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Taking the Pulse of Manufacturing and Lean Startup Challenges

Taking the Pulse of Manufacturing and Lean Startup Challenges

This guest blog post is by John Fox,  VP of Marketing, Mainstream Engineering, Siemens PLM Software The Solid Edge team is always looking for ways to keep a finger on the pulse of s…

Ford Pilots New Siemens Software Using Google Earth Technology to Virtually Navigate Assembly Plants and Enhance Global Manufacturing Collaboration

Ford Pilots New Siemens Software Using Google Earth Technology to Virtually Navigate Assembly Plants and Enhance Global Manufacturing Collaboration

In December of last year, Ford Motor Company held a media forum at their global headquarters in Dearborn, MI. to showcase a pilot program using new technology built by Siemens PLM Software which…

Is April 2014 the Next Y2K?

Is April 2014 the Next Y2K?

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8th, 2014.If your company is still running XP on ANY computers, you should act now. …

Tecnomatix – Strategic Directions for Our Manufacturing Customers – Part 4

Tecnomatix – Strategic Directions for Our Manufacturing Customers – Part 4

 This is the forth and final segment of the video blog series from an interview with Zvi Feuer, Manufacturing Engineering Solutions for Siemens PLM Software that took place d…

Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

  Guest blog post by my colleague Dan Siqueira, Siemens PLM Software This past weekend Infiniti Red Bull Racing team became Formula One World Champions here in Brazil. The race was at the …

Announcing Femap 11.1

Announcing Femap 11.1

In the wake of the very well received Femap version 11 I’m pleased to announce that version 11.1 has now been released to manufacture, which means it’s also available for download. Femap 11.1 include…

NST use Femap to deliver high value to customers through simulation expertise

NST use Femap to deliver high value to customers through simulation expertise

Numerical Simulation Tech Co. (NST) examines how structures perform under expected loads with the help of Femap. For more than 20 years NST’s specialist computer-aided engineering (CAE) engineers hav…

Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

Meet Nicolas Hunter, Atiba Brereton and Matthew Clarke – three very bright future engineers at Howard University. I first met the trio at the PACE Annual Forum in late July where they won first place…

Social Media in Huntsville #SoMeT13US

Social Media in Huntsville #SoMeT13US

  Huntsville, Alabama is hosting a social media tourism symposium this week.When the Huntsville convention and visitors bureau asked if we could help with a center piece, w…