Kingdee was selected for the Gartner PLM Software Market Guide

Recently, Gartner published the 2025 Market Guide for PLM Software in Discrete Manufacturing Industries, and Kingdee has become the first and only Chinese manufacturer to be included in this global report! For Kingdee, this selection represents a full recognition of its strong PLM product capabilities and rich industry experience. It also marks that in the PLM field dominated by foreign manufacturers, Kingdee is breaking the monopoly with advanced product concepts and actively innovative products, positioning itself among the global leading manufacturers.

The “Guide to PLM Software Market for Discrete Manufacturing” serves as an international report in the field of PLM and is a primary source of reference for many internationally renowned companies’ CIOs during the selection phase, providing product analysis and selection criteria for CIOs. According to the report insights, most PLM manufacturers are developing AI applications: “By 2026, over 80% of PLM manufacturers will use AI in key feature areas of the platform.” Kingdee, based on its long-term ERP business accumulation, is the first in the country to launch an enterprise-level digital management platform that integrates PLM and ERP, deeply integrating AI technology to connect internal and external data and business collaboration, helping enterprises efficiently and simply achieve integrated research, production, supply, and sales.

Currently, China has grown into the world’s largest manufacturing country. Improving research and development management capabilities and product innovation capabilities, as well as creating better product strength, has become a consensus among Chinese manufacturing enterprises. There is an urgent need to achieve independent innovation through a forward research and development model to help companies develop first-class products.

In the domain of digital construction for product development, Kingdee has accumulated nearly 30 years of knowledge and practical experience. As the first integrated digital management platform for PLM and ERP in China, Kingdee Cloud PLM is developed based on the country’s first independent and cloud-native architecture, the Kingdee Cloud Cosmic AI platform, and integrates multiple core management philosophies in the field of R&D management for modern manufacturing, aimed at supporting enterprises in building core product capabilities: On one hand, it deeply integrates IPD and forward research and development theories, helping medium and large enterprises enhance their product innovation capabilities and achieve the implementation of the IPD management system; on the other hand, it introduces mass customization theory to meet the market’s changing demands for a variety of small-batch business needs, while seamlessly connecting with the ERP system to provide an integrated solution for intelligent manufacturing.

Kingdee Cloud PLM deeply engages in the digital transformation of product innovation in the manufacturing industry, becoming a common choice for many companies such as Huahai Communication, Chipone Microelectronics, Fuhua Electronics, Huizhong Instrument, Huatuo Optoelectronics, Hangda Technology, Shuhua Sports, Weston Electric, Lanju Daily Chemical, Yingboer Electric, and Shanghai Lear, enhancing their R&D management capacity.

As a globally renowned enterprise management cloud SaaS company, Kingdee’s business has spread across 172 countries and regions, serving over 1,000 clients to achieve operations outside the Chinese Mainland. At the same time, Kingdee will also begin a comprehensive transformation into an enterprise management AI company, helping every customer around the world enhance new quality productivity by providing a powerful <x1>AI Platform</x1> and a rich array of <x2>Agents</x2>.

Currently, the wave of AI is surging, and enterprises are increasingly going global. Manufacturing enterprises must seize the dual opportunities of new technology and globalization, and dare to innovate in order to navigate the currents of the times and forge ahead bravely. In the future, Kingdee will continue to maintain its advantages in products and services, deeply integrating AI technology and management wisdom, empowering every enterprise globally, sharing the dividends of the era, and moving towards world-class status.