connections, by Jayne K on Flickr, licensed CC BY 2.0 In my two last blogs, I was discussing Digital Thread and Digital Twins. If you missed, please check it out here – Digital Thread and Digital Twin. Are those new names for PLM? and What platform is needed for Digital Thread?…
Earlier this week, I shared my impression of Aras’ take on Digital Twin and Digital Thread. If you missed my article, check it out here. Aras has a unique view of these disciplines. You can see how Aras flexible modeling engine used to build dependencies and relationships between objects to…
The use of the term “PLM” might have worn out its welcome says Peter Bilello, president of CIMdata analyst and consulting service outfit. CIMdata is a well-known name for leadership and strategic view on PLM. CIMdata uses “cPDM” as a name commonly associated with PLM. A broader scope of CIMdata…
The role and importance of data are growing in modern manufacturing companies. Organizations are using data for insight and decision making. It is not a new thing and organizations did for many years. So, called data warehousing mechanism defined as enterprise-level ETL – platform to extract, transform, and load data…
CAD data management is an interesting topic. It was discussed so many times between software vendors, analysts, and customers. As long as I remember myself in the business of CAD, PDM, and PLM, the tools helping engineers to manage and fine CAD data were around. Software vendors actively promoted the…
Two months in the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a good time to talk about some lessons learned. These lessons are mostly coming from digesting news and communication coming from PLM vendors, markets, and customers. COVID is not a traditional crisis. It is an event that shut down some businesses and…
Data is quickly becoming a core element of every business these days. In my opinion, manufacturing is clearly a big underdog when it comes to the question of data management. The data in manufacturing companies is heavily siloed between multiple systems, departments, companies, suppliers, contractors.. you name it. At the…
Microsoft Azure blog brings the story about how PTC and Azure partnership empowers industrial organizations. Check out the article – it gives some interesting data points. The main message is a combination of Cloud infrastructure from Azure and Industrial experience from PTC. Combining PTC’s platform with the speed, scalability, and…
Here the theme that bothers PLM salespeople for years. How to get a corner suites people (CEO, COO, CIO, and other CxOs) attention to PLM projects. PLM salespeople are always looking up to ERP projects that getting so much attention from C-level executives and wonder why PLM cannot get the…
Cloud is making big waves these days. A typical cloud value proposition suggests the absence of IT involvement (no installations, no hardware), subscription models (no upfront cost) and improved collaboration. The last one is very interesting and often confusing. Unless the cloud system is multi-tenant, the value of collaboration is…
