Dealing with multiple stakeholders is a given for any organisation, either operating in the private or public sector. Stakeholder management is a critical component to the successful delivery of any project, programme or activity. A stak...
Agile and PLM: a ‘Platform of Things’ for Competitive Advantage
2017-11-04Digital, Innovation, Platform, PLM, AgileThe Need for Business Agility Business agility is a source of competitive advantage – allowing organisations to adapt to new business imperatives, technology changes and various other industry forces. The ability to adapt quickly is the ...
Companies continuously face tough decisions when it comes to enterprise technology investments, should they relate to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. In practical terms, “PLM is the ena...
Customise, De-customise, Re-customise: the Enterprise Digitalisation Dilemma
2017-08-11Enterprise, ERP, PLM, Customization, OOTBGoing 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...
MBSE-PLM Alignment to Support Industry 4.0 and IIOT
2017-05-20Data, Industry 4.0, Innovation, PLM, IoT, MBSESystems Engineering enables product data traceability Organisations and people need simplification to manage complexity and derive ‘big or complex things’ into smaller and manageable systems – where a system is a set of interacting ele...
9 Key Business Factors Driving the Manufacturing Industry
2017-03-28Engineering, Industry 4.0, Manufacturing, Performance, ProductivityIt is no surprise and nowadays perhaps even a cliché to reiterate that: Manufacturing organisations strive to create MORE innovative products and increase their portfolio, combined with FASTER time-to-market and increased productivity s...