Staying ahead of the other companies in a digital transformation is important. Engineering and manufacturing companies are looking how to optimize their processes, drive innovation and remain competitive. A long New Year weekend was a great time to think about topics that will be trending in 2024 among PLM specialists,…
As the manufacturing landscape continues to evolve, two of the most influential tools – PLM and ERP – are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both technologies have their own distinct uses when it comes to product development and management, but their combination can offer game-changing benefits for manufacturers. Digital transformation continues to…
Happy New Year! 2022 is here and now it is a great time to share some of my thoughts about PLM in 2022 and my plans for the New Year planning. Pandemic changed our lives forever bringing a new reality of communication, travel, and learning. The PLM software community has…
Today’s manufacturing companies are facing challenges that go far beyond the typical issues of labor shortages, rising material costs, and ever-increasing regulations. The world is becoming increasingly digitized, with software permeating every aspect of our lives. Product design, production planning, manufacturing operations need to be able to keep up with…
I spent some time this weekend catching up on PLM news and publications. The following post from Jenifer Moore at Minerva caught my attention, The post speaks about the topic of PLM upgrades, presented in one of the recent CIMdata researches shows a comparison between Aras, Dassault, PTC, and Siemens…
While cloud and the internet are a way to live and breathe for many of us, the adoption of SaaS and cloud technologies was not so obvious for engineers and manufacturing companies. As much as engineers are the biggest powerhouse for innovation when it comes to their own tools, you…
In my recent article – 5 Things PLM Vendor Won’t Tell You But Should, I discussed things that usually are falling off the main agenda of PLM sales and planning meetings. As some of my readers rightfully mentioned – companies better do some planning before going to speak to vendors….
Earlier this week, I shared my views about the future of data in PLM. Check this out here. Data is a foundational block for every organization and it is an ultimate source of intelligence that can be used by manufacturing companies to improve their processes and products. Data is an…
In one of my last blogs last year, I talked about the evolution of PLM system architecture. I’ve got many questions offline and online asking me about specific aspects of architecture, vendors, and approaches. While cloud seems to be inevitable, the question about cloud adoption, cloud architecture, and how it…
A single source of truth is the paradigm that sells PLM and many other systems. PDM and PLM providers used and continue to use this model as a fundamental thing when selling PLM vision, strategy, software, and technology. It is still a dominant model behind most PLM implementations in the…
