The presentations will take attendees through Moog's additive manufacturing journey and will look at Blockchain in the context of additive manufacturing and product lifecycle management.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 14 September 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Mr. James van Oss, A&D PLM Strategist and Architect in the Aircraft division of the Space and Defense Group at Moog, Inc. and Mr. Peter Kerl, Engineering Systems Manager, at Moog, Inc., will each make a presentation at PLM Road Map EMEA 2018. This one-day event will be held in collaboration with PDT Europe. The events will take place on 24 & 25 October at Le Meridien Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany. The theme for PLM Road Map is “Digitalizing Reality—PLM's role in enabling the digital revolution.”
Mr. van Oss’ presentation, “Additive Manufacturing Enabled Supply Chain,” will show how some of the key attributes of Blockchain lend it to provenance in the supply chain, product lifecycle management (PLM), and digital thread definition. Some key problems, benefits, and solutions in these areas using Blockchain technology will be shared. Mr. van Oss will also discuss Moog Inc.'s (Moog) VeriPart® solution. VeriPart integrates Additive Manufacturing, Blockchain, and PLM—possibly for the first time ever.
Mr. van Oss works with the PLM program, additive manufacturing, and Blockchain projects in the Aircraft division of Moog’s Aerospace and Defense Group. Since joining Moog in 1984, Mr. van Oss has held a number of positions including; Engineering Manager for Spacecraft Fluid Controls, Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Manager of Engineering Applications, Section Head of Design Engineering, and Design Engineer. Prior to joining Moog, Mr. van Oss spent two years at Strippit Houdaille as a Design Engineer.
In the second presentation, Mr. Peter Kerl will take attendees through Moog's additive manufacturing journey. The presentation, “Additive Manufacturing at Moog,” will cover strategic decisions around metal additive manufacturing at Moog. It will also explore how people, process, and tool paradigms are being affected.
Mr. Kerl joined Moog in 2001 as a Product Engineer and has nearly 25 years of engineering related experience. Mr. Kerl has worked on numerous aerospace programs including the Space Shuttle and Mars Science Laboratory. Currently, Mr. Kerl is responsible for group-wide engineering services, tools, and standard processes and is also the co-sponsor of the Aerospace and Defense PLM Program. Mr. Kerl started his career in the office furniture industry in mechanism product design and is co-author of four utility patents.
PLM Road Map EMEA, in collaboration with PDT Europe, is the must-attend event for PLM industry leaders and PLM practitioners globally—providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends, experiences, and relationships critical to the industry germinate and take root.
For more information see https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-conferences/2018-plmrmeurope-pdt/2018-plmrmna-about-plmrm
