We know that Edison delivered on the light bulb, but the\nlight bulb was not initially a broadly adopted product. Without the\ninfrastructure and shared knowledge that allowed for the distribution of\nelectricity, the light bulb itself couldn\u2019t compete with candles and lanterns. Edison\nhad to make his invention one that anyone could access so it could become\nsomething that would transform the market. Players in that market needed access\nto the knowledge that would bring electricity to the light bulb and an\nunimaginable range of other new products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Model Based Enterprise Solves Problems <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Innovations that solve business problems take seed in\nexisting knowledge, but then often cross over to other domains. Being able to\nunderstand the design and intent of existing technology allows it to be used in\na broad range of applications. There must be easily accessible information\navailable for engineers and scientists to learn from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accessing the knowledge that defines complex technology is\nthe key to creating innovations that will solve the next big problem. Consider\nthe knowledge companies have regarding their products today. There are huge data\nstores that describe how to solve problems. Before JT existed, that data was typically\nin a form that was difficult to access or view. Now, 3D JT data has solved that\nproblem by democratizing engineering data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, we\u2019re in the midst of a digital Industrial Revolution.\nModel based designs using JT data and a model based enterprise will fuel it the\nway light and electricity did in Edison\u2019s day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Model Based Enterprise\u2019s Role in Innovation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The ability to visualize 3D JT data freely in an enterprise was the \u201clight bulb\u201d moment for model based engineering. With the adoption of model based engineering and the broad use of JT, a new range of solutions for common use cases became available. The industry has been using JT data to change its business processes for more than two decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
JT is referred to as a \u201cprocess format\u201d by many adopters as\nits impact now goes well beyond visualization. Companies have used JT to\ncompletely change the ways they use data for design work. Design reviews with\nJT eliminated costly rework time and improved time-to-market. But that was just\nthe beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, JT data supports supplier collaboration, CAE results sharing, logistics and planning, digital manufacturing, packaging, shop floor mobility, paperless drawings, and virtual reality, to name a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThese are great innovations, but these innovations are no\nlonger enough to guarantee success in the market or give companies a\ncompetitive edge. The model based enterprise is changing the way companies\nanswer their own \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\u201d question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A model based enterprise realized through JT data will enable ideas that transform the market. The industry must decide what\u2019s next with JT. This will be the basis of what we discuss throughout this series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In part two of this blog series, we\u2019ll examine how model-based enterprises are the next step in the JT effort and how Siemens Digital Industries Software proposals on the JT effort from a decade ago are now in place. Stay tuned. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n About the author <\/em> Today, we\u2019re in the midst of a digital Industrial Revolution. Model based designs using JT data and a model based enterprise will fuel it the way light and electricity did in Edison\u2019s day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46269,"featured_media":3884,"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":[166,7],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-thought-leadership","tag-visualization-and-virtual-reality"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/model-based-enterprise-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4040,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3883\/revisions\/4040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Mike Zink is a Senior Product Manager and Openness Evangelist with Siemens Digital Industries Software. He has more than 39 years of experience with software product development, project management, and manufacturing support. Mike currently has product management responsibility for theJT Open Toolkit, PLM XML Software Development Kit and JT2Go, the 3D data viewing tool for JT. He is also an openness evangelist and encourages openness in the industry through programs such as the JT Open Program and ISO standardization of JT. Mike has a Master\u2019s degree in software development and management and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the Rochester Institute of Technology. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"