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3 days to 2 minutes for CAE analysts with synchronous technology in NX

3 days to 2 minutes for CAE analysts with synchronous technology in NX

Probably the most asked question about synchronous technology is “how real is the 100x claim?” An editor who recently attended some hands-on training noted afterwards that he could now see how 100x i…

Passion for Industrial Design

Passion for Industrial Design

Xform is an industrial design firm that works side-by-side with companies involved in the development of innovative products their clients. Some of their key clients include: Ryobi, Hitachi, Breda, A…

The lean innovation challenge

The lean innovation challenge

the alloy shared their experiences with NX Industrial Design at the Siemens PLM Europe 2008 conference. the alloy, explained how “classic Industrial Design” is viewed as an “up front” process, t…

Thinking…..  Inside the box

Thinking…..  Inside the box

Who knew that creating a new spray bottle was so complicated!  John Manderfield of Consolidated Container Company  presented a case study of a trigger spray bottle design project at Siemens…

Volvo Cars Talks Tecnomatix

Volvo Cars Talks Tecnomatix

Hans Horfeldt of Volvo Cars presented today on his company’s Tecnomatix implementation. Chris Kelley got a chance to sit down with him and ask a few questions. View the clip to see how Volvo uses Tec…

Bye Bye Bottlenecks With Plant Simulation

Bye Bye Bottlenecks With Plant Simulation

Marcel Hoedeman of DAF Trucks NV doesn’t look like Eli Goldratt, author of The Goal, but his presentation provided strikingly similar conclusions to Eli’s book. DAF Trucks is a subsidiary of PACCA…

_________, Process and Technology

_________, Process and Technology

The people side of PLM seems to be the theme today.  Alfred Katzebach from Daimler commented in his keynote that one of the projects was not so much an IT project as it was a project focused on …

The long view

The long view

Folks started arriving early to hear the day 2 customer keynote speaker, Alfred Katzenbach from Daimler AG. Herr Katzenbach is the Director, Information Technology at Daimler.  He…

ELTA Systems Antenna Design with NX KF

ELTA Systems Antenna Design with NX KF

Moti Eitan of ELTA Systems (one of Israel’s leading Defense Electronics companies) gave a presentation about leveraging NX Knowledge Fusion (KF) to help with antenna design on Monday at Siemens PLM C…