{"id":9126,"date":"2021-10-25T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/?p=9126"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:56:06","slug":"integrated-parameter-management-sews-together-the-digital-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/integrated-parameter-management-sews-together-the-digital-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Parameter Management sews together the Digital Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deliver seamless products without program failure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you ever face challenges joining your business and development processes to build and deliver products that meet the target of the overall product? Developing a new product or improving the performance of an existing one is a high-risk process with the possibility of many programs failing. To ensure the program delivers the planned goals, all stakeholders participating in the product development must be working towards a set of unambiguous and measurable targets which can be verified at each stage of development. Let\u2019s look at how Siemens can help you overcome this challenge with integrated parameter management based on the Teamcenter platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sew Digital Threads with Teamcenter Parameter Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-1-1024x582.png\" alt=\"Sew Digital Thread with Integrated Parameter Management\" class=\"wp-image-9144\" width=\"574\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-1-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-1-600x341.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-1-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-1-900x511.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-1.png 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption>Integrated Parameter Management<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What if you removed all of the threads from your bags, sheets, and clothes? What would they be then? Certainly, they would not be useful without the multiple strands sewn together.&nbsp;Where a thread of yarn would connect bags, sheets, and clothes, Teamcenter Parameter Management helps you to sew a digital thread connecting all your stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Capture product targets and propagate them to system and subsystems<\/li><li>Design system and subsystems to achieve their respective sub-targets<\/li><li>Verify that the resulting product meets overall product targets<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video below, see how to collaboratively parameterize the digital thread to set product targets, derive functional and physical characteristics, and close the loop with automated validation of products targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scenario in the video illustrates how product development stakeholders can sew the digital parameter thread all together:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hearing the voice of the customer, Ben, the Product Owner, is requesting to increase the non-stop range of a fully-loaded diesel semi-truck to be 2500 kilometers<\/li><li>Ed, the feature owner, will be evaluating several options to meet the new product performance target, like improving the vehicle fuel efficiency and\/or increasing the fuel tank capacity<\/li><li>Before Linda, the mechanical designer, implements the recommended solution, Sam, will simulate the change through a virtual prototype and validate it would meet the new non-stop range target \u2013 Test before you change!<\/li><li>To close the loop, Ben will review the new solution design. He may not accept it if it violates the safety requirements<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/videos.mentor-cdn.com\/mgc\/videos\/5400\/dbfd7c4e-94ea-4b7d-8b02-89bc74247dcc-en-US-video.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smash Product Goals through Digital Parameter Thread<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of cascading unambiguous and measurable targets is critical in product development, especially for complex systems. You can flow your product goals through the digital parameter thread using Teamcenter Parameter Management integrated with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/industries\/consumer-products-retail\/requirements-management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Requirement management<\/a><\/strong> to set product targets<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/collaboration\/product-architecture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">System Modeling Workbench<\/a> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/nx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NX<\/strong> <\/a>to derive functional and physical product characteristics<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/collaboration\/requirements-verification-validation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verification Request<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/collaboration\/simulation-test-management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teamcenter for Simulation<\/a><\/strong> to automate design verification and validation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By enabling your product development stakeholders to sew together the digital parameter thread, you can shorten the product design cycle time, avoid design iterations late in the development cycle, and increase the likelihood that expensive physical prototypes will be closer to product targets and quality. &nbsp; To learn more please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/mbse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MBSE web page<\/a>&nbsp;or view other blogs on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/tag\/model-based-systems-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">model based systems engineering<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teamcenter Parameter Management acts as a piece of thread to help you to sew together product data connecting all your stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51814,"featured_media":9130,"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":[16],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[19108],"class_list":["post-9126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-model-based-systems-engineering"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Parameter-Management-Digital-Thread.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9126","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\/51814"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9148,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9126\/revisions\/9148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9126"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=9126"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=9126"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}