"Digital Thread"
Simplifying PLM and Digital Threads Using Web of Data and Connected Services
In the quest for operational efficiency and innovation, the concept of simplification has emerged as a strong trend across industries. My exploration of this theme has spanned several articles, with a notable focus on making Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) straightforward yet effective, as discussed in my recent piece, “Make PLM…
Navigating the PLM Landscape: Key Topics and Trends for 2024
Staying ahead of the other companies in a digital transformation is important. Engineering and manufacturing companies are looking how to optimize their processes, drive innovation and remain competitive. A long New Year weekend was a great time to think about topics that will be trending in 2024 among PLM specialists,…
How to bridge PLM and ERP Systems to Support Modern Product Development and Digital Thread?
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems represent the foundation of the product development and business processes. They support multiple aspects of product development processes – computer aided design, engineering, manufacturing, production, supply chain management and many others. The connection of these two systems is one of…
The 3D of Digital Transformation: Documents, Data, and Digital Thread
Let’s talk about the importance of digital transformation and the challenges that manufacturing companies are facing in product lifecycle management, supply chain management, product data management and organization of product development process. To manage a product lifecycle of modern products is a complex tasks that goes much beyond the idea…
LiveWorx 2023 Thoughts – From Parametric Technology to Power To Create and Need For Speed
ChatGPT and Generative AI: A Potential Replay of CAD/PLM’s Data Locking Scenarios?
ChatGPT and similar tools have turned heads in several sectors, opening up new avenues of productivity, creativity, and accessibility. However, recent decisions by Apple and other companies to restrict their employees’ use of tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are raising interesting questions about the technology’s future. The main reason…
Exploring the 2023 CIMdata PLM Roadmap Conference Agenda
5 Steps to Break PLM Monolithic Architectures
Enterprise PLM architecture is a critical component of any manufacturing organization’s overall strategy, as it helps to align technology with business goals and objectives. However, all existing PLM platforms were created back in the days when “SQL database” was in the mainstream, and therefore all PLM implementations these days, except…