Manufacturing companies are always looking for ways to improve their operations and increase efficiency. One way to do this is by implementing a PLM system. For many years, PLM systems very promoted and sold the idea and value of a “Single Source of Truth” (SSOT), which established a single place…
Choosing the right software for your manufacturing company can be a daunting task. Do you go with a Software as a Service (SaaS) option, or hosted software? What is the practical difference? Since we’ve got an internet connection for computers, the idea of providing PLM system and associated data available…
In order to remain competitive in the manufacturing industry, it is important to continually explore ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs. One way to achieve this is through the implementation of data and process management strategies to streamline data handover and information flow between two major business functions –…
Data is at the heart of every PLM technology and system. Therefore from a very early stage of PLM development software vendors put significant attention on how to create the best data modeling capabilities for their PLM system and technologies. A few months ago, I published my article where I…
Data is one of the most valuable assets of the 21st century and businesses are desperately looking for how to organize it and unlock the value of data for businesses. The topic is super broad and covers tons of various topics from how to collect information, extract valuable pieces of…
Last week I attended VPE/PLM Swiss Symposium. The conference was unfortunately postponed from last year and transformed into an online event. I look forward to seeing the event coming back to a live event next year. Unlike many big vendor events, this event gathers a diverse group of people from…
The world is slowly but surely getting hooked on the data. Finding the right way to manage the data is not less important than figuring out the user experience or business model. But you can rarely find the conversation about different database technologies coming from PLM vendors. You can ask…
Earlier today, I attended the PI DX online meeting – Is Digital Thread Doomed WIthout Open Architecture. The virtual event was announced as follows: The digital thread is designed to track every process through a product’s life from initial development, manufacturing, servitization and is the ultimate communicative framework for collaboration….
One of the most frequent debates in the BOM management discipline is around the so-called single-BOM vs multi-BOM approach. My recent article about Single BOM? brought many questions, comments, and discussions around the single vs multi BOM approach, which led me to think about the next article where I want…
The world is moving to platforms and cloud services. It sets an interesting trajectory in the development of enterprise applications and services. In the past world, siloes played a central role in the way enterprise applications were created. The old joke said that the recipe of enterprise software was to…
