Provide a platform for sharing the product information required for global manufacturing Improve the QCDE of products, and support customer business expansion
Special 30th Anniversary of "Obbligato":30 years of playing the "sub melody" across 1,000 Japanese manufacturing companies, and a new vision for PLM from Japan
Dec 25 2023
Learning from advanced PLM use cases Vol2: PLM Strategy for improvement of business capability and Digital Transformation (DX)
Oct 13 2023
Learning from advanced PLM use cases Vol1: PLM Strategy for improvement of business capability and Digital Transformation (DX)
Oct 04 2022
Effective utilization of BOP vol3: Merits of BOP and new value of PLM
Sep 13 2022
Effective utilization of BOP vol2: Case study – How to use BOP by industry
Jul 5 2023
NEC PLM ”Obbligato” recognized in 2022 Gartner®Market Guide for PLM Software in Discrete Manufacturing Industries*NEC was listed as one of the 10 Representative PLM Vendors
Apr 28 2022
Effective utilization of BOP vol1: What is a BOP?
Mar 25 2022
Case KITZ Corporation Automatic deployment of BOMs from engineering to manufacturing, starting from the 3D model
Dec 08 2021
Integrated BOM Column Vol.1: What is a BOM?
Sep 07 2021
PLM Column Vol.1: The secret to the success of the product development process reform
Sanden, Argo Graphics and NEC introduce PLM system for managing design and manufacturing processes globally
Product Lineup
NEC provides a cloud-based PLM service named "Obbligato for SaaS" and also an on-premise PLM product named "Obbligato". Please select a proper product according to customer’s environment, purpose, and budget. Customers can also shift from "Obbligato for SaaS" to "Obbligato" step by step.In addition, "Obbligato" will evolve into the fourth generation "Obbligato" by reforming its platform to respond to rapid digitization and business model transformation.
Obbligato
Obbligato for SaaS
PLM Solution "Obbligato" Overview
Achieving Innovation in the Global Manufacturing Process
Obbligato is a product lifecycle management system, which manages various product data generated in manufacturing processes in relation to the product development process and integrated BOM. Throughout the whole product life cycle, by effective use of Obbligato, NEC will support the strengthening of product development capabilities and competitiveness of customers.
Obbligato
● Features Obbligato integrates and manages the most important reference information BOM / BOP in manufacturing, and builds the engineering platform of manufacturing that linked with digital thread. Based on the abundant achievements in the Obbligato series, you can use it with confidence as a evolving PLM that will greatly enhance ease of use, connection, customization .
● Solution This system is suitable for the customer who would like to customize flexibly in accordance with the business.
● Concept: "Manufacturing engineering platform" linked with digital thread We manage and consolidate the standard reference over the entire product lifecycle ranging from planning to design, production, maintenance, and by seamlessly connecting data with digital threads, we can respond promptly to changes in customer needs, reduce product development lead time, improve quality, speed product traceability.
An on-premise PLM system of which the introduction is No. 1 in Japan.
In addition to realize high-quality business functions, flexible customization is also available.
NEC provides detailed function regarding “BOM” which is required in Japan’s manufacturing business.
Obbligato for SaaS
This service is suitable for the customer who wants to use immediately at a low cost.
Customer can use PLM instantly via the Internet.
NEC prepares a widely-used business scenario which can be used directly without any customization.
One user in one-month contract is also available for small start customer.
Obbligato for SaaS in China
NEC announced the sales launch in China of Obbligato for SaaS, NEC’s product lifecycle management (PLM) cloud service. Building service bases in datacenters in China enables high reliability and communication quality as a cloud service, while complying with the laws and regulations, such as the cybersecurity law, in China.
Press release
Case Studies
KITZ Corporation
Automatic deployment of BOMs from engineering to manufacturing, starting from the 3D model Further strengthening of unique strength of "100,000 ETO(Engineer To Order) per year" with PLM system
Sanden Holdings
Building a platform that links engineering and manufacturing digitally with BOM as core Further progress through global MONOZUKURI process innovation
What will be the form of NEC's new development platform for turning out revolutionary products that triumph in the global marketplace?
* Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for PLM Software in Discrete Manufacturing Industries, June 9, 2026 By Sudip Pattanayak, Marc Halpern, Brady Barnes, Rajan Saini Gartner and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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