THE PLM STATE

To continue the thoughts around effective utilization of technology, I want to share some data gleaned from out last webinar, which was an introduction to our upcoming online training for engineering...

Recently, I was sitting in on a discussion between one of our consultants and a client. The consultant has years of experience with product portfolio management (PPM) and was advising our client on...

It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the latest craze. We all want to believe there is some new thing that is going to transform our lives or company for the better and lead us on a path...

When I was a kid, I was always fascinated with the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. The technology they developed to go deep into the ocean was amazing. I once heard James Cameron speak at...

We have been reviewing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) success factors as part of an attempt to improve the value propositions of our clients, and training continues to emerge as a key theme....

Last week in Part I, we discussed the nature of CAD data and the challenges of managing this data and the engineers who create it. Balancing between the need for freedom to foster creativity and...

Growing up I was also fascinated by Greek mythology and am always struck by how much it is still a part of our language and culture thousands of years later. One of my favorite stories is The Odyssey 

My eight year old son was mesmerized by Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief . In the book, the gods of the Greek and Roman Pantheon battle with their unique abilities,...

At the executive level, if you really do the cost benefit analysis around regulatory compliance, sometimes, it appears that the cost associated with it versus the penalties of non-compliance might be...

Back in 2010 I wrote an article titled “No Engineering Organization is an Island”. The point of the article was to detail how almost all PLM systems can trace their origins back to Engineering....