I wanted to talk about Windows 8 today. Despite lots of talks we had about Macs, iPads and web during last months, most of the manufacturing companies are running their business on Windows. Thinking about this, I took a look on a news stream coming from Micorosft these days about…
Product Data Management is not a new term. The first appearance of PDM software goes back in early 1990s (I believe veterans of the industry will come with some even earlier examples). Nevertheless, 20+ years should be enough to put all dots on “i” in PDM applications, systems, etc. I…
Summer time is usually good for vacation. I’m taking this week off with family traveling from Boston to Quebec and Montreal. I’m sharing with readers on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ some of the road pictures. Take a look on few occasional shots I made on my way from Boston to…
Let me talk again about Part Numbers. The last time I wrote about Part Numbers, it created a healthy discussion. I’d encourage you to refresh your memory and read one of my blog post back one year ago – PLM Data, Identification and Part Numbers. I found some interesting facts…
One of the topics that people often ask is what is the difference between PDM and PLM. The question is almost rhetoric, since the number of explanation is +1 from the number of people involved into the discussion. I stumble on the following article in the FISHER/UNITEC blog – PDM…
Integration between design and manufacturing is one of the topics that normally hits a lot of discussion in the product development and PLM space. To support this process becomes more and more important in a modern enterprise manufacturing organization. You can ask me why? Let me put is simple –…
I want to talk about the topic, which is actually is not very new – revisions. I was reading Autodesk Manufacturing Community blog – Vault 2012 Revision Block Integration. It made me think about the problem of revision in engineering software, how different software engineering and manufacturing disciplines solve it….
Ask people about usability of PLM and other enterprise data management systems. From my experience, the answer is simple – it is way too complex. Very few PDM systems in the past were recognized as simple and easy to use. It made me think about Folders. Folders: The Good, the Bad…
One of my blog readers asked me few questions about managing of effectivity. I decided to share this information. In my view, the conversation about Effectivity is always complicated. There are lots of opinions about how you need to manage effectivity, what system serves the best the purpose of effectivity…
I want to get back to the topic of Out-of-the-Box PDM systems. The topic isn’t new. The following post by Jim Brown was a trigger for me to get back and discuss it. Jim posted: Can PDM Value Being Achieved Quickly? Painlessly? You can go to Jim’s blog and read…
