Beyond PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Blog https://beyondplm.com/ Information About PLM, Engineering And Manufacturing Software by Oleg Shilovitsky... Tue, 19 May 2026 07:40:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://beyondplm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-beyondplmlogo-32x32.jpg Beyond PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Blog https://beyondplm.com/ 32 32 PLM AI Luddites: 7 Patterns That Look Like AI Adoption But Aren’t https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/18/plm-ai-luddites-ai-adoption-patterns/ https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/18/plm-ai-luddites-ai-adoption-patterns/#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 13:12:29 +0000 https://beyondplm.com/?p=20414 Earlier last week, my attention was caught by multiple articles discussing a trend in which employees are maxing out their...

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]]> https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/17/beyond-digital-thread-the-case-for-product-memory-in-engineering-organizations/feed/ 20 What is Product Memory? https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/14/what-is-product-memory/ https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/14/what-is-product-memory/#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:29 +0000 https://beyondplm.com/?p=20404 The Context Layer That Makes AI Agents Useful in Engineering Every new AI agent session starts from zero. LLMs are...

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]]> https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/14/what-is-product-memory/feed/ 72 Before Software: How Engineering Was Always a Human Memory System https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/10/before-software-how-engineering-was-always-a-human-memory-system/ https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/10/before-software-how-engineering-was-always-a-human-memory-system/#comments Sun, 10 May 2026 15:47:27 +0000 https://beyondplm.com/?p=20400 Before software entered the engineering room, something else was already there — a system made of paper, people, and presence....

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]]> https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/09/plm-ux-dead-long-live-plm-ux-ai-native-future/feed/ 13 Engineering Identity in the Age of AI: From Knowledge Holder to Judgment Owner https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/06/engineering-identity-in-the-age-of-ai-from-knowledge-holder-to-judgment-owner/ https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/06/engineering-identity-in-the-age-of-ai-from-knowledge-holder-to-judgment-owner/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 11:32:30 +0000 https://beyondplm.com/?p=20393 There is a famous image from the early years of industrialization – workers gathered around a loom, some with hammers...

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]]> https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/06/engineering-identity-in-the-age-of-ai-from-knowledge-holder-to-judgment-owner/feed/ 32 Is Your PDM/PLM System Ready for AI Agents? A Diagnostic Framework for PLM Architects and Engineering Teams https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/03/pdm-plm-ai-agent-readiness-diagnostic/ https://beyondplm.com/2026/05/03/pdm-plm-ai-agent-readiness-diagnostic/#comments Sun, 03 May 2026 14:53:32 +0000 https://beyondplm.com/?p=20390 How to evaluate your current PDM/PLM setup against the structural requirements of agentic AI A few weeks ago I wrote...

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