Last week, I’ve got invited to join Hexagon Live event in Las Vegas. If you’re following my tweets, you probably noticed some of them coming from Las Vegas Venetian hotel, the place where HxGN LIVE took place. Also, if you missed that, please check out my earlier articles Five characteristics…
To integrate PLM with other islands of information in manufacturing company, downstream applications and value chain is a big deal. Every single PLM implementation I was involved into requires integration. From very simple (just to bring this spreadsheet into PLM) and up to very sophisticated ones integrating PLM with ERP,…
Long time ago, PLM companies brought the idea and vision for extended enterprise. The idea is very simple. PLM tools deployed for an OEM company will extend beyond engineering function to other department and connected companies. Recently, a new concept of product innovation platform (PIP) was introduced by CIMdata. Although,…
The last article inspired by presentations and discussions at PI PLMx last week is about integration and collaboration. That was a topic you can practically find in any presentation by vendors and customers at PI PLMx. Historically, integration is one of the most painful aspects of PLM deployment and implementations….
How to build reliable PLM system? For long time, this topic is among the most often demanded requirement in engineering and manufacturing software. CAD and PLM software is extremely complex and it brings variety of issues related to reliability of software and its adoption. It is not unusual to see…
Oracle is a database engine run by most of PLM implementations in the world for many years. It is one of the best examples of vendor lock-in and the way to hook enterprise company to a costly maintenance contract and service. But it seems like Oracle is changing. Tech-Cruch article explains…
The World has changed because we are all now connected to the thing called Internet. Think about last 10 years. The changes are dramatic. Here is thing… We are going to connect all our products to Internet in the next 10 years. It will demand lot of changes. Few years ago,…
Some products are bought. Think about milk, gas, pain medicine, airplane tickets. The vendor just need to let know potential users about the product and someone will come across to buy it. However, other products are sold – cars, insurance, engineering and enterprise software. That was true for many years….
“Connected” is a new magic buzzword. Everything is connected these days. The world is changing because of new ways to connect between people, machines and systems. Data is a new oil and companies are exploring how to to capture value from massive data streams and disconnected islands of data. An…
Speed and complexity. These are two main challenges for every PLM implementation. So, much was said about this topic in the last decades. One of the most debatable topic is so called – out-of-the-box (OOTB) implementation. One of my earlier articles – The end of debates about out-of-the-box PLM, I…
