CIMdata Blog

I recently spent some “quality” “Zoom” time with my colleague, Jim Roche, who is CIMdata’s A&D Practice Director. Jim was excited to talk about his upcoming presentation, The Multi-View BOM Value Potential, at the CIMdata PLM Market & Industry Forum, which takes place over the late March to early April time frame as a live event in North America and as virtual events in EMEA. The first thing on the table in our discussion touched on the hype surrounding the Multi-view BOM For decades, the Digital Thread has been core to the PLM vision. The concept of linking multiple representations of a product, each tuned to the needs of various creators and consumers along the lifecycle, is powerful. With recent advances in PLM technology, enablement of the Digital Thread has become technically possible, even for industries producing complex products, such as automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, military vehicles, and medical devices, where quality is