Making the value of technology clear
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…
It’s really exciting to see low code / no code solutions hitting their stride. We’ve been following the approach for a long time and we’re seeing it take shape in some really interesting ways. Julie Fraser and I spoke with Pillir to understand how they’re applying low-code to improve manufacturing and supply chain in the…
I had the chance to check in with Propel to get an update on their Product Value Management (PVM) strategy. I’m usually not a big fan of new acronyms, but they really are talking about something more than the current state of PLM. When I started researching PLM (two decades ago, yikes), I developed a…