Can I Afford Product Customization?

To remain competitive, manufacturers in many industries are forced to offer product customization to exactly fit customer requirements. This flexibility comes at a price—higher costs, longer lead-tim…

Product Variability Continuum – The Business of Product Variation

The world economy trades countless products among industries and consumers.Across that myriad of products, companies tailor their processes for how product lines are planned, engineered, manuf…

Not Another Warning About Disruption

Disruption? Not another warning …
So, you’ve heard the stories about disruption. Companies go out of business because somebody out-innovates them, heard all the examples, and even use “Uber…

Best Practices for Implementing Workflow with PLM

Over the last several months, we’ve been exploring PLM project management, including some great tips for effective project scheduling. I’d like to shift our focus to another way you can man…

Integrated Requirements–Where’s The Starting Line…

Usain Bolt broke the world 100m record again in 2009 with a blistering 9.58 seconds. In an interview after the race, he said, “I win the race at the beginning, long before I cross the …

BOMcheck Integration Streamlines Compliance Processes

As highlighted in a recent Verdantix blog around product sustainability and stewardship, Siemens PLM has released a new integration to the BOMcheck industry-led substances declarations web database f…

Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Fine Tuning

There is a project manager in all of us. All project managers want to organize and complete projects on time with quality and within the budget. Effective project scheduling helps project managers to…

Sharing the PLM-ALM Interoperability Vision at PLM Connections – Europe

Siemens PLM Connections – Europe A result of the Polarion software and teams successful integration into the Siemens PLM portfolio, the annual Polarion LIVE! User Conference was held at PLM Europe –…

Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Digging Deeper

There is a project manager in all of us. All project managers want to organize and complete projects on time with quality and within the budget. Effective project scheduling helps projec…