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Integrate Product Complexity Management and Decision Making

Product complexity management is very challenging for many manufacturing companies. Managing product variety and its resulting complexity is crucial for the success. Variety offered to the market pla…

Integrated System Engineering—Reducing Complexity…

Product Architects capture customer needs, translate those needs into design decisions that are communicated to the project thru design spec’s
One of the markers of today’s products is increased …

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…

Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Getting Started

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 pro…

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Evaluating Product Complexity

Industry trends demand tradeoffs to achieve a competitive advantage while maintaining an optimal level of product complexity.

The Future of ETO Software is So Bright!

I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of Engineer to Order (ETO) software.We’ve explored the power of Engineer-to-Order processes to acclerate lead times, and the importance of capturing t…

Materials Data Management and PLM: Your Key to Product Innovation

As the design of products across industries become more and more complex, companies must enter a new frontier of product innovation to stay competitive.Materials are taking center stage in pro…

Managing Product Complexity

Complexity is a byproduct of increased product variability. Over several decades product variability has grown exponentially due to market demands, technical complexity, corporate strategy, product/p…

On Target for 2016: What’s New in Teamcenter

Editor’s note: Since publication of this blog post, there have been more releases of Teamcenter. Please read the article on 10.1.7, 11.2.3 and Active Workspace 3.2 for an overview and release…