Making the value of technology clear
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How can high tech manufacturers improve manufacturing engineering? We surveyed 177 people directly involved with manufacturing engineering and found that modernizing processes and technology drives higher manufacturing engineering productivity and performance. These improvements are crucial to profitability as customers demand high quality, personalized products at increasingly faster time to market; all despite rising product and manufacturing complexity.
Unfortunately, high tech companies face challenges in process design as products, manufacturing processes, including:
Current Processes can be Improved
There is significant room for improvement. The majority of companies validate process plans with time-consuming and expensive physical prototyping. Physical prototypes bring abstract designs into the real world so engineers can identify issues and improvement opportunities. Most companies also use spreadsheets, which are prone to errors and file-based so they are not conducive to collaboration. These approaches lead to late discoveries and expensive process validation.
Leverage Visual Approaches
Trading physical prototypes for digital validation reduces time and cost. A significant number of companies already use some form of virtual representations. Static visualizations can help engineers see an issue in the digital world before committing to a physical prototype or manufacturing equipment.
Adopt Simulation
Beyond static images, virtual simulation helps designers go beyond “seeing” to virtually experiencing the production process. While only about one-quarter use either 2D or 3D simulation, it’s a promising technology and a potential for significant planning and validation improvement.
Increase Quality
Responding companies also indicate that they can reduce ECOs by over one-third. They do this by improving manufacturing process design using virtual technologies. Top Performers are more likely to find physical manufacturing issues in a virtual model than Others who are more likely to discover them in physical prototypes and actual production.
Get Started
It’s time to improve manufacturing engineering productivity and performance. Companies can follow the lead of the Top Performers to increase maturity in how they plan, validate, and communicate manufacturing plans. To increase maturity, manufacturers should adopt the best practices of the Top Performers, including using integrated solutions such as 3D and simulation for manufacturing engineering.
*This summary is an abbreviated version of the research and does not contain the full content. For the full research, please visit our sponsor Dassault Systèmes DELMIA (registration required).
If you have difficulty obtaining a copy of the report, please contact us.
[post_title] => Transforming High Tech Manufacturing Engineering
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Why is effective bill of material management critical to digital transformation? What should you look for in a BOM management solution? Our white paper serves as a reference tool for manufacturers selecting a system to improve the maturity of their BOM management practices.
Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full buyer's guide please visit our sponsor, PTC (registration required).
This white paper is an update to our original buyer's guide published in 2020.
This Buyer’s Guide is a reference tool for manufacturers selecting a system to improve the maturity of their BOM management practices. The guide is composed of sections covering software, service, and vendor requirements, along with some special considerations. These are all important factors that impact implementation success and ROI.
Each of these sections includes a checklist with key requirements to investigate when selecting software to enable and improve BOM management. The guide also touches on special considerations for companies to keep an eye on by industry. It also shows how digital BOM management plays a critical role in supporting digital transformation initiatives, including the digital twin, digital thread service transformation, Industry 4.0, and more.
Clearly, a user should be able to enter a BOM manually from a screen by selecting a combination of materials, components, or lower-level assemblies. Systems should also be able to accept and validate an input file, for example, a spreadsheet or XML file, to import / upload BOMs from another system or in a “mass load” scenario. Finally, the system should be able to develop BOMs from underlying engineering tools for efficiency and to prevent manual transcription errors, also known as the “bottom-up” approach.
Of these, the most complex scenario is the bottoms up creation from a Computer Aided Design (CAD) tool. This scenario requires the BOM management solution to digitally interpret the contents of the CAD structure. CAD systems typically contain a lot of information about a product, making good CAD integration a primary need.
[post_title] => Onshape Live 23 Reveals Significant Progress
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[post_content] => There is more exciting news from GE Digital on its newest Proficy MES version. In a previous discussion, we learned that all of the GE Smart Factory Portfolio are becoming available not only on-premises but also on cloud or hybrid. As a fully-hosted managed service for MES-as-a-Service, MES can always be up to date with improvements from lean or continuous improvement (CI) efforts. GE claims up to 30% lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and reduced maintenance while improving security.
The composable architecture now supports OEE, production, and quality management. With cloud hosting, smaller manufacturers can also deploy MES effectively. Another aspect of this release that supports quick results and lasting value is the dozens of out-of-the-box configured screens. These are ready to support production, quality, and performance measurement workflows in process, discrete, and mixed-mode environments.
No-code capabilities also enable customers to tailor the MES to their specific needs. This can be crucial in supporting frontline workers’ adoption of MES. The quality module also offers a way for operators to comment on issues as they arise.
All of these enhancements are to an MES that is already deep and broad. Progress toward the cloud in manufacturing software is continuing. GE offers that option for those who want it, but also on-premise and hybrid for those maintaining those environments. Thank you, Sumit Pal, for sharing this with us!
How can manufacturers overcome their product data gaps to improve new product introduction and drive product profitability? Jim Brown joined Propel’s Converged Live webinar, The Product Information Disconnect: How Collaboration Drives Business Value and Customer Loyalty, to preview his latest research on the product information disconnect and how to solve it.
View the webinar on demand to hear Jim Brown and Propel's Mark Boles and Tom Shoemaker in this open conversation to:
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[post_title] => Update on CoLab as the Design Engagement System (Insight)
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[post_content] => We just learned a lot in an interesting update briefing on Mendix from Siemens. Jim Brown was introduced to #lowcode almost 20 years ago and was excited about the potential when Siemens acquired Mendix. They’ve kept their promise and let Mendix compete in their traditional industries, such as financial services and insurance. They’re also using it themselves across Siemens, sharing that they’ve now adopted Mendix in 11 business and operating units. My update, though, was on the progress Siemens has made in applying Mendix to industrial applications. As I wrote in “Filling Digital Transformation Gaps with Low-Code,” there’s a huge need for new applications to meet industry40, IoT, IIoT, and digital transformation needs. Lowcode creates development agility and supports collaboration so manufacturers can efficiently modernize legacy systems and deploy new applications. Mendix’s ability to deploy in multiple places like, mobile devices and at the edge, helps make that achievable.
In addition to general lowcode enhancements, Siemens has made a lot of progress applying lowcode to their Xcelerator portfolio. They’ve introduced new capabilities and templates to make it easier for customers to extend, integrate, and customize Xcelerator applications. Some interesting general capabilities the provide for lowcode developers come from AWS including text-to-speech. But they’ve also created industry solutions that help industrial companies jumpstart solutions for functions like supply risk management, complaint management, carbon footprint optimization, and more.
The last part of the update was very exciting. They shared that they embedded Mendix into the Opcenter backbone so customers can personalize and extend user experiences - including operator dashboards and screens – based on standard, OOTB templates. The solution is released in January. They shared some examples including Mendix templates for quality Inspection, smart warehouse, workforce management, and field service. This allows customers to adopt existing MES capabilities and rapidly tailor them using lowcode. Mendix capabilities also allow manufacturers to run Opcenter in an offline mode.
All this represents both a big investment and significant proofpoint of Siemens’ integration of Mendix into their core business. Thank you Subba Rao, Shaun Ennis, and Jon Heidorn for taking the time to share the updates.
[post_title] => Siemens Shows Progress with Mendix Lowcode for Industrial Applications (insight)
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How can manufacturers improve manufacturing engineering performance despite increased complexity? We surveyed 177 people involved in manufacturing engineering to find out. The results show that the leaders in manufacturing engineering have increased maturity in the way they plan, validate, and communicate manufacturing operations. These Top Performers waste less time on non-value-added activities, find issues sooner, and spend less on physical prototypes. The eBook shares the best practices they use to do it.
Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full research, please visit our sponsor Dassault Systèmes DELMIA (registration required).
Current Processes can be Improved
There is significant room for improvement. The majority of companies validate process plans with time-consuming and expensive physical prototyping. Physical prototypes bring abstract designs into the real world so engineers can identify issues and improvement opportunities. Most companies also use spreadsheets, which are prone to errors and file-based so they are not conducive to collaboration. These approaches lead to late discoveries and expensive process validation.
Leverage Visual Approaches
Trading physical prototypes for digital validation reduces time and cost. A significant number of companies already use some form of virtual representations. Static visualizations can help engineers see an issue in the digital world before committing to a physical prototype or manufacturing equipment.
Adopt Simulation
Beyond static images, virtual simulation helps designers go beyond “seeing” to virtually experiencing the production process. While only about one-quarter use either 2D or 3D simulation, it’s a promising technology and a potential for significant planning and validation improvement.
*This summary is an abbreviated version of the research and does not contain the full content. For the full research, please visit our sponsor Dassault Systèmes DELMIA (registration required).
If you have difficulty obtaining a copy of the report, please contact us.
[post_title] => Edge2Web Moves from Tools to Manufacturing Intelligence Application on AWS (Insight)
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How can PLM, traditionally an engineering-centric solution, drive innovation, agility, and operational excellence throughout the entire product lifecycle? Attend this webinar to learn how the right PLM can help manufacturers focus on the big picture, not just engineering, to develop profitable products. Hear from:
What do manufacturers need in MES to be competitive both today and in the future?
Hint: it goes well beyond strong functional support and into what may sound like buzzwords, but are truly crucial architectural elements. In this paper, we group them into three elements: digital thread-ready, personalized, and leveraging a comprehensive digital twin. Each of these supports various aspects of industrial competitiveness.
Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full research, please visit our sponsor Siemens Digital Industries Software (registration required).
Recommendations and Next Steps
We’ve seen ENOVIA and NETVIBES present together at a number of events. It’s clear that it’s not just a matter of convenience or economies of scale to speak about two brands at a time. It’s a demonstration of the synergies that help DS make significant progress in evolving the 3DXEXPRIENCE Platform to become more of a business-oriented platform, where NETVIBES extends ENOVIA information and provides value well beyond engineering by bringing in additional data to provide an enterprise-level digital twin. There is still a lot of work to do, but this is the clearest evidence we’ve seen of an organic evolution from an engineering-centric PLM solution to meet broader business needs that appeal beyond Engineering to the executive suite.
Thanks to Joe Horine, Susan Lenzi, and Nancy O’Flaherty for your organizing the event and to Stephane Declee, Morgan Zimmerman, and a host of other leaders and subject matter experts for sharing your progress and vision.
[post_title] => ENOVIA and NETVIBES Show Transition to a Business Platform (Insight)
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Manufacturers continue to move product data and product-related processes to the cloud. What’s driving them? What value are they looking for, and what are they achieving? We surveyed 270 companies that design, engineer, or manufacture products to find out.
Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full research, please visit our sponsor Autodesk (registration required).
Achieving Significant Benefits
The Cloud Makes Work Easier and More Flexible
The next most common benefits are those that make work easier. Moving product-related data and processes to the cloud allows remote and flexible work, supports business agility, allows easier access to data, and enhances collaboration. These are very valuable for today’s distributed product design and development teams. They are also important as companies have adapted to changing markets and ways of working to cope with recent global disruptions like the pandemic. Additional benefits include enhanced talent acquisition and retention, greater supply chain connectivity, better data and knowledge retention, and continuous process improvement.
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[post_content] => I caught up with a really interesting software company that I’ve been following named Soley. I shared a bit about them after our first discussion last year and I was impressed with their unique solution. At that time, I saw how they used cloud, analytics, and collaborative decision-making to understand the impact products have on the value chain. They’ve formalized the approach, which they now call product mining, to help analyze product portfolios to gain efficiencies. They leverage complexity analytics, value patterns, and decision intelligence to create and analyze a graph model (aka enterprise digital twin) that allows their customers to gain transparency into portfolio complexity and inefficiencies so they can reduce ballast and side products. Thank you Maximilian Kissel and Sven Litke for the update.
[post_title] => Update on Product Mining Company Soley (Insight)
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[post_content] => We are excited about prospects for continued service transformation for complex equipment after hearing the latest updates from ServiceMax. We know a new chapter will unfold as the PTC acquisition takes hold. Yet even before that, ServiceMax’s traction in field service management is impressive, with all of its primary product suites scoring new wins to arrive at nearly 400 customers and over 300,000 users. Product-centric from the start, this company differentiates itself by focusing on the service lifecycle for complex products. In their words, they “keep the world running.”
A pure-play SaaS provider on the SalesForce platform, we see how they approach new customers and focus on ongoing customer expansions. Voice of the customer activities seem to ensure that the product roadmap meets real needs, and they boast of a wide range of activities to ensure customers are increasingly satisfied with the support, product quality, and documentation.
ServiceMax’s acquisition of Zinc in 2020 has become a central capability for enterprise-grade instant messaging. Their acquisition of LiquidFrameworks has paid off in additional sales of their FieldFX product for oil and gas, and as the underlying technology for their directed field service management solution, DataGuide, which shows promise to combat the shrinking workforce and knowledgebase of experienced technicians. They have also invested in mobile apps, with separate mobile apps for technicians to get guidance, collaborate, and for the end customers to be in touch with their service providers.
We now understand more of the momentum behind PTC’s announcement that it will acquire ServiceMax. Both are product-focused, and ServiceMax stretches into the in-use product lifecycle. ServiceMax’s momentum, whether on its own or as a SalesForce FSM add-on, delivers strength for PTC to build its business.
Thank you, Gordon Benzie, for taking the time to update us! We look forward to watching the progress of the combined PTC/ServiceMax business and conversations with Sumair Dutta and others.
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[post_content] => I had the opportunity to meet with the Duro team to get an update on their progress. We’re paying attention to Duro because they’re applying agile paradigms created for software development and making them applicable to companies that develop hardware. This is a novel approach that’s proving promising for software-intensive products like those in space, industrial electronics, and consumer device industries. They’re taking a unique approach, adapting PLM principles to agile product development with Github style workflows.
Duro has made significant progress since we last spoke. In particular, they’ve improved customer onboarding, enhanced and extended integrations, provided more configurability, and made their APIs more capable to provide their customers with more process flexibility. At the same time, they’ve grown their team and their customer base.
Duro is definitely an up-and-coming PLM vendor to watch. Thank you Michael Corr, Andrew Pisula, James D White, and Aphrodite Brinsmead for your time.
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[post_content] => I am giddy with optimism after a briefing with Arcstone. Finally, end-to-end supply chain visibility for compliance and sustainability assurance appears possible. This Singapore-based company recognized that a crucial missing piece for supply chain operations is accurate information from the plant floors of everyone in that ecosystem. They also address a way to share that information without undue overhead and hassle. Arcstone has products that span from the smallest supplier’s plant floor to the entire ecosystem.
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[post_content] => What are some keys to success with Industry 4.0? And what does mindfulness have to do with it? Listen to this fireside chat with Julie Fraser, hosted by the Industry 4.0 Club’s Mike Ungar and Mike Yost to start thinking about your ecosystem for success.
An ecosystem is the environment in which a variety of compatible organisms - or organizations - coexist. Some elements go together and some do not. For Industry 4.0, each player must review fit and ability to support each other over a longer period of time. Rather than thinking of vendors and customers, moving to view each other as partners is a start.
What does that entail? How can manufacturers identify partners that will truly partner and support them? What can the solution providers do to bolster their customer-partners’ success?
In this video, you’ll get to hear what Julie and the two Mikes think and have seen. You’ll also hear about a trend that’s beyond the “talking about” stage and into the “take action” stage this year. Industry 4.0 technologies will support this earth-level ecosystem issue. Julie also takes some questions from the LinkedIn Live audience.
Thank you, Industry 4.0 Club, for the opportunity to have a conversation on all of this!
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What are some keys to success with Industry 4.0? And what does mindfulness have to do with it? Listen to this fireside chat with Julie Fraser, hosted by the Industry 4.0 Club’s Mike Ungar and Mike Yost to start thinking about your ecosystem for success. An ecosystem is the environment in which a variety of…
I recently got an update briefing from iTAC Software AG, which was eye-opening. It appears you can now get deep out-of-the-box MES/MOM functionality plus low-code ways to extend the software. This company has offered #MES for many years but has recently expanded on many fronts. The original company philosophy of bidirectional integration with equipment has…
How can high tech manufacturers improve manufacturing engineering? We surveyed 177 people directly involved with manufacturing engineering and found that modernizing processes and technology drives higher manufacturing engineering productivity and performance. These improvements are crucial to profitability as customers demand high quality, personalized products at increasingly faster time to market; all despite rising product and…
Why is effective bill of material management critical to digital transformation? What should you look for in a BOM management solution? Our white paper serves as a reference tool for manufacturers selecting a system to improve the maturity of their BOM management practices. Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full buyer’s guide please visit…
Onshape, a PTC Technology recently held their Onshape Live 23 virtual event. It was a nice overview of progress over the last year, customer success stories, and previews of what’s coming. Loretta Faluade kicked things off and then introduced David Katzman as the new General Manager of the Onshape business at PTC. David provided an update highlighting their 3 million users, 99.9%…
There is more exciting news from GE Digital on its newest Proficy MES version. In a previous discussion, we learned that all of the GE Smart Factory Portfolio are becoming available not only on-premises but also on cloud or hybrid. As a fully-hosted managed service for MES-as-a-Service, MES can always be up to date with…
How can manufacturers overcome their product data gaps to improve new product introduction and drive product profitability? Jim Brown joined Propel’s Converged Live webinar, The Product Information Disconnect: How Collaboration Drives Business Value and Customer Loyalty, to preview his latest research on the product information disconnect and how to solve it. View the webinar on demand to hear…
We spent some time with CoLab to get an update on their solution and their progress. We’ve been following CoLab and their goal to become the “system of engagement” for engineering. I’ve referred to them as the potential second half of the PLM promise because they go beyond data and process management to provide a…
We just learned a lot in an interesting update briefing on Mendix from Siemens. Jim Brown was introduced to #lowcode almost 20 years ago and was excited about the potential when Siemens acquired Mendix. They’ve kept their promise and let Mendix compete in their traditional industries, such as financial services and insurance. They’re also using…
How can manufacturers improve manufacturing engineering performance despite increased complexity? We surveyed 177 people involved in manufacturing engineering to find out. The results show that the leaders in manufacturing engineering have increased maturity in the way they plan, validate, and communicate manufacturing operations. These Top Performers waste less time on non-value-added activities, find issues sooner,…
As a production metrics maven, I’m energized by a recent briefing for Jim Brown and me with Edge2Web, Inc. about their expansion to a second platform and first foray into applications. Now its low-code IoT tools Director and Flow Server run both on Siemens Digital Industries Software MindSphere and Amazon Web Services (AWS). This opens…
How can PLM, traditionally an engineering-centric solution, drive innovation, agility, and operational excellence throughout the entire product lifecycle? Attend this webinar to learn how the right PLM can help manufacturers focus on the big picture, not just engineering, to develop profitable products. Hear from: Jim Brown, President of Tech-Clarity, reviewing findings from his recent research…
What do manufacturers need in MES to be competitive both today and in the future? Hint: it goes well beyond strong functional support and into what may sound like buzzwords, but are truly crucial architectural elements. In this paper, we group them into three elements: digital thread-ready, personalized, and leveraging a comprehensive digital twin. Each…
Michelle Boucher and I had the opportunity to get an update on Dassault Systemes’ progress and strategy by attending a relatively small industry analyst day meeting. The event was a joint presentation for two important DS brands, ENOVIA and NETVIBES and allowed us to get a behind-the-scenes look and ask a lot of questions. What…
Manufacturers continue to move product data and product-related processes to the cloud. What’s driving them? What value are they looking for, and what are they achieving? We surveyed 270 companies that design, engineer, or manufacture products to find out. Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full research, please visit our sponsor Autodesk (registration required). Table…
How can companies leverage the IoT to increase service profitability and customer loyalty? Many companies have found that remote monitoring helps them transform service to dramatically improve service performance. But what’s required to turn machine data into actionable service intelligence? This infographic highlights the key findings from our buyer’s guide on improving service with remote…
I caught up with a really interesting software company that I’ve been following named Soley. I shared a bit about them after our first discussion last year and I was impressed with their unique solution. At that time, I saw how they used cloud, analytics, and collaborative decision-making to understand the impact products have on…
We are excited about prospects for continued service transformation for complex equipment after hearing the latest updates from ServiceMax. We know a new chapter will unfold as the PTC acquisition takes hold. Yet even before that, ServiceMax’s traction in field service management is impressive, with all of its primary product suites scoring new wins to…
I had the opportunity to meet with the Duro team to get an update on their progress. We’re paying attention to Duro because they’re applying agile paradigms created for software development and making them applicable to companies that develop hardware. This is a novel approach that’s proving promising for software-intensive products like those in space, industrial…
I am giddy with optimism after a briefing with Arcstone. Finally, end-to-end supply chain visibility for compliance and sustainability assurance appears possible. This Singapore-based company recognized that a crucial missing piece for supply chain operations is accurate information from the plant floors of everyone in that ecosystem. They also address a way to share that…
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