Can today’s aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers meet the challenges of adopting Model-Based Enterprise approaches (a requirement for some new DoD projects), leveraging AI, while continuing to support legacy products that are over 50 years old? That is the challenge that iBase-t’s customers face every day. We recently sat down with iBase-t’s management team to…
Inaugural Mapex International Smart Industry Podcast on Digital Manufacturing and AI
Is your manufacturing organization ready for AI? In this conversation David J. Jacq, CEO of Mapex, and Rick Franzosa, VP of Research for Manufacturing at Tech-Clarity, Inc., will bring their deep expertise in digital transformation, operations, and advanced manufacturing to explore the challenges and opportunities in smart manufacturing in the age of AI. Listen as…
ISE MV2 Provides MES Functionality for an Underserved Market
The market for MES in mid-sized manufacturers has traditionally been underserved. Major MES vendors find it unsuitable, as it conflicts with their direct sales model and complex product offerings. However, mid-sized manufacturers have the same MES needs as larger companies but lack the IT resources necessary to implement and support these systems. Decades of Service…
Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Expands to Software-Defined Production, Tech Transfer, Recipes
Can manufacturers gain an effective digital twin capability spanning from product concept to supply chain, production process, production execution, factory automation, and controls? Dassault Systèmes believes it can deliver that today. Their UNIV+RSES vision expanded deep into the plant floor with their July acquisition of Ascon’s Qube technology and team. This new edge-to-cloud platform complements…
Siemens Opcenter’s TCO and Scalability Help Fuel Digital Thread
What if MES were fully natively integrated into an end-to-end suite across the product and production lifecycle? For years, industry analysts have remarked that Siemens had acquired all the pieces—if only they could put them together. We recently had a briefing that focused on the MES, Opcenter, and the progress made toward the end-to-end goal:…
