The last month of social distancing and remote work demonstrated the unprecedented change force on everyone to work online and to use digital tools. Systems like Zoom, Microsoft Team, Slack and some others demonstrated a surge in usage. Here is just one example – Microsoft Teams hits 44M daily active…
Digital transformation introduces new technology to solve problems in many industries. Manufacturing is not foreign to this trend. Digital transformation is easily explained as a move from paper to paperless. While it is easy to grasp, you can think that most design, engineering and production planning is already digital as…
The big innovation is usually crisis-driven. Many researchers suggest we need to have a bit of kick to start changing and innovation. We are good at solving problems, but we are also lazy. We need a crisis moment to start moving faster. Sometimes there are alternative solutions, but we need…
I want to come back to multi-tenancy. Over the past few months, I shared my thoughts about the importance of multi-tenant platforms in PLM and the role multi-tenancy will play in the future of PLM development.. You can catch up on my writing. Here are a few links Who will…
Interconnected Virtual Cloud Concept with Multiple Clouds I want to make a confession. I’m a data person. I have a passion for data and how data can be used. It is fascinating to see how modern data management technologies can help to design better software for engineering and manufacturing. And…
Just a few days left before the year 2020 will be here. The past decade was the time for PLM software vendors to learn and experiment with cloud systems. I read my blogs from the 2010s. Many of those articles are reflecting the debates we had about cloud computing and…
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,…
