JIRA software, developed by Atlassian, is a widely recognized tool used for software development teams for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management. According to the 6sense article, JIRA has a whooping 86% market share in its category, which is super interesting. To me, it raises many questions about key…
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…
What is PLM? This question is accompany the product lifecycle management business for the last 20+ years. Started as a solution to manage CAD files, PLM has strong engineering roots and for many years was considered a pure engineering system. Check CIMdata reports from my last trip to CIMdata Industry…
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a transformative approach that, if implemented properly, can provide immense value to any engineering team or an entire manufacturing company. However, despite its potential, many companies are still facing significant challenges in adopting this comprehensive solution. Working with many customers of any size from small…
You cannot modern products using outdated and old technologies. Designing and building products is a complex process and you better make the right choice about how to manage the product life cycle. In today’s rapidly evolving manufacturing world, technology plays a pivotal role in shaping the success and growth of…
The process of transition from engineering to the manufacturing process is one of the most complex and requires a significant data management effort. From one side, we have design information that must be translated into the manufacturing and procurement plan. On the other side, we have the complexity of supply…
The summer is at its peak. It is a great time to slow down to reflect on what happened so far with the PLM business. SaaS became a mainstream way to deliver software these days. From the early days of Salesforce.com and many other pioneers of SaaS business in different industries, SaaS…
Manufacturing companies are facing multiple operational and strategic challenges in the current business environment. Post-COVID supply chain and labor shortage, growing economic instability, geopolitical tensions, growing complexity of products, and regulation demands. Cost pressure and competition are also here. So, manufacturing companies are actively looking at how to find their…
In product design, managing complexity is a persistent challenge that organizations face every day. Whether we’re looking at mechanical design, electronics, or software, the complex and interconnected nature of these disciplines often leads to vast silos of information, which are typically managed and stored as files in product data management…
The manufacturing industry is transforming and digitalizing. Managing data is becoming extremely important in the modern digital world. In the old fashion pre-digital environment CAD systems were fully relying on files and managing data was totally dependent either on how to manage CAD files/ Excels or to deployment of PDM…
