Making the value of technology clear
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…