Earlier this week in this blog, I discussed how users can maximize their investments in 3D CAD systems by sharing their CAD data with downstream data consumers, such as documentation, assembly, manufacturing, quality, sales and marketing personnel. Sharing technical data with these people can speed up all of the supporting activities that accompany product development […]
5 Steps to Better CAD File Management
A problem that plagues most engineering departments is a lack of any type of structured management of CAD files. Individual engineers might deploy what they regard as a very organized way to manage their own files, giving each meaningful file names and storing them on their hard drive. The problems arise, however, when those files […]
Kenesto PLM Platform Re-launched
Yesterday I had to opportunity to be reintroduced to the relaunched Kenesto, the company headed up by Mike Payne, one of the more renowned and revered figures in the CAD world, having started PTC and SolidWorks (then SpaceClaim). Pretty much anything that Mike is involved in draws interest from the industry and Kenesto is no […]
Kenesto Takes an Un-PLM Approach to PLM
Though the company name might not necessarily ring any bells, a small company with some big-name backers, is posed to change the way the industry views–and implements–PLM. The company name is Kenesto and one is its co-founders, Mike Payne, might be better known for his leadership positions at PTC, SolidWorks and SpaceClaim. The product Kenesto […]
How Whirlpool uses PTC CAD and PLM technology
Home appliances aren’t what they used to be. Consider, for example, washers and dryers. At this week’s PlanetPTC conference, Fred Bellio, CIO of Whirlpool’s Global Product Organization, and Jeff Burk, Director of Whirlpool’s Constellation Program Management Office, described some of the complexities of his company’s Maytag Maxima line of washers and dryers. Washers and dryers […]
Aerospace and defense companies standardize data management system
The companies opted for PTC’s Windchill software for their engineering product data management strategy. To build on its strong history of delivering a range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, BAE Systems is moving away from a number of disparate, disconnected databases. Windchill delivers a platform for access to product data […]
Leader in hydropower equipment seeks world-class advantage
The Flovel Group is a hydropower equipment supplier that provides turnkey solutions for small- and medium-sized hydropower projects. Business units include Flovel Energy Pvt. Ltd., which specializes in the entire range of hydropower equipment and services for design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, and servicing for all heads and outputs covering all types of turbines, and TB […]
Aras Announces Availability of Formula and Recipe Management Solution
Aras announced the availability of an enterprise solution for Formula and Recipe Management. Created by Aras partner PSC Group for food and beverage, and fully extensible to consumer packaged goods (CPG), health and beauty / cosmetics, life sciences, chemical, and other process industries, the Formula and Recipe Management solution is designed for global companies that […]
PTC Releases Windchill 10.0
PTC announced the release of Windchill 10.0, its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. With new capabilities that focus on product analytics and quality management, Windchill 10.0 allows you to define, manage, and validate complete bills of material (BOMs), providing linkages across domain-specific views of product structures throughout the entire lifecycle. The product is said to […]
Adding multimedia Sopal Selects V6 PLM Express and 3DVIA Composer
Dassault Systèmes announced that SOPAL, a Tunisian manufacturer of complex and distinctively styled kitchen and bath fixtures, is using V6 PLM Express and 3DVIA Composer to cover the entire development process of its line of faucets and related equipment. Based on the V6 platform, SOPAL has adopted a PLM strategy for all of its products, […]
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