Future of Motor City Manufacturing

Future of Motor City Manufacturing

Automation World’s David Greenfield recently shared Reasons for U.S. Manufacturing’s Upswing, insights from a Kiplinger report. He noted that industries that require more advanced technology and&nbsp…

PLM Framework for Sustainable Product Design

PLM Framework for Sustainable Product Design

This morning I have another guest post from Kerri Doyle. Last time we caught up with her, she filled us in on Teamcenter issue management & CAPA, however, lately she’s been feeling a bit gre…

Get Calibrated!

Get Calibrated!

In the 1973 movie, Magnum Force, Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) battles a group of vigilante cops led by Inspector Briggs.  It’s a classic action movie with Callahan eliminating the v…

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

The phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words” is generally attributed to a newspaper editor, Arthur Brisbane, who first used it in a 1911 article about journalism.  At the time, photography w…

Increase profitability by taking control of procurement costs

Increase profitability by taking control of procurement costs

When procuring a part, it is important for procurement officers to understand the supplier’s costs, their material costs, manufacturing costs, machine rates, labor and burden costs, etc. Th…

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Lucas Shoults is a first-year graduate student engineer at Virginia Tech (VT). He is majoring in mechanical engineering and is the business manager of VT’s EcoCAR 2 team. I met Lucas at the EcoCAR 2 …

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

I visited the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland (UMD) in September to sit down with Dr. Jewel Barlow, one of the advocates who helped bring Siemens PLM software on campus to locations li…

University of Maryland and Siemens PLM Partner to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers

University of Maryland and Siemens PLM Partner to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers

Last month we announced an important in-kind software grant to University of Maryland (UMD). This week I wanted to provide a little more of the story and tell you why Siemens and UMD are making this …

CTO Paul Sicking Discusses Industry Catalyst Series, PLM Components & 4GD

CTO Paul Sicking Discusses Industry Catalyst Series, PLM Components & 4GD

I caught up with our CTO Paul Sicking at the analyst event to get his take on a few items, including the Industry Catalyst Series, the Belmont Technology news and 4GD (4th Generation D…