Change Management Archives

Executive Strategies for Long-Term Success (survey invitation)

How do leading companies develop their products, services, workforce, and business for long-term, sustainable business success? Please take 10 to … [ read more ]
Retail Predictive Analytics Solution (Buyer’s Checklist)

If you are a retail company, what should you look for in an analytics solution? In the retail industry, there is little room for error. … [ read more ]
Empowering Design Engineers (Infographic)

How can you empower design engineers to make more informed decisions that can help set your products apart from the competition? Tech-Clarity’s … [ read more ]
The Five Basics of Effective BOM Processes (eBook)

BOM Processes Rely on Inadequate Solutions Ineffective BOM Processes Cause Disruption BOM management is critical to connecting design, … [ read more ]
How to Avoid Non-Value Added Work for Engineers (guest post)

Imagine what you could do if you could get almost a third of your time back? In a guest post on the Sodius Willert blog, Michelle Boucher shares … [ 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.