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Industry Leaders Share PLM Insight
Some of the biggest names in industry—from high-tech and medical devices to industrial equipment—are using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to get ahead of the pack. Their stories help us better understand PLM and how it can streamline the product lifecycle. Take a look at some of our favorite video highlights: AGCO manufactures sustainable, highly customized and built-to-order farming equipment for …
Boston Hub for PLM Software
When we think about high-tech, our minds naturally wonder to Silicon Valley. But in the 1950s through to the 80s, Route 128 in Greater Boston was the technology hotspot, with companies like Sun Microsystems, EMC Corporation and Raytheon calling it home. Today, Route 128 is the center for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software, technology that manages the entire product lifecycle from conception …
Top Luxury Brand Stays Ahead with PLM
When only the best is good enough, Bang & Olufsen is the first stop in audio and video solutions for the home and car – that is, if you’re shopping in the Aston Martin, Mercedes AMG, BMW or Audi segment. On its homepage, Bang & Olufsen proudly refers to itself as “an icon of performance and design excellence [with] a …
PLM Syncs Up With Service
For the better part of the last decade, and despite a bigger-picture vision at its onset, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has traditionally been stuck in the engineering-specific part of the development cycle. Its focus has been all about how to leverage PLM technology and process change to improve how engineers collaborate on 3D designs. While everyone, from automotive giants to …
Lifestyle Products Company Finds Success with PLM
Why is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) essential for optimizing product development and business growth? This is the question Dave Winter, Vice President of Research and Development at Lifetime Products Inc. discussed with representatives from over 130 companies during a recent visit to PTC. 8 Ways Lifetime Benefits from PLM Easier to manage projects and categories for scalability Robust standardized change …
Managing Growth in the Wind Energy Business
“You don’t get so many second chances when you build a wind turbine,” says Jonas Hagner, ICT director at WinWinD, an Espoo, Finland based company that specializes in wind turbines for global markets. When you look at the photograph showing a WinWinD turbine rotor blade ready for assembly, you get an idea of what he is talking about. What looks …
Are You Sacrificing Brand Reputation for Faster Time to Market?
Do you remember the first time you bought a new car? How proud you were? The envious stares of your neighbors? But what happens to that feeling when your car doesn’t start in the morning and those same neighbors are laughing? It’s the era of the product recall. Consumers are constantly looking at the make, model and serial number of …
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Virtually Perfect: How Simulation Dominates Your Engineering World
“We’ve moved very strongly into virtual simulation for product manufacturing, product behavior, and servicing.” That’s what Michael Grieves, a professor in the University of Iowa’s business school, said in an interview with Design News last month. Grieves uses Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as an example: “Before the designs were finalized [they] were able to simulate the loading of fuel and weapons …
A Decade On – Has Our Understanding of PLM Changed?
How has our understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) changed over the last decade? What are the stumbling blocks to adoption? These and other questions were debated by Michael Grieves, PLM author and professor at the Consortium of Universities for International Studies, last week on Design News radio. Here are some snippets: How has our concept of PLM changed? Some …
5 Trends in Next-Generation PLM
Earlier today on Design News radio, Michael Grieves, PLM author and professor at the Consortium of Universities for International Studies, discussed his vision for next-generation PLM (Product Lifecycle Management). Parts of the conversation drew from his well-known book: Product Lifecycle Management: Driving the Next Generation of Lean Thinking, as well as his more recent publication: Virtually Perfect: Driving Innovation and …
