Jim Brown’s recently published eBook research, The Business Value of An Industrial System of Engagement Platform, introduced the concept of the Industrial System of Engagement (SOE). Following the eBook, he penned a guest post for Hexagon summarizing the eBook and how the Industrial SOE provides a platform to extend the value of current enterprise systems by providing enhanced connectivity and collaboration.
The Industrial SOE
The post shares the challenge that manufacturers face – plenty of data but significant difficulty connecting and collaborating on the product digital thread information it holds. The eBook proposes that it’s time for manufacturers to change how they connect and collaborate across the systems that house their product data.
Beyond sharing the challenges, the post offers a definition for the Industrial SOE and what it must deliver, including:
- Data Centricity
- Integrated Information
- Operationalized Collaboration
- A System for Action
Hexagon’s Nexus Platform
This guest post shares an overview of the Industrial SOE concept based on our research and interviews with two thought leaders, Style Crest Project Engineer Tyler Lucas and Paragon Medical Devices Senior Quality Manager Jeff Livingston. It then discusses how Nexus, Hexagon’s open digital industrial platform for manufacturers built on the Microsoft Azure platform, delivers collaboration value for manufacturers.
For more information on the Industrial SOE and Nexus, you can read the full blog post on the Hexagon site. You can also download the full white paper directly from Hexagon.