Big data is a popular buzzword, or catch-phrase, used to describe a massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is so large it is difficult to process using traditional database and software. Data is dead. Long live big...
Hyperconnected Manufacturing: from Lean to Smart
2015-08-31Data, Industry 4.0, Manufacturing, Smart FactoryHyperconnectivity defines connectivity at a new level, multi-devices, multi-locations, multi-media, multi-purpose—bridging across platforms, silos, and bringing people together with ‘everywhere data‘ and social interactions through the...
Everyone likes Excel MS Excel has become a must-have tool to create, edit, organize and present data, in a tabular or chart format. In the manufacturing industry, Bills of Material (BoMs) are the most critical piece of information used ...
Overcoming Change Challenges Facing the Manufacturing Industry
2015-07-18Leadership, Manufacturing, PLM, Change, ValueChange is becoming a way of life across the manufacturing industry. Even very traditional sectors can no longer afford to stay still. The stimuli are both internal and external. 1) Change typically comes from outside Change is often imp...
Discussions about Engineering & Design (E&D) Return on Investment (RoI) among manufacturing industry executives often turn to engineering productivity. A far more important metric is perhaps engineering throughput combined with cycle tim...
Product Life-cycle Management (PLM) can be defined as an operating model enabling Product Realization [create, make, sell, service, re-iterate, re-use or re-cycle]. Short: PLM is the glue between Product Engineering & Project Execution [...