statuses. Status names are editable, but their underlying status types are not. Only one status type, Pending, is required and this must be the first status in the workflow. Three status types—Submit, Review, and Released—may be used multiple times in a workflow, with unique names for each instance. Review and Released are the most versatile status types.

Each and every status in a workflow‘s status list comprises status properties and criteria specific properties.

Status properties define some specific actions that can be automatically triggered or manually performed—or both. Status properties determine what happens to the routable object when assigned people approve, reject, or even forget to review the routable object
Criteria-specific properties are defined by filters called reusable criteria, which are created separately and stored in the Criteria node. Each individual status may have many criteria specific properties. Criteria-specific properties describe specific actions that are triggered (automatically, or they can be manually performed) if the routable object meets the conditions defined in the reusable criteria while the routable object is entering or exiting a status. Criteria Specific properties apply to individual statuses, not to the workflow as a whole.

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Question 8

What is redlining in Agile PLM?

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1. Red lining highlights the changes made to an object in red during a change process. ECOs, MCOs, PCOs and SCOs are the only changes that have redlining functions.

You can redline BOM and AML data and attachments using an ECO. In addition, you can create change-controlled redline modifications to item attributes.

You can redline AML data using an MCO. In addition, you can create change-controlled redline modifications to item attributes.

You can redline site-specific BOM data and site-specific AML data using an SCO, but only against the latest released revision.

You can redline prices using a PCO. Using the redlining feature, you can publish the price to your customers. For example, if you have renegotiated the price of a particular item with your supplier and you want to publish the new price, you can redline the price and route it through a PCO.

You can redline an affected item by creating a change order, add an affected item in the affected item’s tab.Click on “Add”, search for an already existing object or create a new one.

Select the row, Redlines for objects will show up in the lower half of the screen. Click on “Edit”, change the already existing values for attributes or add new values to the attributes, add components to Bom etc and click on save.All the changes done will be highlighted in “Red”. We have three more buttons other than “Edit”; “Redlines Only”,”undo All Redlines” and “More”.If you want to see the redlines tab in more screen mode, click on “More” and select “Full Display Mode”. To see only Redlines, click on  “Redlines Only” and to undo the redlines, click on ”undo All Redlines”. These buttons are only present in the “Title Block” tab of Redlines.

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Question 9

What is required to run Agile PLM Mobile?

Accepted Answer

Agile users need to install a mobile app patch on agile to enable Agile functionality that supports the mobile app.

Question 10

How do I make sure a notification is being sent in Agile PLM 9.3.5?

Accepted Answer

There is an option in javaClient. This is where we can check notifications are working or not.

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Question 11

What is an item master in Agile PLM?

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The entire collection of Items - Parts, Documents, and other user-defined subclasses of the Items class is maintained under change control in the Agile system. This term is mostly used in PCM and PCM stands for Product Cost Management.

Question 12

Where do I configure the port for the Agile PLM web client?

Accepted Answer

To configure Agile with different port we need to update port in multiple locations:
A.	Login to webadmin with superadmin user
B.	Home >Summary of Environment >Summary of Servers >agile936-Agile
C.	Change http listener port

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D.	Update the pcclient.jnlp, custom.jnlp, ext.jnlp & jndiurl.properties under application.ear

Question 13

Why should I use Agile PLM?

Accepted Answer

Agile PLM is a comprehensive and flexible PLM platform that can help your company improve collaboration, innovation, and agility throughout the product development process. With Agile PLM, you can manage all aspects of your product development lifecycle in one place, streamlining communication and reducing the risk of errors. Agile PLM also offers a range of tools and features that can help you accelerate product development and increase efficiency.

Question 14

How does Agile PLM integrate with other enterprise systems?

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Agile PLM can integrate with a wide range of enterprise systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. This allows organizations to connect and share data between their PLM and other critical business systems, providing a more comprehensive and integrated view of product development processes. Some key benefits of this integration include improved data accuracy, enhanced collaboration and communication, and streamlined business processes. Many organizations use specialized integration software or services to facilitate the integration of Agile PLM with their other enterprise systems.

Question 15

Can Agile PLM be customized to fit the unique needs of an organization?

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Yes, Agile PLM is a highly customizable platform that can be tailored to fit the unique needs of an organization. It allows users to easily modify and configure various aspects of the system to support their specific processes and requirements. This includes the ability to create custom fields, workflows, and user interfaces, as well as to integrate with other systems and tools used by the organization. By providing this level of flexibility, Agile PLM can be adapted to support a wide range of product development and lifecycle management processes.

Question 16

How much do our services cost?

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The cost of our services varies depending on the specific features and options you choose. Contact our sales team for a customized quote based on your company's specific needs and requirements.

Question 17

How can I learn more about Agile PLM?

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You can learn more about Agile PLM by visiting our website and browsing our product information and resources. You can also contact our sales team to request more information.

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