Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an ‘old‘ discipline; it came out in the mid 80’s as the engineering data management solution of choice to support product development, especially in the context of optimising CAD and Product Data Mana...
Technology is increasingly complex and integrated, providing more business benefits than ever, and enabling organisations to create and sustain competitive advantage. The rapid rate of change also implies that organisations must deal wit...
Effective Master Data Management (MDM) and product development efficiency are closely linked. They are both concerned with data optimisation, decision-making and process improvement principles. Business process efficiency requires effect...
Industrial IoT: A Solution Looking For A Problem
2016-03-26Digital, Manufacturing, Connectivity, Integration, IoT, M2MIt does not matter what technology is used in the background, whether it is called machine to machine (M2M), Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, cloud, big data, or whatever other technical jargon. The IoT is about sensors (which capture...
Connected Cars: Driving the Data Highway
2016-03-20Automotive, Circular Economy, Data, Digital, Connectivity, IntegrationDisruptive change The automotive industry is going through a disruptive change – moving into the era of full connectivity, full mobility, full integration, full immersive experience. First and foremost, connectivity decisions are an impo...
How Effective NPI and Product Platform Strategies Create Competitive Advantage
2015-12-13Digital, Engineering, Strategy, NPI, ROIDeveloping and launching a new product require creativity, collaboration and accuracy, but also discipline and rigor. New Product Introduction (NPI) frameworks cover business case for a new product concept or idea to a market reality, ty...






