THE PLM STATE

Best Practices for Data Migration

Let's face it – data migration is a pain. Just the thought of moving years or decades of accumulated data from a worn or legacy system to something new is often enough to induce companies to cling to...

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The PLM State: Moving Engineering Closer to the Edge of the Envelope

Guest Writer: Darryl Worhsam - President/CEO, Perception Software

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The PLM State: Building Synergy with EC Connector Setup

Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts.” - Wikipedia

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The PLM State: Revisiting the Island, Why Engineers should care about PLM

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....

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The PLM State: Design Collaboration: The Early Bird Gets the Worm

It is said, if a design flaw is caught and changed during the design cycle it costs $1. The same change made during the approval/release process costs $10. If the change is made during prototype, the...

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The PLM State: Tortoise vs. Hare - Winning the PPM Implementation Race

Overview

With the abundance of lapine symbolism accompanying the Easter holiday, it seems a fitting time to examine one of life’s eternal questions: when implementing Agile PPM, which approach yields...

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The PLM State: Debunking the PLM Mystery in Mystery Science Theater 3000

If you have been paying attention to our many emails and social media posts, Zero Wait-State has themed our appearance at this year's Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience (MSCE) around the...

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The PLM State: Getting PLM Fit

I have to admit that as I age I struggle with my fitness and weight. I once could eat whatever I wanted with little consequence and could jump in and out of exercise programs without wrecking my...

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The PLM State: Earning Your Awards

I don’t just live and think PLM, I also coach a competitive age group swim team. We are part of the USA Swimming development program. USA Swimming is the national governing body for swimming from age...

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