Earlier this week, I published the article Beyond Adoption: Rewiring Organizations to Dominate in the Digital Age speaking about how embracing digital technologies and mindset can change the way engineering and manufacturing companies can outcompete organizations that are stuck in the old way of doing business. The article sparked an…
Earlier this week, an insightful article by Prof. Jorg Fischer grabbed my attention. It explored the complexity of BOM (Bill of Materials) types, a topic familiar to many in the fields of manufacturing, engineering, and product management. Terms like EBOM (Engineering BOM), MBOM (Manufacturing BOM), PBOM (Procurement BOM), SBOM (Service…
My article about building a product model for digital thread applications triggered a healthy amount of conversations. I appreciate everyone who contacted me online and offline as well as left comments in my LinkedIn post. Also, thank you to my readers who sent me links to presentations about various implementations…
Every business is looking for three things: how to make more money, save costs, and reduce risk. Manufacturing companies are no exception to this rule. They are constantly searching for ways to build products faster, at optimal costs, and to mitigate the many risks that exist in modern manufacturing processes,…
It is almost 40 years after PLM was introduced by American Motors Corporation (AMC). Digital Engineering article PLM Stays Relevant in Manufacturing by Randal Newton, principal analyst at Consilia Vektor reminded me about this historical fact in his Digital Engineering article and interview of two my favorite PLM software experts…
The LinkedIn post about upcoming roundtable and discussion with an interesting topic –Creating a Profession for PLM Practitioners triggered some interesting debates online. It brought me back to almost forgotten discussions about PLM definitions and, at the same time, reminded me my old article –How many people in the world…
Who doesn’t speak about data these days? Data is fascinating and it gives a lot of power to change the way people live and work these days. The living example is what happened in a little bit more than 20 years with the idea of data mining, including analyzing large…
Advanced robot arm system for digital industry and factory robotic technology . Automation manufacturing robot controlled by industry engineering using IOT software connected to internet network . Digital transformation has unfurled a new chapter for the world of manufacturing and product lifecycle management (PLM). This seismic shift, predominantly powered by…
Summer is here with a bit of relaxing August time. But we all know what is coming later – the end of Q3 and Q4 with the end-of-year sales rallies. I can see this time is usually filled with very high sales and implementation activities in PLM projects. Today, I…
For years, manufacturing companies managed the division of two disciplines PLM and ERP in a very simplistic way – PLM for engineering, and ERP for manufacturing. The division represented the natural forces of two vendors. PLM’s roots were in CAD, design, and engineering, and ERP’s roots in MRP, and procurement…
