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 PDF (English)  PDF (Japanese) Key takeaways: The lack of integration between EBOM, MBOM, manufacturing process planning, and work instructions results in information silos that create gaps in traceability and make it difficult to keep data synchronized—directly impacting product cost, quality, and time to market Automating the transformation of the Engineering…
 PDF (English) PDF (Traditional Chinese)  PDF (Simplified Chinese)  PDF (Japanese)  PDF (Korean) Key takeaways: Industry thought leaders have identified pursuit of global sustainability as not only good for the environment, but also good for business because new product innovation drives growth and minimizes total lifecycle costs Wall Street has also recognized…
 PDF Key takeaways: Smart, connected products and product-systems capable of adaptive autonomous functioning which can be remotely monitored, diagnosed, repaired, and updated, are increasingly the norm in the market Innovative connected and intelligent products will drive unprecedented increases in design complexity and software content, while time to market and profit…
 PDF Key takeaways: The past several years have seen growing adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, but construction productivity growth has continued to lag manufacturing A convergence is beginning to take place between AEC and manufacturing—AEC customers are increasingly interested in adopting…
 PDFKey takeaways: A major transformation is underway in engineering processes for today’s complex systems and cyber-physical products (mechanical, electronics, embedded software, and controls), triggered by several significant global trends, including: “Smart Systems” driven by the “Internet of Things” and Industry 4.0 “Mass Customization” with software features as key differentiators “Design…
 PDF Key takeaways: Infor has a diverse set of applications that span many industries and they believe opportunities for “adjacent innovation” are a company strength Infor continues to make significant investments in their application layer and bringing their solutions to the cloud, with strong early results The company is working…
 PDF Key takeaways: While PLM strategies are common in manufacturing industries, they can provide just as much value in the development and long-term monitoring of insurance coverages and banking products. Insurance policy premiums and bank loan repayments do not fundamentally differ from a manufacturer's flow of revenues from sales of…
 PDF Key takeaways: Interest in cloud-based PLM is exploding, and deployments are ramping up PLM on the cloud has all the usual advantages of cloud-based enterprise solutions, such as low cost of entry, scalability, ease of deployment, and easier supply chain access T-Systems is offering Aras Innovator, a well-known, flexible…
 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes’ goal of enabling companies across multiple industry segments to build and run virtual environments in which innovative products and processes can be defined, simulated, analyzed, and optimized as a real-life experience and across the full lifecycles is becoming a reality Dassault Systèmes’ strategy builds on…
 PDF Key takeaways: This biennial NAFEMS conference reaffirms the growing importance of engineering modeling and simulation across all industries and domains System Modeling and Simulation is becoming a key element in enabling the growth of the new paradigm of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)—“Thinking of a product as the sum of…
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