Insights

Better Service Performance requires Better Product and Service Information

A quick peek into some research on enabling service organizations with the right product information from Tech-Clarity Insight: Better Service from Better Product Information: Evolving to Visual, Product-Centric Service Communication. Service has become a higher strategy priority for manufacturers focused on keeping customers satisfied and taking advantage of higher profit margins in the service lifecycle….

And the Winners from the Data Management Survey are…

Thank you to Siemens PLM for making iPads available to a few lucky survey respondents! The winners are ………………… (that is a drumroll, if you can’t tell) ………………………. Brian Halter, High Steel Structures, USA Mary Castille, Whataburger Restaurants Property & Facilities, USA Lijun Li, Ningbo Saikesi Hydraulic Company, China Xuehui Zhang, Ninghai Saiping Mould Company,…

Autodesk’s announces PLM Solution 360 Nexus – So What?

You have probably heard by now that Autodesk has announced that they are entering the PLM market with the announcement of Autodesk 360 Nexus. I had the opportunity to hear about this in a “behind the scenes” look a while back and attended Autodesk University this week to take in the launch. Autodesk put a…

Accessing All of Your Product Data Regardless of Where and How it is Stored

A quick peek into some research on … the importance of accessing all product-related information, whether it is stored in a formal system such as Product Data Management (PDM) or not. The report, Issue in Focus: Product Data Accessibility: Getting Value from All of your Product Data, explains the importance for manufacturers to readily retrieve…

Are There Best Practices for Product Portfolio Management?

A quick peek into some research on … how companies can take a practical path to improve PPM decision-making. I won’t keep you guessing (if you were), there are some VERY good best practices that have been developed by the new product development (NPD) community. The research consists of interviews with three distinguished manufacturers in…

LCA and PLM – Two (Green) Peas in a Pod – Chat with Trayak

I had the chance to talk with … Prashant Jagtap, CEO of Trayak, about designing products for sustainability. Prashant is a veteran of the PLM industry, and he and I had a great discussion about how design for sustainability fits into PLM. This post will share a bit of that discussion as well as a…

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