Manufacturers across the globe are continuing to push forward with transformational digital initiatives, recognizing the need to adapt their operations in order to remain competitive. The emergence of a “digital thread” architecture – an integrated system that connects data from all facets of an operation and enables sharing between different…
Digital Thread and Web of Data The rise of the digital age is making it easier for manufacturing companies to access and share data, but even with all modern applications, cloud-based systems, and integration platforms, manufacturing, and supply chain is still a very fragmented and siloed space when it comes…
Integration was a big deal for manufacturing companies implementing PLM systems for a very long time. It is very rare to see how the entire product lifecycle management process can fit a single software stack. Manufacturing companies were always divided between hedging their risks with multiple vendors and looking at…
Hardware is hard. This phrase is quite popular among people involved in the creation of manufacturing businesses or how it is commonly called “hardware startups”. My attention was caught by the article and discussion started by Jos Voskuil and Alex Bruskin on LinkedIn and Jos’ article – PLM and Startups….
I was catching up on some PLM social media writing earlier today. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend PDT Europe this year, but one of my favorite PLM blogging colleagues Jos Voskuil did an excellent job by creating a summary of the conference in his two blog posts –…
Part numbers are hard. Period. There is no topic in engineering and manufacturing organizations that triggers more debates and potentially bigger disagreement than the discussion about what and how to organize part numbers. I wrote many articles where I shared my thoughts about Part Numbers and their use. Here are…
PTC is moving to SaaS. The move started with the acquisition of Onshape and turning it into the Atlas platform. You can find some interesting and useful conversations about that in this Seeking Alfa transcript from PTC Q2 2021 Results. PTC provides a deep insight into its SaaS strategy and…
The digital thread is a concept that has been preached by many in the manufacturing industry for years. The idea is that through the use of technology, businesses can connect all aspects of product development, manufacturing, operations, and maintenance from early design to delivery. If you’re in the PLM business,…
Manufacturing companies are under pressure to adopt new technologies in order to remain competitive. As the world of product development and manufacturing becomes more complex, organizations are searching for new ways to manage product information. Product lifecycle management (PLM) enables companies to manage their products through every stage of their…
The level of integration in the manufacturing industry is growing. The last decade of advanced manufacturing development demonstrated that setting enterprise systems such as PLM, ERP, MES, and related data and process management for a single company is important but not sufficient to create robust manufacturing processes. Supply chain management…
