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Challenges of Data in the Extended Enterprise Ecosystem

Data Protection
My previous post, The Need for Rights Management in PLM Today, in this series focusing on Enterprise Digital Rights Management (EDRM) in Teamcenter highlighted the high cost and…

Change Lineage, Item Disposition and Inventory Management

For an exclusive, inside look at Teamcenter change management, register for this webinar, “Strategies to Streamline Product Innovation with Engineering Change Management.”

Managing and tr…

Engineering Change Management’s New Look with Active Workspace

For an exclusive, inside look at Teamcenter change management, register for this webinar, “Strategies to Streamline Product Innovation with Engineering Change Management.”

Engineering Chan…

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…

Shape Search for Parts so you Can Re-Use Rather than Re-Invent

“Shape search?” What does it mean? Do you know you can search for parts by SHAPE, and not just by WORDS? Have you ever thought about how many words there are to describe any single part? What I call …

The Need for Rights Management in PLM Today

A Growing Problem
The theft of Intellectual Property (IP) is estimated to inflict a cost that exceeds $225 billion in counterfeit goods pirated software and the theft of trade secrets, and coul…

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…

Supplier Sourcing: Meet Your Cost Objectives

Want to reduce the costs of supplier sourcing?

Improved communication with your suppliers throughout the sourcing and product development process is critical to cost reduction….