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…
The modern PLM industry is paying significant attention to the concept of Digital Thread. In a nutshell, a digital thread is a concept of how to connect various elements of information together. The concept is simple and powerful. PLM vendors are actively adopting this concept, which comes very much aligned…
Last month I attended CIMdata virtual event 2020 PDT and PLM Roadmap. I’m still slowly skimming the slides and connecting the dots with the notes I took during the event. You can check the agenda of the event here. The topic of the event was one of my favorites and…
Digital Twin is a new cool name coming on the horizon of PLM and together with DIgital Thread, it has a chance to rebrand what PLM does. For the last few years, the interest in the development of Digital Twin and Digital Thread has grown and you can see how…
A new name caught my attention earlier this week- Digital Twin Core (DTC). The name belongs to Aras Corp announcing new applications enabling the creation of Digital Twins. Check out the press release here. Current digital twin initiatives focus on maintenance effectiveness, recalls, closed-loop quality, product innovation, and production throughput….
In my recent discussion about Rethinking PLM architectures for Digital Thread, I’ve got an interesting comment about why Files are the problem for Digital Thread organization. The problem with PLM systems for managing Digital Threads is that PLM systems store objects, as in files. The data necessary to maintain a…
Last week I shared my thoughts about What platform is needed for Digital Thread? Thanks for your comments and discussion online and offline. The topic seems to be trending and the amount of publications about Digital Thread is growing. At the first glance, you can think about that digital thread…
connections, by Jayne K on Flickr, licensed CC BY 2.0 In my two last blogs, I was discussing Digital Thread and Digital Twins. If you missed, please check it out here – Digital Thread and Digital Twin. Are those new names for PLM? and What platform is needed for Digital Thread?…
Earlier this week, I shared my impression of Aras’ take on Digital Twin and Digital Thread. If you missed my article, check it out here. Aras has a unique view of these disciplines. You can see how Aras flexible modeling engine used to build dependencies and relationships between objects to…
The use of the term “PLM” might have worn out its welcome says Peter Bilello, president of CIMdata analyst and consulting service outfit. CIMdata is a well-known name for leadership and strategic view on PLM. CIMdata uses “cPDM” as a name commonly associated with PLM. A broader scope of CIMdata…
