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PHM and the product record — closing the loop

How in-service sensor data, reliability models, and the PLM record can stay connected — and why most architectures break this connection by accident.

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What "closing the loop" actually means

In progress. The closed-loop architecture isn't a single product — it's a set of contracts between PHM, reliability, and PLM.

Where the loop breaks

The three architectural seams where this connection tends to dissolve.