Ask two engineers about something and you can easily end up with three (or sometimes more) opinions about how to solve the problem. I’m often getting questions about where to read about product lifecycle management, what are blogs, books, social media accounts, and other valuable resources about PLM. This always…
My attention was caught by the GrabCAD blog announcing a fond farewell to GrabCAD Workbench. I’ve been following GrabCAD for quite some time on my blog. GrabCAD created a large community website where engineers were able to upload and share their 3D CAD files. Community features included a 3D Viewer….
It is no secret that PLM (product lifecycle management) and ERP systems are two of the most important systems within any manufacturing organization. Both systems play a critical role in managing product data and operations, but which system should come first? For years, the Enterprise Resource Planning implementation priority line…
Although many manufacturers still rely heavily on document-based Bill of Materials (BOM) Excel files, the days of these archaic systems and processes are numbered. While managing BOMs using Excel and spreadsheet files is widely popular, they also come with a host of disadvantages that can negatively impact a manufacturer’s operations….
The PLM industry was buzzing about cloud migration for the last decade. For all these years, industry analysts and researchers were following the progress the PLM market was making toward cloud migration. You can find some of my thoughts about cloud PLM from 2017 – PLM Cloud Adoption 2017 and…
When the idea of PLM systems first time was introduced, one of the main drivers was to develop an infrastructure for collaboration and for sharing information among the company users during product design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales. Such an idea of a single source of truth, breaking siloed systems was…
If you’re like many manufacturers, you’re probably still relying on legacy PLM systems to manage your product data. But as today’s products become more and more complex, these older systems are no longer able to keep up. In order to stay competitive, you need to move to a modern PLM…
Earlier this week my attention was caught by Hexagon Nexus platform announcements. Hexagon announced Nexus. According to the announcement, it is a platform to connect siloed engineering and unlock smart manufacturing innovation. I was not able to attend the HXG Live conference in Las Vegas, but I had a chance…
Earlier this week, I attended Autodesk Forge Data Day in Boston. I could not miss the event with such a fascinating name “data” inside as well as to have an opportunity to meet with the Autodesk development partnership team led by Jim Quanci. Autodesk Forge Platform I’ve been following Forge…
When I started my work at PLM, everything was about the software. What software to develop and use? It was important to learn about what is the right database and programming language to build software. Much less focus was on how the application is storing the information and managing it…
