Making the value of technology clear
Of course this can’t be done with today’s disconnected tools, data, and office productivity tools like documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. As PLM for CPG, Personal Care, and Cosmetics advises, “Understand that spreadsheets and shared folders are not enough to fuel the speed and throughput requirements to remain competitive in formula-based industries.” Science Lifecycle Management in the Enterprise Ecosystem goes further, explaining that “Disjointed solutions and lack of integration leads to inefficiency, inability to reuse lab results, difficulty running analytics to find trends, and no mechanism to leverage scientific knowledge to become a ‘learning organization’ that leverages its scientific know-how.”
Instead, the digital thread removes the burden from innovators while creating a manageable IP asset that provides value well into the future, resulting in better corporate IP, more time for innovators to innovate, fewer recalls, faster time-to-market, higher productivity, and happy consumers. The time for the digital thread to transform product innovation and delight consumers has arrived. Consumer Packaged Goods Companies that don’t move toward a digital thread enabled by a product innovation platform will be at a disadvantage.
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Jim Brown offers some advice on selecting PLM systems in this TechTarget article Choosing a PLM System for Your Company? Start with Strategy. The report includes a requirements framework you can use to select the right vendor partner.
This is part three of a four part series. Prior article What can PLM technology dor for Enterprises? explores the benefits of PLM and PLM tools can cure and prevent product development ailments describes who can benefit from Product Lifecycle Management.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown contributed a guest post to the Dassault Systèmes blog sharing some research on PLM for midsize manufacturing companies. The post explains how these smaller companies sometimes feel stuck between the need for a full featured PLM system to get their engineering and product development processes under control and less capable file-sharing systems that are easier to adopt but don't provide the capabilities they need.
Read the post on the 3DS blog now.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown shares the value and benefits of PLM in this TechTarget article PLM tools can cure and prevent product development ailments, answering the question "who can benefit from Product Lifecycle Management?" in part two of this four part series.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown contributes his views on PLM and how it helps manufacturers in this TechTarget article What can PLM technology dor for Enterprises.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown and Dassault Systémes' VP Kendall Pond will present on this Engineering.com webcast sharing insights on the value of PLM for aerospace and automative suppliers that have outgrown their informal data management approaches. Companies in the auto and aero supply chains can learn how to better manage data, processes, and collaboration with Product Lifecycle Management, and how it can help them create a digital continuity from concept to through retirement.
Listen to the recorded webcast now. Free of charge, registration required. Sponsored by Dassault Systemes
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[post_content] => How do you tell true cloud PLM software versus other SaaS options and why is it important? We start this episode by poking some fun at old software disguised as cloud. Then, Jim Brown interviews Excellims Corporation's VP of Engineering Mark Osgood who shares his experience outgrowing spreadsheets for managing product lifecycles, finding PLM systems cost prohibitive, and then implementing a "cloud" PLM solution that wasn't truly cloud, with poor results. Then hes implemented a native cloud PLM solution. The differences in performance is dramatic.
The video series is brought to you by Autodesk PLM360.
PLM411 brings you straight talk about how manufacturers can accelerate product innovation and product development with PLM.
For more visit PLM411.com or the Tech-Clarity YouTube Channel.
https://youtu.be/BrdTuJ5Gl-c
Prior Episode:We take a silly look at solving the problem of fragmented product data and processes with a mythical integration product called FlōSēl. Then we get down to business with Tech-Clarity's Jim Brown and CIMdata's Stan Przybylinski discussing the reasons people customize their PLM systems, the potential downfalls of doing it, and the changing customization / configuration scenario given recent software architecture changes like web services and the Cloud.
Next Episode: The next video shares some of the funnier moments from our 2015 infomercials and then tackles a serious question, “Should startups use PLM?,” in an interview with Autodesk’s Laurent Rains and Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown.
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[post_content] => Michelle Boucher joins Engineering.com and Boris Marovic of Mentor Graphics as they discuss how tools like CFD, sliding meshes and parametric studies can help engineers simulate products such as pumps and turbochargers.
Listen to the recording (free of charge, registration required).
The webinar is October 27, 2015 at 2:00 EDT.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown penned a post on evergreen design for PTC's Product Lifecycle Report Blog. The report, IoT Makes "As Good as the Day I Bought It" a Thing of the Past, shares the exciting potential available from smart, connected products that can be updated in the field to correct issues, improve performance, or add new capabilities.
Read the post on the PTC Blog (free of charge, no registration required)
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[post_content] => Jim Brown shared his views on the value of location independence in this guest post titled Can’t beam me the part? Ok, how about just the 3D printing instructions? on the GrabCAD blog.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown joins Carl Smith of IMAGINiT as they discuss how to improve collaboration, time-to-market, and efficiency using the cloud in Engineering.
View the recorded webcast (free of charge, registration required).
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[post_content] => We take a silly look at solving the problem of fragmented product data and processes with a mythical integration product called FlōSēl. Then we get down to business with Tech-Clarity's Jim Brown and CIMdata's Stan Przybylinski discussing the reasons people customize their PLM systems, the potential downfalls of doing it, and the changing customization / configuration scenario given recent software architecture changes like web services and the Cloud.
The video series is brought to you by Autodesk PLM360.
PLM411 brings you straight talk about how manufacturers can accelerate product innovation and product development with PLM.
For more visit PLM411.com or the Tech-Clarity YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DXusoBRpWc
Prior Episode: What is PLM software anyway? You probably know it’s “Product Lifecycle Management” but beyond that most definitions get weak. At best they’re circular. We ponder that question in a tongue-in-cheek way before transitioning into an insightful interview between Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown and “KJ” Carlson of Club W. KJ shares some unique perspectives and uses of PLM across departments as diverse as Compliance, Finance, and Legal and into the supply chain tool. His experience can help others find news ways to get value out of PLM beyond managing CAD data. As Jim says, “it’s not your grandfather’s PLM.”
Next Episode: How do you tell true cloud PLM software versus other SaaS options and why is it important? We start this episode by poking some fun at old software disguised as cloud. Then, Jim Brown interviews Excellims Corporation's VP of Engineering Mark Osgood who shares his experience outgrowing spreadsheets for managing product lifecycles, finding PLM systems cost prohibitive, and then implementing a "cloud" PLM solution that wasn't truly cloud, with poor results. Then hes implemented a native cloud PLM solution. The differences in performance is dramatic.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown contributed his views on the potential business impacts of 3D Printing in this guest blog post on the GrabCAD blog, What Businesses are about to get “Amazonned” by the 3D Printing Revolution?
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[post_content] => This short, animated Tech-Clarity TV episode explores the different Product Data Management options available to manufacturers. It explains that value of full-featured PDM as a step beyond CAD File Management and a stepping stone toward PLM for more advanced capabilities as needed.
https://youtu.be/GcfoQRP4Cic
This episode is sponsored by Siemens PLM.
Learn more about Siemens PLM and their Teamcenter Rapid Start Program.
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Join Tech-Clarity's Jim Brown and Dassault Systemes' Raymond Wodar as they present on a CGT webcast, New Approaches to Improve Product Development. The presentation focuses on how to compete in today's complex markets and ensure innovative products reach consumers quickly despite tight regulations, disperse supply chains, and severe cost pressure. Learn how Top Performing CPG companies are moving beyond point solutions and disconnected processes and adopting more holistic product development approaches.
Register Now (free of charge, registration required)
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To be eligible for this offer, you must complete the survey and be a professional with job responsibilities related to or supporting the development, release, or manufacture of products. Vendors and consultants who sell software, solutions, or services to support product development are not eligible. Students without relevant professional work experience are also not eligible. A valid work email is required to receive the gift card. To verify eligibility, your work email must include the domain of your place of employment. Email addresses will be kept confidential and will not be used for any direct sales or marketing purposes. Duplicate responses will be disqualified. Winners will be notified when the survey is closed.
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In addition, 20 respondents will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. See rules and eligibility requirements below.
The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. Individual responses will be kept confidential.
Thank you for your help and support!
To be eligible for this offer, you must complete the survey and be a professional with job responsibilities related to or supporting the development, release, or manufacture of products. Vendors and consultants who sell software, solutions, or services to support product development are not eligible. Students without relevant professional work experience are also not eligible. A valid work email is required to receive the gift card. To verify eligibility, your work email must include the domain of your place of employment. Email addresses will be kept confidential and will not be used for any direct sales or marketing purposes. Duplicate responses will be disqualified. Winners will be notified when the survey is closed.
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The Getting the Most from PLM - PLM Drives Tangible Business Value eBook is the result of a joint research project between research firm Tech-Clarity and innovation consulting firm Kalypso. We researched over 100 companies to determine how some companies get much higher levels of value from their Product Lifecycle Management implementations. The report shows that leading companies go beyond tactical (yet valuable) cost and efficiency gains to improve innovation and drive higher profit margins and revenue.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the eBook to download a PDF overview (free of charge, no registration required).
For the full report, please visit our research partner Kalypso (free of charge, no registration required).
Tech-Clarity’s Michelle Boucher will share recent research on PDM, PLM and the cloud at an event put on by MasterGraphics, "Cloud ERP / PLM: Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Connected Data." She will discuss some misconceptions and how to set the right foundation for incremental strategic improvement.
The event will be held in Milwaukee on August 13th. More information about the event can be found here.
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[post_content] => Jim Brown presented findings from his recent research on Enterprise PLM in this Engineering.com webcast, Top PLM Performers Manage More Than CAD. The recording is now available on-demand, including a very active Q&A session.
Watch the replay now (no charge, registration required)
Sponsored by Autodesk PLM 360
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The The CPG Digital Thread ebook shares how consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies can streamline their product innovation and commercialization practices by innovating along the digital thread. It shares how companies can simultaneously enable R&D to innovate more efficiently while capturing the resulting IP as a reusable corporate asset by leveraging an integrated product innovation platform to create the digital thread.
Please enjoy the summary below, or click the report or title to download the full PDF (free of charge, no registration required) sponsored by Dassault Systemes.
Also see the Consumer Goods Technology webcast New Approaches to Improve Product Development (free of charge, no registration required), also sponsored by Dassault Systemes.
CPG companies have the opportunity to step up their product innovation processes and productivity to compete in crowded, competitive markets. In order to do that, they can leverage the digital thread to:
Of course this can’t be done with today’s disconnected tools, data, and office productivity tools like documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. As PLM for CPG, Personal Care, and Cosmetics advises, “Understand that spreadsheets and shared folders are not enough to fuel the speed and throughput requirements to remain competitive in formula-based industries.” Science Lifecycle Management in the Enterprise Ecosystem goes further, explaining that “Disjointed solutions and lack of integration leads to inefficiency, inability to reuse lab results, difficulty running analytics to find trends, and no mechanism to leverage scientific knowledge to become a ‘learning organization’ that leverages its scientific know-how.”
Instead, the digital thread removes the burden from innovators while creating a manageable IP asset that provides value well into the future, resulting in better corporate IP, more time for innovators to innovate, fewer recalls, faster time-to-market, higher productivity, and happy consumers. The time for the digital thread to transform product innovation and delight consumers has arrived. Consumer Packaged Goods Companies that don’t move toward a digital thread enabled by a product innovation platform will be at a disadvantage.
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The The CPG Digital Thread ebook shares how consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies can streamline their product innovation and commercialization practices by innovating along the digital thread. It shares how companies can simultaneously enable R&D to innovate more efficiently while capturing the resulting IP as a reusable corporate asset by leveraging an integrated product innovation platform to create the digital…
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