Phil presented his latest research on the challenges facing automotive manufacturers. From rapidly changing demographics to an increasing demand for environmentally-friendly transportation and a highly-charged competitive landscape, Phil\u2019s premise was that these changes pointto a great deal of uncertainty which will demand greater flexibility, innovation and collaboration from the automotive industry.
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My presentation tied to Phil\u2019s premise through a discussion on how product to production integration can mitigate the risk this uncertainty poses for the industry (any industry for that matter). At the core of this capability are three of the latest innovations in digital manufacturing<\/A> which provide the framework for making smarter decisions about how to meet customer demand in the most flexible and cost efficient way:<\/P> You may remember my post referencing an SAE Webcast I had participated last month with Phillip Gott of IHS Consulting titled: \u201cProduct to Production Integration \u2013 Connecting Virtual Product, Manufact…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61900,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[331],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","product-tecnomatix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1335,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2011\/06\/Product-to-Production-Integration21.png\")
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If you\u2019re thinking that these are really lean tenants, you\u2019d be correct; standards, flow and measurement are core concepts to Lean and is precisely why these capabilities are fundamental to meeting the challenges Phil had outlined in his research.
Keep watching for my next post because we\u2019re just getting started. Through the summer, I will blog in further detail on each of these innovations (and other topics) to provide you a more in-depth look at how closing the loop between product and production allows for greater flexibility and speed while still delivering the quality you need to succeed in today\u2019s changing landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"