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What’s Happening in Engineer to Order (ETO) and Design Automation?

Engineer to Order is a great way to increase sales and improve margins for some and a business reality for those in industries that demand products that fit into their customers’ environments. It’s also one of my favorite topics because I have seen the issue from the ERP / sales configurator side of things as well…

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Jim Brown - July 24, 2014 - Filed Under: Clarity on PLM, Insights, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: 150% BOM, Configuration, Configurator, Design Automation, Engineer to Order, ETO, MTO, Options, Rules-based Design, Rulestream, Variants

The Bald Truth on Platform Design in Tech4PD Episode 5

As you have seen in the Tech4PD year in review, the consequences for losing a debate on engineering software can be severe. This time somebody shaves their head! Tough loss, that one! In this episode Chad and I discuss Platform Design and related design automation topics. Our debate is which technology should take the lead…

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Jim Brown - January 17, 2013 - Filed Under: Clarity on PLM, Insights, Insights & Activity - Tagged With: CAD, Configuration, Dueling Analysts, Engineer to Order, ETO, Make to Order, Modular Design, MTO, Platform Design, PLM, Rules-based Design

Webcast on Leveraging Knowledge in Engineer to Order

Jim Brown will present his view on engineer to order (ETO) business value and best practices on the Mobilize Your Product Knowledge to Win More Engineer to Order Business webcast with Brian Grogan of Siemens PLM and Kip Alexander of Babcock & Wilcox. The presentation will discuss the business benefits and resulting complexity of customized…

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Jim Brown - January 14, 2013 - Filed Under: Presentations & Video - Tagged With: ATO, Babcock & Wilcox, Complexity, Configurator, Customization, Engineer to Order, Engineering Knowledge, ETO, MTO, Product Knowledge, Rulestream, Webcast

Rules-driven Product Management

Rules-driven Product Management: Achieving Greater Value from Customer-Specified Products highlights the manufacturing strategy of customizing products to exact customer specifications to combat commoditization, globalization, margin shrink and increased competition, and how Rules-driven Product Management can help. Please enjoy the free Executive Summary below, or click the report title above to download the full PDF (free…

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Jim Brown - April 11, 2012 - Filed Under: Published Research - Tagged With: Configuration, Configurator, Design Automation, ETO, Features, Mass Customization, MTO, Options, Product Knowledge, Product Management, Proposal

Mass Customization of Highly Configurable Products

Mass Customization of Highly Configurable Products: Designing, Selling and Producing “Simple” Products discusses the challenges that mass customization places on manufacturing companies. Describes how customization makes seemingly “simple” products complex to design, sell and produce.Please enjoy the free Executive Summary below, or click the report title above to download the full PDF (free of charge,…

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Jim Brown - March 23, 2012 - Filed Under: Published Research - Tagged With: Configuration, Configurator, ETO, Flexibility, Manufacturing, Mass Customization, MTO

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