The year is going to the end and this is the usual time to publish “what is important in the next year” blogs. I will not disappoint you this year and will share my thoughts about 2020 and beyond. Here are two articles (in case you missed). Next decade of…
Digital Twin is trending. Unless you lived under the rock for the last few years, I’m sure you heard this combination of words – Digital Twin. What is Digital Twin, where it came from and how is this related to PLM? The definition of Digital Twin is not mature in…
To decide what PLM to chose is a hard job these days. Everyone in the PLM business is focusing on helping manufacturing companies to design better, faster, cheaper products. Everyone is IoT, cloud, connected, intelligent and focused on user experience. Everyone is capable to produce a nice video and when…
I’m on my way to Las Vegas to attend Autodesk University 2019. The event is an annual extravaganza of everything you can see and learn from Autodesk – product, technology, community, people. It is a perfect place to catch up and meet people. Because AU is such a big event,…
The idiom I put in the title of the blog is a cliché of the startup community. It is rooted in the idea of “iterative” software development – ship and fix and then ship it again. Opposite the idea of a long development cycle, the idea is gaining interest in…
Cloud is here. Most industries are not questioning cloud technologies, applications and business models. But, in manufacturing and PLM, the story is a bit different. Earlier this week, I discussed Why big PLM vendors speak about cloud adoption. The conclusion, in a nutshell, is simple. Manufacturing companies are moving their…
There is an elephant in the room – PLM vendors business models are built for data locking. You can hear vendors themselves are talking about it. Watch Aras SVP Marc Lind speaks about it here. Digital thread and digital transformation of manufacturing companies bring the question about standards (or interoperability)…
One of the most popular discussions in the PLM domain is about what is PLM. The debates are going on and these discussions never disappoint. PLM keeps driving controversy because of the high diversity of applications, people and companies involved. And when you have many players, you always find a…
I’m heading to San-Diego this weekend to present at ConX19 organized by the Institute of Process Excellence. According to IpX, Check the agenda here. ConX19 will focus on enterprise transformation: ConX19 will include discussions and workshops that provide methods for enabling end to end enterprise transformation. Attendees will learn best…
When it comes to engineering and manufacturing companies, Excel is usually quoted as one of the most widely used tools. I said it many times. If I will go back to my articles written a decade ago, I can find these – Why do I like my PLM Excel Spreadsheet?…
