Out-of-the-box PLM? CEVT Banks on It!

Photo credit: engineering.com “Out of the box” and “PLM” were once considered a contradiction in terms, but not for Chinese automotive company Geely Group’s subsidiary, CEVT (China European Vehicle …

Delivering ETO products: Can you afford it?

ETO products are becoming more and more common in today’s market. The recent Tech Clarity survey on ETO differentiation and profitability confirmed the trend that I’ve observed wherein many manufactu…

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…

Component Based Design with 4GD

In my previous blog, PLM BOM and the Next Generation Design Paradigm for the World’s Most Massive and Complex Products , I explained the challenges of managing design data for a massive and complex…

Next Generation PLM: Modeling Complex Products in a Complex World

Next Generation PLM
Product complexity is a reality facing most companies today. We’ve explored a variety of bill of materials topics to help address managing product complexity. We’ve been th…

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…

Integrated Product Definition of Things

Previously, Ashok Krishnamurthy discussed how Moving Product Master Data Management Closer to the Innovation Epicenter can be beneficial to efficient decision making and the flow of value through the…

Integrated BOM for Manufacturing

Why Integrated BOM?
Your bill of material (BOM) is central to developing and building commercial products. The quality of your BOMs have a direct impact on the quality of your products, as…

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…