Archive for July, 2011

PDM, Part Numbers and the Future of Identification

PDM, Part Numbers and the Future of Identification

Let me talk again about Part Numbers. The last time I wrote about Part Numbers, it created a healthy discussion. I’d encourage you to refresh your memory and read one of my blog post back one year ago – PLM Data, Identification and Part Numbers. I found some interesting facts…

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The future of CAD without files?

The future of CAD without files?

No files any more. Period. I hope I’ve got your attention. File system is one of the most stable paradigms for storing data for the last 20-25 years. However, here is the question – do we really need it? Take a look on the following quote from Wikipedia: Programs do…

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Engineers and Video Collaboration?

Engineers and Video Collaboration?

Think about enterprise software and collaboration. I think, collaboration is boring. It is complicated, requires lots of system configuration and implementation skills. Try to talk to your colleagues engineers about a potential new system for collaboration. How many will be listening? Probably something is wrong. What can be a new…

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Cloud PLM and Amazon S3 Scale

Cloud PLM and Amazon S3 Scale

I can see cloud PLM is trending. The announcements about running on Amazon are coming from multiple vendors. Dassault just announced few weeks ago the availability of V6 platform on AWS, Aras announced earlier this year about the availability of Aras Innovator on Amazon with support of Minerva France (former…

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PLM and New Openness

PLM and New Openness

The topic of openness in PLM software isn’t new. In the past decade, I’ve been hearing lots of good and bad things about PLM and openness. Last year, I shared my thoughts with regards to PLM and openness in my post – Closed Thoughts About PLM Openness. Few days ago, I…

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Google+ potential for PLM and Business Use

Google+ potential for PLM and Business Use

Well, time is running fast, and I counted my first week of G+ experience. It is still too early to share any specific experience, but probably a good time to share some of my initial thoughts. For the moment, I can see Google+ as a real geekdom. Most of the…

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PLM Collaboration: From Old Concepts to a New Reality

PLM Collaboration: From Old Concepts to a New Reality

I wanted to touch the topic of “collaboration” today. The term collaboration is very broad. Hit Google to search for “collaboration” and you will see Google counter jumps to ~240’000’000 results in 0.2 sec. The word “collaboration” has lots of meaning. Navigate your browser to the Wikipedia link about collaboration…

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PLM Online Data Sharing: From Spreadsheets to Databases?

PLM Online Data Sharing: From Spreadsheets to Databases?

What is the most popular PDM/PLM system in the world? My bet it is probably MS Excel. The flexibility and ease of availability, made Excel so popular between engineers. Managers probably don’t care… in the beginning. Later, companies started to hire CExO (Chief Excel Officers) to manage the complexity of…

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Top 3 Reasons Why Data Sharing is Important for PLM

Top 3 Reasons Why Data Sharing is Important for PLM

I want to talk today about data sharing. The interest of engineers and other people in manufacturing organization in data sharing is obvious. However, I think demand is much higher than available tools. It doesn’t mean there are no tools that can help you to share some elements or your…

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The 3D Mashups – Reality Check

The 3D Mashups – Reality Check

I like searching for new technologies. One of the technologies I’m following a long time already is so called “mashup technologies” or just “mashups”. In the past, I shared some of my thoughts about mashups. Navigate to the following link to read – Will Mashup Grow Up in PLM? Read…

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