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Engineering and Developing Industrial Equipment Survey

Jim Brown — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:57:04 +0000

Welcome to the Tech-Clarity Industrial Equipment Benchmark Survey! If you already completed the survey –> please share with a colleague using the “Share/Save” options above. If you haven’t taken the survey –> please take the survey now. For the rules about the iPad giveaway –> please see the bottom of this page. Tech-Clarity is conducting [...]

Systems Engineering and PLM Webcast

Jim Brown — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:35 +0000

Jim Brown will share his views in a webcast titled Best Practices for Systems Engineering using Product Lifecycle Management. This joint webcast with Tech Clarity Inc. and Siemens PLM Software will discuss how leading companies are leveraging system engineering and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) concepts and approaches to define, model and analyze the product while [...]

The Integrated ERP-PLM Strategy

Jim Brown — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:53:05 +0000

Insight: The Integrated ERP-PLM Strategy: Closing the Loop on Product Innovation reviews the importance of an integrated ERP-PLM strategy to provide a rapid, confident flow of innovation information to and from Manufacturing. The paper discusses a strategy to close the loop between Engineering and Manufacturing to get the most business value from innovation in all [...]

Product Data Accessibility

Jim Brown — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:30:36 +0000

Issue in Focus: Product Data Accessibility: Getting Value from All of Your Product Data explains the importance for manufacturers to be able to access and share product data, regardless of whether it is centralized in a system like PDM or not. Explains that accessing product data and centralizing it are not absolutely linked, and describes [...]

Managing Engineering Data

Jim Brown — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:03:05 +0000

Tech-Clarity Insight: Managing Engineering Data – The Role of Product Data Management in Improving Engineering Efficiency shares the benefits of controlling engineering data and collaborating with PDM. The research discusses extending PDM with product-related processes and expanding implementations beyond engineering data. Please enjoy the free Executive Summary below, or click the report title above to [...]

The Business Value of Product Data Management

Jim Brown — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:11:38 +0000

Tech-Clarity Insight: The Business Value of Product Data Management: Achieving Rapid and Extendable Benefits explains how manufacturers use PDM to control their product data, improve their ability to find information, and better share knowledge with other departments. The report shares the experiences of three manufacturers that took a more “out of the box” approach to [...]

Engineering Software Market Predictions from the COFES Crystal Ball

Jim Brown — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:12:55 +0000

For the past four years, Tech-Clarity and Cyon Research have conducted a short market survey of the participants in the engineering software market. Each year we have presented the results at COFES and had some interesting discussions based on the data. This year, we turn the “crystal ball” towards the future as the economy takes [...]

CGT Webcast on Improving Innovation and Value Creation despite Regulation in CPG

Jim Brown — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:35:32 +0000

Jim Brown will present in this Consumer Goods Technology webcast sponsored by Dassault Systemes. Jim will share his perspectives on how companies can develop highly innovative products in shorter time through the use of best practices and PLM technology. CPG companies face extreme demands on innovation and market responsiveness, but they must also navigate a [...]

The Business Value of Simulation

Jim Brown — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:35:08 +0000

The Business Value of Simulation – Saving Time and Money, and Getting Products Right the First Time reviews how manufacturers can leverage simulation processes and technology to save time, reduce cost, drive efficiency, improve quality, and increase innovation. Discusses the economic value available from early design analysis and validation. Please enjoy the free Executive Summary [...]

Rules-driven Product Management

Jim Brown — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:36:06 +0000

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 [...]