Product lifecycle management (PLM) refers to the design, implementation, integration, monitoring, maintenance and decommissioning of something. PLM software can integrates design and production of parts or products, avoiding the need to design in one software and design controls for production in another software, preserving intellectual property and time along the way.
Control design is the process of creating devices and programming instructions that operate in a logic device (controller) and interact with sensors and actuators to monitor, change or optimize a process.