Manufacturing companies are under pressure to adopt new technologies in order to remain competitive. As the world of product development and manufacturing becomes more complex, organizations are searching for new ways to manage product information. Product lifecycle management (PLM) enables companies to manage their products through every stage of their…
Manufacturing companies today are under pressure to deliver high-quality products at a lower cost, and quickly adapt to changes in the market. This requires a robust product lifecycle management (PLM) system that can serve as a “system of record” – ensuring accurate and timely information about products is shared across…
The level of integration in the manufacturing industry is growing. The last decade of advanced manufacturing development demonstrated that setting enterprise systems such as PLM, ERP, MES, and related data and process management for a single company is important but not sufficient to create robust manufacturing processes. Supply chain management…
Ask two engineers about something and you can easily end up with three (or sometimes more) opinions about how to solve the problem. I’m often getting questions about where to read about product lifecycle management, what are blogs, books, social media accounts, and other valuable resources about PLM. This always…
Manufacturing is an industry that has been around for centuries. It is an industry that has seen a lot of change, and it is an industry that will continue to see a lot of change in the years to come. Many experts believe that the biggest change that manufacturing will…
My attention was caught by the GrabCAD blog announcing a fond farewell to GrabCAD Workbench. I’ve been following GrabCAD for quite some time on my blog. GrabCAD created a large community website where engineers were able to upload and share their 3D CAD files. Community features included a 3D Viewer….
Manufacturing companies are facing a digital transformation. They are looking to modernize their business processes and improve their operations. But things are not so simple. Engineering teams and manufacturing companies are struggling with a large number of problems. Some of these problems are technical and “old habits” of using CAD…
It is no secret that PLM (product lifecycle management) and ERP systems are two of the most important systems within any manufacturing organization. Both systems play a critical role in managing product data and operations, but which system should come first? For years, the Enterprise Resource Planning implementation priority line…
Although many manufacturers still rely heavily on document-based Bill of Materials (BOM) Excel files, the days of these archaic systems and processes are numbered. While managing BOMs using Excel and spreadsheet files is widely popular, they also come with a host of disadvantages that can negatively impact a manufacturer’s operations….
I was catching up on some of the social media reading over the weekend. My attention was caught by Deloitte’s The Future of Work website providing some futuristic insight on how work will be changing in the manufacturing digital future. Here is an interesting passage, which speaks about leveraging digital…
