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Integration

Integrating PLM with MES

How far have manufacturers come in connecting the product digital thread from design through manufacturing? How mature is the integration of data in the two primary systems supporting engineering and production? We interviewed over 200 large manufacturers to answer those questions and many more.  Please enjoy an overview of our findings, below. For the full…

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  • eBooks

Jim Brown - May 28, 2026 - Filed Under: Published Research, eBooks, Survey Results - Tagged With: MES, DFX, MPM, Integration, Scrap, Challenges, Integration Maturity, Agility, PLM MES Integration, Efficiency, Integration Benefits, BOM, PLM, Transfer to Plant, BOP, Engineering Change, MBOM, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, ECO, Time to Market, Governance

Building the Digital Thread to Improve NPD Performance

How can manufacturers develop a digital thread and unlock the business value necessary to stay competitive? Today’s manufacturers operate in an environment defined by compressed timelines, increasing product complexity, and heightened customer expectations. Success depends on the ability to move quickly without sacrificing quality, compliance, or profitability. To achieve this, organizations must enable seamless collaboration…

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Howie Markson - February 20, 2026 - Filed Under: eBooks, Published Research - Tagged With: PDM, NPD, Integration, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Data Management, ECAD, PLM, MCAD, CAD, CAD Integration, Engineering, Digital Thread, Innovation, Product Development

How are Manufacturing Leaders Integrating PLM and MES?

How do manufacturers integrate design data (PLM) with manufacturing data (MES)?  This survey is now closed, please see our active survey page link for more survey opportunities.  

    Jim Brown - January 28, 2026 - Filed Under: Uncategorized - Tagged With: PLM, MES, Integration, Connectivity, Digital Thread

    Manufacturing Data Hub

    Rhize Enables Enterprise Digital Transformation with Ontology-Based Data Hub

    Can ISA95 rescue large manufacturers’ digital transformation efforts? Early evidence suggests that it can, when deployed as a knowledge graph, exposed as the schema of a standard data model. The ISA95 standard is the basis for the ontological structure of Rhize Manufacturing Data Hub. This headless, event-driven, real-time system provides a clean, single source of…

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    • Insights

    Julie Fraser - July 24, 2025 - Filed Under: Insights, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: GraphQL, Ontology, Low-code / No-code, Headless, Real-time, ISA95, Operations Data Management, Manufacturing Data Hub, Knowledge Graph, Workflow, Event-Driven, Integration, Time-Series Data, Platform, Complex Rules Processing, Digital Transformation

    Industrial SOE

    Hexagon Delivers a New Digital Industrial Platform to Accelerate Innovation

    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…

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    • In the News

    Jim Brown - May 7, 2025 - Filed Under: Insights & Activity, In the News - Tagged With: Platform, Digital Thread, SOE, System of Engagement, Industrial SOE, Hexagon, Nexus, Digital Reality Platform, Collaboration, Integration

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