Data is taking a central stage in everything that businesses do these days. You can hear about digital strategies and digital transformation every day today. So, let’s bring computers and solve the problem of data mess. Not so fast. For most companies, bringing computers actually ends up with not solving…
The world is much more connected than you think. Our connections go much beyond your everyday social network posts, text messages, and emails. The products we use every day are the major source of connectivity. The products we use are smart (sometimes too smart) and filled with components and systems…
Bad habits die hard. When you become accustomed to something, it is hard to break out. And the longer you do it, the harder it is to change. Think about trying to quit smoking. If you did it for many years, you will have a hard time stopping doing it….
Businesses must constantly plan for the future. In the world of manufacturing companies, the future is now. How to get up to speed with the digital transformation, how to get value from the huge amount of data accumulated by manufacturing companies, how to get connected with the customers and turn…
Data is one of the most critical assets in every business these days. As much as everyone speaks about the data, it is shocking to see how ignorant many engineering teams and manufacturing companies are about the data. The question of data management doesn’t come to their mind. Very often…
PLM space is hot these days and the money is coming to PLM space. Earlier this year, Autodesk made an acquisition of another cloud PLM vendor Upchain. At this time, we can say that Autodesk is buying PDM/PLM software companies on average every 10 years, Upchain acquisition generated few interesting…
I took a break last week from blogging while spending my family vacation time on Cape Cod. It was also a great time to catch up on reading and thinking. Today, I want to share my 5 things you don’t want to miss in PLM for the remaining part of…
Every manufacturing company is sitting on the goldmine these days. I’m talking about the data that is owned by a company. Every company is producing a huge amount of data every day. Data is a critical asset in every company and it is well understood by everyone. Here are just…
I was talking to a manufacturing company earlier this week and they asked me a question – we just purchased a QMS system and plan to use it to manage ECOs. How will it work with our future PLM system? And, at the same breath, they said, our manufacturing got…
Usually, we speak about how PLM systems help to manage the lifecycle of products. Let’s turn things upside down today and discuss the lifecycle of PLM systems themselves? Manufacturing and industrial companies are looking for systems to support their product lifecycle including all stages from early development to maintenance, recycling,…
