Taken from: http://www.impacsystems.com/blogengine/post/PLM-is-still-not-Mainstream.aspx

The Aberdeen Group says that adoption of PLM is far from universal.  Maybe only 1 in 5 companies have fully implemented a PLM solution.[...]

Without a data management solution, engineers will spend about 25% of their time looking for information.  A PLM solution will give them back that time – time that can be used to engineer a better product, improve quality, etc.