Archive for December, 2012

The End of PLM Communism?

The End of PLM Communism?

It is hard to find somebody in PLM industry not familiar with the idea of “single point of truth”. I discussed the latest modification of that idea called “the whole truth” here earlier this year. I’ve been thinking about PLM implementations over the weekend and some perspective on PLM concepts….

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PLM and Big Data Industrial View

PLM and Big Data Industrial View

Last week, I followed Gilbane Conference Boston online. Navigate here to dig for more info. Gilbane conference focus is content, web and mobile. My primary interest was about content. Let me say differently – growing content in organization and online. This is not a surprising topic these days. You can…

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Why PLM needs to learn Open World Assumption?

Why PLM needs to learn Open World Assumption?

Have you heard about OWA (Open World Assumption)? If you completed your Math 101 and Mathematical Logic time ago, refresh your memories by navigating to the following Wikipedia article. Here is the definition: In formal logic, the open world assumption is the assumption that the truth-value of a statement is…

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How to get engineers, to do PLM?

How to get engineers, to do PLM?

Enterprise software is a complicated beast. PLM is not an exclusion from the list. Despite demands to be simplified and become user friendly, the majority of PLM implementations require long preparation, planning and implementation phases. However, this is only a visible part of the iceberg. The invisible part (and probably…

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PLM Cloud Concerns and Dropbox Reality for Engineers

PLM Cloud Concerns and Dropbox Reality for Engineers

Last week at AU, I attended Innovation Forum – The Reality of the cloud. The presentation made by Theresa Payton of Fortalice LLC caught my special attention. It was about security. Check later here. Security is loaded and complicated topic. Physical security is one of the top 5 concerns of…

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Will PLM experience move to a single-page UI?

Will PLM experience move to a single-page UI?

The complexity of user interface in PLM applications is a well-known fact that acknowledged by almost all PLM vendors today. The demand of customers is to have modern and useful UI. It is popular to speak now about UI in a more expanded term – User Experience. Nowadays, modern consumer…

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