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As digital transformation spreads throughout business, the need for effective Data Governance is gaining importance, benefiting every task and process where reliable data is indispensable.

For more information take a look at CIMdata's Dossier on this topic.

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A CIMdata Dossier: Data Governance


CIMdata Definition: Data Governance

The definition, implementation, and management of policies, procedures, structure, roles, and responsibilities that outline and enforce rules of engagement, decision rights, and accountabilities to effectively manage information assets.

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Useful Resources

Blog 8-13-22


 Blog Postings

How to best approach data governance

Data Governance is Crucial for Complex Product Development

Digitization Vs Digitalization

Data Governance Vs Data Management

You can't underestimate the importance of data governance

Data Governance – The Top Five Benefits of Business Glossary Management

Learning More About Data Governance

Avoiding Digital Transformation Roadmap Detours

Data Governance in the Era of Digital Transformation


Webinars

Complex Product Development Demands Data Governance

The Importance of Data Governance within Digital Transformation

Avoiding Digital Transformation Roadmap Detours

Data Governance in the Era of Digital Transformation


Recent Publications

Data Governance: Establishing and Maintaining Trust in Information
Engineering.com, January 3, 2023
By Peter Bilello, President & CEO, CIMdata, Inc.

Data Governance: Getting Off to a Good Start
CIMdata Position Paper, July 13, 2017
By Janie Gurley, Data Governance Practice Manager, CIMdata, Inc.


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Additive manufacturing emerged in the 1980s. The original work on stereolithography (STL) was done in Japan in the 1970s, however, the term STL was coined in 1986 by Chuck Hull, who went on to found 3D Systems, a leader in additive manufacturing today. For many years the technology was used for prototyping, creating a physical form for parts that only lived on the drafting board or in the computer. The resins used in these early machines were both expensive and brittle, which helped in part to limit their applications.

The rapid evolution of 3D printing and associated materials has industrial companies and even individual consumers excited about the future of making things.

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A CIMdata Dossier: Additive Manufacturing


CIMdata Resources


Recent Publications

3D Printing and PLM
CIMdata blog posting, January 19, 2016
By Stan Przybylinski, Vice President of Research, CIMdata, Inc.

Autodesk University 2015: Future of Making Things (Commentary)

Evolution and Revolution at Autodesk University 2014 (Commentary)


External Resources


Optimizing the Additive Manufacturing Workflow with PLM
(http://www.additivemanufacturing.media/blog/post/optimizing-the-additive-manufacturing-workflow-with-plm, August 16, 2017)
By Christina M. Fuges, Contributing Editor, Additive Manufacturing

3D printing transforms the economics of manufacturing
(July 5, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.economist.com)

3D printers start to build factories of the future
(July 5, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.economist.com)

3D printers will change manufacturing
(July 5, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.economist.com)

An Epiphany Of Disruption: GE Additive Chief Explains How 3D Printing Will Upend Manufacturing
(March 14, 2017. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com)

GE Announces the Launch of Fuse, a 3D Printing Startup Based on Crowdsourcing
(October 21, 2016. Retrieved from https://3dprint.com)

Dassault Systèmes and Airbus Group Extend Collaboration to Additive Manufacturing
(September 14, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.3ds.com/)

3D printing technologies explained
(September 6, 2016. Retrieved from https://techcrunch.com/)

TGE Plans to Invest $1.4B to Acquire Additive Manufacturing Companies Arcam and SLM; Accelerates Efforts in Important Digital Industrial Space
(September 6, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.genewsroom.com/)

3D printed tool for building aircraft achieves Guinness World Records title
(September 6, 2016. Retrieved from https://www.ornl.gov/)

Senvol Database
(August 15, 2016. Retrieved from http://senvol.com/)

This Time, 3D Printer Makers Think They Found a Sweet Spot
(August 4, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.bloomberg.com/)

Surface-Texture Cilia 3D-Printed to 50-Micron Resolution
(June 27, 2016. Retrieved from http://machinedesign.com)

The Exponential Revolution: Ray Kurzweil Says The Convergence Of 3D Printing, Nanomaterials And Software Will Change The World
(June 19, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com/)

CDI PARTNERS WITH BOSCH TO DEPLOY 3D PRINTERS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
(June 19, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.cdicomputers.com/)

Autodesk and Airbus show the future of aerospace design and manufacture in pioneering generatively designed 3D printed partition
(June 19, 2016. Retrieved from http://inthefold.autodesk.com/)

CFM delivers first production LEAP-1A engines to Airbus
(June 19, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.cfmaeroengines.com/)

CloudDDM -- Factory With 100 (Eventually 1,000) 3D Printers & Just 3 Employees Opens at UPS's Worldwide Hub
(June 15, 2016. Retrieved from https://3dprint.com/)

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute

ASTM AND 3MF SIGN LIAISON AGREEMENT
(June 10, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.3mf.io/)

HP's Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printer Unveiled
(May 17, 2016. Retrieved from http://3dPrint.com/)

The Exponential Revolution: Ray Kurzweil Says The Convergence Of 3D Printing, Nanomaterials And Software Will Change The World
(May 13, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com/)

State of 3D Printing
(May 2016. Retrieved from https://www.sculpteo.com) Registration required.

All The 3D Print That’s Fit To Pitt: New Additive Technology Center Opens Near Steel Town
(April 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com/)

3D Printing comes of age in US industrial manufacturing
(April 2016. Retrieved from http://www.pwc.com)

CDI PARTNERS WITH BOSCH TO DEPLOY 3D PRINTERS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS
(April 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.cdicomputers.com/)

What is Additive Manufacturing?
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.additivemanufacturing.com/)

Wikipedia on 3D printing
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing)

Wohler’s Associates, a long time expert on additive manufacturing
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from https://www.wohlersassociates.com/)

List of manufacturers/developers of AM systems and materials, other resources
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from https://www.wohlersassociates.com/)

Why 3D Printing Stocks Could Have a Tremendous Runway for Growth
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.fool.com/)

2015 Roundup of 3D Printing Market Forecasts And Estimates
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.Forbes.com)

3D Systems Completes Acquisition of Cimatron

  • Strengthens advanced manufacturing leadership and portfolio
  • Extends global sales coverage, multiplexes cross selling opportunities
  • Completes 3DS’ software interoperability for 3D digital fabrication
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.3dsystems.com/)

 

Is The Sprout Helping HP Grow?
By Jeff Rowe (February 4, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.mcadcafe.com/)

3D Printing for Innovative Mould Making Combined with Simulation Driven Design Inspiration Push the Limits for High Performance Castings
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.altair.com/)

Design for the Freedom of Additive Manufacturing
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://web.solidthinking.com)

Altair Acquires Click2Cast: Adds Streamlined Casting Simulation Technology to the solidThinking Software Portfolio
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://web.solidthinking.com)

Autodesk Ember Printer and Spark Platform Spark Platform
Ember Platform

Autodesk and Microsoft integrating Spark into Windows 10
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com)

Airbus Gets 1st Production Jet Engines With 3D-Printed Parts From CFM
(April 25, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com)

Engine With 3D-Printed Parts Powers 3 Next-Gen Jets
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com)

The FAA Cleared The First 3D Printed Part To Fly In A Commercial Jet Engine From GE
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com)

Fit To Print: New Plant Will Assemble World’s First Passenger Jet Engine With 3D Printed Fuel Nozzles, Next-Gen Materials
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.gereports.com)

China developing world's largest 3D printer, prints 6m metal parts in one piece
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.3ders.corg)

3D-Printed Electronics Charge Ahead
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.deskeng.com)

L'Oreal to start 3D-printing skin
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com)

The printed organs coming to a body near you: From kidneys to hands, 3D printers are churning out made-to-order bones and rudimentary organs
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com)

Siemens launches new Frontier Partner Program for 3D printing startups
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.3ders.org)

The program - which is operated by both the Siemens Technology to Business (TTB) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) organizations - will provide 3D printing startups with free access to the company’s PLM suite of software tools, technology partner program, and other valuable resources.

Siemens invests EUR 21.4M to open first metal 3D printing facility in Sweden
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.3ders.org)

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT MAGNETS WEREN’T MAGIC; MAGNETS ARE MECHANISMS
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.hackaday.com)

The World's First Smart Magnets
(March 29, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.polymagnet.com)

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Platformization: Some Common Definitions

Product: The physical item, system, and/or service defined, delivered, and supported.

Innovation: The definition and realization of a new solution (i.e., a process, product, service, and/or business approach) to an issue or problem that performs better or delivers more value than any previous solution.

Platform: A foundation upon which functional capabilities, data, and processes are enabled and executed.

Business Platform: An architecture that allows a comprehensive set of heterogeneous functional process enabling capabilities to be packaged and configured to establish and support standardized end-to-end business processes, and related information access and use.

Innovation Platform: A business platform designed to enable an enterprise’s innovation processes. As part of these innovation platforms, it helps its users to create, manage, and re-use information, and intellectual property for maximum business impact and effectiveness.

Product Innovation Platform: An innovation platform that cultivates continuous creativity, yielding improvements in products and processes plus inspiring new and better ones throughout full lifecycles and across generations of a products and product portfolios.

Position Statement: Industrial companies and software providers no longer believe that a single monolithic enterprise information technology application is sustainable and robust enough to serve all of their business functions. Many argue that the complexity of extended enterprise processes, organizational requirements, and information constructs cannot be addressed by any single solution provider, no matter how large. The new business platform paradigm is one in which solutions from multiple providers must be seamlessly deployed using a architecture that is resilient and can withstand rapid changes in individual business functions or delivery modalities. This isn’t about departmental process enablement, or even enterprise enablement, but rather extended enterprise process enablement—enablement that can serve role-based needs yet crosses traditional organizational and system boundaries to support processes that span multiple organizations and roles.

For the domain of product innovation, this extended process enablement must meet the requirements of modern markets and operating models. First and foremost, this means that the innovation process must be calibrated to customer requirements rather than simply be a product-centric process calibrated to research and development. As a result, the platform must integrate to a host of organizational disciplines outside of the traditional engineering and program management disciplines. These disciplines include compliance (e.g., sustainability and safety), manufacturing, service, and marketing. Further, the innovation platform should natively support visualization, closed loop decision making, and intellectual property protection, among other capabilities.

When evaluating platform providers, users should prioritize openness, configurability, flexibility, and adaptability that enables them to connect to best of class functionality for diverse needs spanning research, design, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and service, etc. Ideally, such platforms also enable capabilities conducive to innovation, such as business intelligence and analysis functions as well as social networking.

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