The 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...
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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...
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Multiple Enterprise BOMs Bills of Materials (BOMs) can be referred as the lifeblood of manufacturing companies. Whether or not the ‘single enterprise BOM‘ vision will ever be achievable is still open for debate from different perspective...
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It 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...
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Disruptive 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...
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Businesses demand more intelligent products and intelligent products demand data intelligence. The typical challenges with data engineering (which obviously relate to the ‘science of data‘) include one or more of the following considerat...
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Cloud is a hot topic these days. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and PDM/CAD solutions are no exceptions to that – many are now available on Cloud infrastructure and pay-as-you-go (PLM/PDM/CAD software-as-a-service). However, one shou...
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There is an old debate about Product Life-cycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise IT application landscape and how the ecosystem is architected: either based on one core ‘harmonized‘ or consolidated platform that is used across the rele...
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Implementing any enterprise-IT solution, PLM, ERP, or others, requires a degree of personalization in the form of either (or more realistically a combination of) configuration, extension or customization. Typically, choosing one or anoth...
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Definition of compliance: observing statutory provisions, internal company policies and ethical principles. Sustainable growth requires integrity. Compliance management is concerned with the management of regulatory requirements (or for ...
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