Change Management Archives

PLM and the Digital Thread (survey invitation)

How do leading companies streamline product development and maintain complete, connected product data with PLM and the digital thread? Please take … [ read more ]
The Cloud-Security Tradeoff for Product Innovation and Engineering Software (guest post)

Is trading off security to enjoy the benefits of the cloud worth it? Is the cloud-security tradeoff necessary? Why are some manufacturers still uneasy … [ read more ]
CAD Data Management (survey results)

How can smaller companies and design teams manage CAD data without taking away from their time to innovate and respond to customers? Smaller companies … [ read more ]
Engineer Better Products (survey invite)

How do leading companies engineer better products? How are they dealing with today's complex design problems? What potential problems should design … [ read more ]
Escalating Cloud Value by Adoption & Maturity (infographic)

How do companies achieve cloud value from product innovation and engineering software? How does that value expand with greater adoption and maturity? … [ read more ]

PLM411 SāmPāg Collaboration Software Parody / ECO and PLM Interview

December 3, 2014 by Jim Brown Leave a Comment

Tech-Clarity takes a jab at collaboration software with this funny infomercial on the fictitious SāmPāg solution. It highlights a real issue about how poorly companies collaborate about their products and product information. The ad is followed by a great discussion with Chad Jackson of Lifecycle Insights on Engineering Change Management and how PLM software can help.

Having Fun with PLM411 (recapping first three videos)

November 4, 2014 by Jim Brown 4 Comments

Watch some funny videos about PLM and then stay for some insights and education on how PLM can help manufacturers accelerate and improve product development. Our first three videos make fun of the scourge of Change Management Paralysis, introduce the “innovative” Recipe Manager 2020, and rip on Big Software. All of these carry an important message about the

PLM411 Recipe Manager Informercial / How Can PLM Help my Business?

October 2, 2014 by Jim Brown Leave a Comment

PLM411 takes a funny look at how manufacturers manage their Bills of Material in the Recipe Manager 2020 spoof, followed by some straight talk on how PLM helps manufacturers improve business performance. Tech-Clarity President Jim Brown and Ron Locklin of Autodesk discuss the ways PLM helps companies give insight into their products and save them money . The

Arena Solution’s PLM Vision 2014+

September 23, 2014 by Jim Brown Leave a Comment

What is Arena Solutions’ plan for PLM? From the early days as BOM.com to today, Arena has been a pureplay cloud PLM player. You could argue they had cloud PLM before cloud PLM was cool. They were a pioneer in the space, but where are they headed now? This post is a part of my series on Strategic Visions of the Major

PLM411 Change Management Syndrome Infomercial / Is PLM Right for my Business?

September 16, 2014 by Jim Brown 1 Comment

Tech-Clarity announces a new video series with the release of the first PLM411 episode, “Is PLM Right for my Business?” The video starts with a funny infomercial on the scurge of “change management paralysis” in manufacturing, and then transitions to a frank discussion between Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity and Allan Behrens of Taxal on which companies can

Tech-Clarity Change Survey Covered in Machine Design

September 4, 2013 by Jim Brown Leave a Comment

Elisabeth Eitel of Machine Design covered Tech-Clarity’s Best Practices for Factory Adaptability report. Hear her views on the results in Machine Design article Survey results: Manufacturers tell how they implement change.