Manufacturing has come a long way in the past few decades. What used to be a process that took place solely in large factories and required a large production workspace and specialized workforce is now more likely to take place in distributed locations connected together. Contract manufacturing, suppliers, specialized service…
The discussions around open source were around for more than a decade. You can check out my articles about PLM and open source. Aras was a major influencer in open-source discussions. It was heavily related to Aras own invented strategy of enterprise open source development, which can be classified differently…
Industry – Industrial – Automation – Manufacturing In recent years, we’ve been accustomed to searching everything on Google. It is easy to find the answer to your question in the first result. However, if you want to build a product, to find the right manufacturer or supplier online, you find…
Every manufacturing company now is a software company. I’ve heard this statement a few years ago from one of our customers tell me that manufacturing companies see software as the next biggest competitive differentiator. Back in old days, building a piece of the machine was a challenge. Companies were competing…
Back in the old days of manufacturing, companies were selling products. We used to buy these products (actually we still do). We still can go and buy a car, computer or furniture. Although it is still happening to us, the business environment around these products is fast moving forward. The…
Digital Thread is a new catchy phrase you can hear often these days. Very often, Digital Thread is used by companies today to replace old fashion PLMish marketing slogans. To be honest, I like it and it makes a lot of sense. But it raises so many questions and I’ve…
The construction industry was one of the most conservative segments to adopt technology for the last decades. While many other industries were adopting technologies, the construction industry didn’t embrace the latest tech opportunities. Construction projects are extremely fragmented and lacking good collaboration and integration practice. There are many good examples…
Reviewing asset details for more informed operational decision making I want to come back to my conversations about the construction industry. If you’re long time readers of my blog you might remember my articles PLM and BIM – common roots or common future; PLM vs BIM – common or different?…
Earlier this week, I spent time online watching AU2020 tracks and presentations. The event this year was completely virtual, which unfortunately won’t allow us to meet live people and have great conversations. On the other hand, you can get a front-row on every session, rewind, and watch it again. And…
When a company starts thinking about PLM there is nothing more important than to wrap your head around the idea of PLM, why is it important, and how to make your steps into this process. The greatest PLM failures are coming from people that are unable to understand the idea…
