Digital Thread is a new catchy phrase you can hear often these days. Very often, Digital Thread is used by companies today to replace old fashion PLMish marketing slogans. To be honest, I like it and it makes a lot of sense. But it raises so many questions and I’ve…
My last week’s article about FFF (Form. Fit and Function), triggered many interesting discussions online and offline. Thank you all for coming back to me and sharing your insight and experience. Today, I want to continue the conversation and talk about another question, I’ve been asked very often – creating…
Data is everywhere these days and I see more and more people taking data seriously when it comes to the business and organization of engineering systems. Back two decades ago, CAD file was a foundation of engineering data. In my life, it was AutoCAD, which became the first example of…
I had a conversion earlier this week about the BOM revision process. I used the abbreviation “FFF” in my response and got a question – what is FFF? This magic abbreviation is used quite often in manufacturing – FFF and it stands for “Form, Fit, Function). If you never heard…
Autodesk’s article Why Data Interoperability Is Game-Changing for Collaboration written by Amy Banzel caught my attention over the weekend. It speaks about the future of interoperability but comes with a shift. The industry is moving from “files” to “data” and this is a very remarkable event. For more than two…
Continuing a series of my articles on construction and manufacturing, I want to invite you to read my recent article about Why Digital Transformation brings AEC and PLM together. Check this out. Construction projects always reminded me of early PLM development. The problem of silos, discussions about standardization of data…
Hexagon’s Article The Digital Thread Comes to BIM brings an interesting perspective on the industrial development of construction projects and how BIM fits in the overall lifecycle of building assets. My favorite passage is this one – This same concept of the digital thread can, and is, being applied to…
AEC vs Manufacturing. The separation between these two industries existed for decades. Software vendors specialized to provide a solution for each of the verticals. Earlier last week I shared my thoughts about AEC and Manufacturing Software converging and it raised a bunch of interesting questions. Thanks to all of you…
Containerization is a term that recently started to pop in the roadmap of PLM vendors. What is that? Why is it happening and what you should know about it in order not to get confused. Let me start with some background. What is container technology? A container in a cloud…
Autodesk was one of the first large vendors to announce the “cloud PLM” option back in 2011. Check my old blogs – My first take on Autodesk PLM 360 and Autodesk, Cloud, and PLM. It has been a long journey for Autodesk PLM. In my blog last year – Autodesk…
