The world is much more connected than you think. Our connections go much beyond your everyday social network posts, text messages, and emails. The products we use every day are the major source of connectivity. The products we use are smart (sometimes too smart) and filled with components and systems…
Bad habits die hard. When you become accustomed to something, it is hard to break out. And the longer you do it, the harder it is to change. Think about trying to quit smoking. If you did it for many years, you will have a hard time stopping doing it….
PLM space is hot these days and the money is coming to PLM space. Earlier this year, Autodesk made an acquisition of another cloud PLM vendor Upchain. At this time, we can say that Autodesk is buying PDM/PLM software companies on average every 10 years, Upchain acquisition generated few interesting…
I took a break last week from blogging while spending my family vacation time on Cape Cod. It was also a great time to catch up on reading and thinking. Today, I want to share my 5 things you don’t want to miss in PLM for the remaining part of…
I was talking to a manufacturing company earlier this week and they asked me a question – we just purchased a QMS system and plan to use it to manage ECOs. How will it work with our future PLM system? And, at the same breath, they said, our manufacturing got…
Graphs and Networks are fascinating. The last two decades of technological development show how powerful connections could be. From the internet to social networks and from single servers to data centers, we can see how networks can bring power, performance, rich semantics, intelligence, and many other characteristics. You can see…
Efficiency and productivity are at the core of many decisions made by manufacturing companies. How to reduce the cost and optimize the performance while developing new innovative products. Talk to many manufacturing companies and you will find how painful these problems are. Earlier this week, the announcement about Rockwell Automation…
Engineers are super innovative people when it comes to the development of new products, technologies, and services. However, when it comes to the tools and software…err, engineers are super conservatives. I was puzzled by this status quo for many years while developing and selling engineering and manufacturing software, PDM, and…
Data is a new oil. Unless you lived under a rock for the last few years, I’m sure you’ve heard this statement at least once. The data is indeed a source of much recent innovation and super-successful businesses in this world. If you can make data work for your business…
I’ve been following Autodesk’s last move in the PLM business – Upchain acquisition. The first preliminary assessment was based on the initial presentations and briefings done by Autodesk and left many open questions about what Autodesk plans to do with the recently released Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage and future plans…
