The Value of Digital Threads and How to Build Out an Enterprise Digital Web
A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar with James Roche, Aerospace & Defense Practice Director, CIMdata
14 March 2024
11:00 EST | 08:00 PST | 17:00 CET
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Do any of the following statements sound familiar?
- Our attempts to implement a digital thread have resulted in a series of false starts and frustration.
- An eBOM/mBOM strategy seems doable at first but then stalls out as unforeseen complexities arise and uncertainty sets in.
- Our attempts to implement systems engineering and collaborative development are stymied by the lack of a roadmap for linking the multiple product representations of the various disciplines involved.
- The digital thread vision seems so expansive that it is difficult to know where to start.
- The digital thread vision appears sophisticated and complex, but it is hard to see how it is applicable in industries with products less complex than airplanes and automobiles.
The Digital Thread has been a core element of the PLM vision for decades. The concept of linking multiple digital representations of a product, each tailored to meet the diverse needs of creators and consumers along the lifecycle, is powerful. Commercial PLM solutions have advanced to a point where the enablement of the Digital Thread is technically possible. But do these creator and consumer views lie neatly like beads along a single strand, or do some lie along the main strand while others are beads arranged in a web around one of the principal lifecycle views?
The Engineering Bill of Materials (eBOM) is a principal lifecycle view. There are views of product intent from which it is created, views by which it is optimized, and other views by which it is realized and sustained. This webinar will describe the Digital Web of product views at the front end of the product lifecycle with the eBOM at its center.
This webinar will present and discuss the architectural principles essential for designing this structure of views to enable collaboration between creators and consumers along the product lifecycle within an enterprise.
By Attending this Webinar You Will:
- Understand the basic concept of a digital thread as the progression of product representations, or views, that are created and consumed along the product lifecycle.
- Learn about the different product representations that are relevant to the various creators and consumers along the lifecycle.
- Gain insights into the basic guidelines for designing the structure and content of these product lifecycle views to serve the needs of their creators and consumers.
- Comprehend how product lifecycle views are interrelated in a weblike configuration, with the engineering view (i.e., the eBOM) at its center.
- Understand how the structure, content, and relationships between views can be sophisticated or simple, depending on the needs of the business.
Who should attend?
Anyone with responsibility or interest in product program integration, systems engineering, PLM program planning, digitalization, or digital thread would find this webinar interesting. Specific roles would include:
- Product program managers
- Product program planners
- Systems engineers
- PLM program and project managers
- PLM program planners
- PLM solution architects
- PLM business analysts
- Digitalization strategists
During the webinar, you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about the topics discussed.