The summer slowdown time is a great opportunity to focus on the technology retooling and new tools section. It is an opportunity to bring your refresh business strategies and digital transformation journey. And this is a great time to check if your PLM technology and selection is up to speed….
Digital thread projects are trending these days. We live at the time, when data management technologies are advancing significantly beyond what was defined back in 1990s as a “Database”. Even the “holy grail” PLM ideas to build a vertical platform for product lifecycle management was around for the last decade,…
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) has been around for a long time. It was initially developed as a a set of software tools (often as a toolkit) to assist complex engineering and manufacturing processes. However, the concept that PLM can benefit any manufacturer has been circulating for the past two decades….
My attention was caught by the Cambridge Semantics acquisition by Altair, a company I’ve followed since the early 2000s when I was first introduced to semantic web technologies. Cambridge Semantics’ core innovation, the Anzo Graph database and platform, has always been an interesting innovation across multiple type of databases used…
Attending events is getting back in swing these days. The lesson learned from COVID days – you go to conferences to talk to people. You can watch slides and presentations online. But to have the ability to talk to people, ask questions, to discuss and just have time to exchange…
Today, I want to continue the topic I started earlier related to emotions in sales. As we engage in product lifecycle management, product data management, and an overall product development process, your potential clients are overloaded with the technical aspects, details and logic (both technological and company change management). Although,…
I wrote an article about 5 Opportunities and 5 Obstacles in Engineering Digital Transformation. In the article I shared my thoughts about how modern PLM software can leverage current trends and technological opportunities that exist in the engineering industry landscape and market today. One comment to the article I’ve got…
Digital transformation is changing the world. It comes to our everyday lives and businesses. In my earlier articles I touched multiple aspects of how digital transformation strategy can change manufacturing businesses. When it comes to engineering and manufacturing systems (for me they are both under the umbrella of PLM), I…
In the world of engineering and product lifecycle management (PLM), Excel and other forms of spreadsheets have long been well known as the go-to tool for everything from data analysis to bill of materials (BOMs), procurement, inventory and project management. They offer unparalleled flexibility and ease of use, allowing engineers…
Last year, I published the article 5 Steps To Break up Monolithic PLM Architecture. Please check it out. In the article I’ve been sharing my thoughts about the transformation of existing PLM platforms into a scalable set of interoperate serivices. Here is a passage: While the discussions about how to…
