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May 2012
Tech-Clarity TV: Best Practices for Implementing PLM
The latest episode of PLM analyst Jim Brown’s Tech-Clarity TV provides highlights from a recent joint study on PLM key success factors conducted by Tech-Clarity and PTC. Brown’s video discusses: The value of benchmarking against high performers in PLM The substantial improvements that high performers have achieved in time to market, product development efficiency, and reducing product cost The key success …
Mathcad at PlanetPTC Live
Sunday, June 3rd kicks off our annual PlanetPTC Live event. This year it is located in Orlando, FL, and promises to be an informative three days. Mark Walker, Director of Product Management, is presenting on Mathcad on Wednesday, June 6th at 12:45 pm. In his presentation, Walker will discuss the analysis driven design with Mathcad. Walker assures that by the …
Posted in Events, Mathcad
Tagged Creo 2.0, math integration, Mathcad Prime 2.0, PlanetPTC Live, software development
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Nobody Said Service Was Easy!
How would your customer rate a recent service experience with your company? How would they choose that rating? Was it the friendliness or expertise of your technician? How quickly the job got done? Were the right parts available? Did they have eligible warranty coverage? Likely, it was some combination of these factors. Ron Kaufman of Up Your Service defines six …
Tour de Speed: Designing the Ultimate Race Bike
Inside a nondescript steel building in an industrial park just north of Charlotte, North Carolina, a cyclist leans over his handlebars, pedals as hard as he can—and stays precisely in place. According to the complex data projected on the floor for the rider to track, his bike is going 40 kilometers an hour. But it’s doing that inside the A2 …
4 Keys to Ensuring PLM Adoption
Business and IT leaders know well that education and training are essential to the success of technology-based solutions. PLM (product lifecyle management) is no exception. If managers and end users don’t learn and adopt new ways of working with PLM solutions, the best software in the world is of little value. All too often, however, companies short-change investments in programs …
Slowing Down to Speed Up: 6 Steps to Effective PLM Planning
As more and more companies understand the strategic business potential of PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to improve product innovation, development, and competitive advantage, the scope of PLM initiatives has increased dramatically. Indeed, research from Tech-Clarity and PTC shows that, on average, companies implementing PLM in the last few years typically involve three or more departments across the organization (e.g., manufacturing, …
Teaching and Learning Corner: Mathcad and Constructivism (Part 1)
One of Mathcad’s key capabilities as a desktop tool is the documentation of intellectual property. Many of our users leverage Mathcad’s mathematical, graphical, and text capabilities to capture the ideas behind their engineering designs. In design and engineering the importance of documenting the knowledge and beliefs behind one’s contributions is well established and critical to progress and success. In education, …
Reshoring Gains Momentum for Global Manufacturers
New research by strategy and operations consultancy The Hackett Group indicates China is losing its manufacturing advantage, while reshoring to advanced economies and relocation to lower-cost regions looks likely to grow. The reasons are myriad, but China’s wage inflation together with stagnant manufacturing wages in the West, rising transportation costs and concerns about intellectual property have all resulted in a …
PLM Advocacy: What Executive Buy-In Really Means
Cynthia Ridley heads the Innovation & Change Leadership Practice for Kalypso, a fast-growing innovation and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) consulting firm. With more than 20 years experience in engineering, operations, and executive coaching, Ridley specializes in executive team alignment, leadership development, and change management for PLM and new product development initiatives. To understand some of the challenges around executive leadership …
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Tagged change management, executive alignment, implementation, Kalypso, PLM
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SpaceX Launches Capsule to Supply International Space Station
SpaceX is well on its way to becoming the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. Earlier this morning SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. While the Dragon orbits Earth a series of tests will be carried out on its GPS system and free drift …
