CAD-BOM Alignment: CAD-Driven BOM vs BOM-Driven CADApr262019Read MoreCAxDataERPPLMBOMIntegrationThe need for BOM-CAD alignment and associated challenges Bill of Materials (BOMs) typically contain parts / items which are grouped into component and sub-component assemblies based on fit-form-function factors and other usage & market s...By Lionel Grealou23
Customise, De-customise, Re-customise: the Enterprise Digitalisation DilemmaAug112017Read MoreEnterpriseERPPLMCustomizationOOTBGoing digital: to customise or not to customise? Digitalisation strategies include the selection, design, build, test, deployment, continuous improvement and maintenance of enterprise IT solutions, such as Product Lifecycle Management (P...By Lionel Grealou00
PLM+ERP+MES+CRM: The Four Cornerstones of ManufacturingFeb222017Read MoreCRMERPMESPLMTechnologyProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications are often referred as a ‘single system of record’ for product data across the product creation lifecycle. As maturity increases, product and process information flows from PLM to downstream...By Lionel Grealou10
PLM/ERP/MES: The ‘Holy Trinity’ of ManufacturingFeb122017Read MoreERPMESPlatformPLMStrategyTechnologyThe number one challenge of manufacturing is getting ‘the right product, at the right time, at the right price‘. Competitive advantage used to come from automation and more recently digitalisation, but this has now become the norm with t...By Lionel Grealou00
ERP vs MESFeb102017Read MoreERPMESPlatformPLMTechnologyManufacturing organisations aim to create more and better innovative products and bring them faster to market. This is enabled by enterprise product development and manufacturing tools and technologies to automate core business administr...By Lionel Grealou01
Single Enterprise BOM: Utopia vs DystopiaSep092016Read MoreDataERPPLMBOMEBOMMBOMBills of Materials, aka BOMs, are multilevel metadata structures that represent a hierarchical arrangement of components, materials, and other information required to develop, engineer, assemble, produce the finished product, as well as ...By Lionel Grealou01
