Clarity on PLM - Latest Comments

Re: Hello to the new Tech-Clarity Website where What’s Old is New Again

jim_techclarity — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:35:02 -0000

I am still adding content to the new site - we are almost ready to go live. I am moving content over manually, revisiting each one of my old research reports as I go. Very interesting, and mostly still relevant. I am leaving a few things behind as cleanup as well...
Great to see the content generating renewed interest!

Re: Business Intelligence Extending PLM Value

jim_techclarity — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:23:48 -0000

Hakan, this sounds very interesting. Sounds like I need to learn a bit more about Share-a-space.

Re: Business Intelligence Extending PLM Value

Hakan Karden — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:11:35 -0000

Jim,
spot on!
In one case it can be seen as a by-product once people start to understand the value of data in Share-A-space. An engineering change at one supplier - where is this component used - what division should care and take actions.

In another case, product support it is more to the core - a issues with vehicles, data from PDM, ERP, Tech Docs, Spare Parts systems consolidated - problem solving in days vs week before. Also BI stuff like - what other vehicles have the same component and MIGHT break down - preventive maintenance.

A third one - multi disciplinary optimization - finding trade offs once data from all different sources in modeling and simulation have been consolidated to provide the bigger picture.

Re: Business Intelligence Extending PLM Value

jim_techclarity — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:16:03 -0000

Hakan,
Sounds like a robust approach. Was business intelligence the driver for consolidation? Or is this a by-product of data consolidation for collaboration or another purpose?

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Business Intelligence Extending PLM Value

Hakan Karden — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:26:48 -0000

Jim,
nice reading. We have used Engineering BI for some years. Thing is that product data is everywhere. We are targeting this by consolidating data to be shared and using a collaboration hub. The info model defining the hub needs to be rich and as you say cover a lot. We have selected STEP, PLCS, AP233 for this in Share-A-space. Now users can do BI stuff like impacts by an engineering change somewhere in the network of collabrationg partners, tracing back and forth all the way from requirements to product support etc.

Totally agree with you and others than this is much more than CAD. We see ROIs of months once data is consolidated and quality assured.

Again - now PLM starts to deliver real value!

Re: Hello to the new Tech-Clarity Website where What’s Old is New Again

jim_techclarity — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:43:06 -0000

Now I just need a cool avatar Mark...

Re: Hello to the new Tech-Clarity Website where What’s Old is New Again

burhop — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:33:44 -0000

Darn! Missed "first post" by 48 minutes.

Look at all the pretty social media buttons and twitter birds :-)

Re: Hello to the new Tech-Clarity Website where What’s Old is New Again

jim_techclarity — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:55:23 -0000

Yes, you get a free subscription to Nuage Cafe!

Re: Hello to the new Tech-Clarity Website where What’s Old is New Again

Ron Close — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:40:51 -0000

Looks good Jim! Do I win the award for first comment? :)

Re: Regulatory Compliance Across the Product Lifecycle

jim_techclarity — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:55:33 -0000

Peter, thanks for letting me know. I am populating a new site and you must have seen a twitter feed before the site is live. I hope you like it, although there is some more work to be done. I fixed the link above. Sorry, let me know if you have any more trouble.

Re: Regulatory Compliance Across the Product Lifecycle

Peter Burton — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:06:43 -0000

Hi Jim I can't download the report - only the image shown?

Re: Sharing Our Autodesk PLM 360 Experiences

Stephen Bodnar — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:06:16 -0000

Jim,

PDM belongs behind the firewall when your WIP CAD is behind the firewall. When CAD is in the cloud, it makes sense for PDM to be there as well. I'm sure you can see where this is all going for us! :)

Steve

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