By Verdi Ogwell, posted on November 11, 2020
What's happening in the PLM field for the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry? The issue is a hot topic not only in the wake of the dramatic coronavirus’ effects, but also related to technological developments, climate concerns and a world that seems to be heading into a massive transition from fossil-fueled to electric power generation.
How is product development affected, especially in civil aviation, when financial resources are radically reduced? What does the way forward look like when it comes to investments in digital tools and the corresponding methods to reach concepts such as digital twins and threads, configuration management, model-based system development, multi-view BOM’s, secure collaboration and others? Can PLM, Product Innovation Platforms and tools help when money is becoming a scarce resource in the A&D industry that in 2019 spent more than $4.6 billion on PLM related areas?
Jim Roche is CIMdata’s Aerospace & Defense practice director, and a well-known profile in the A&D segment. Roche is also a member of CIMdata’s Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) initiative. Together with Håkan Kårdén, PDT’s organizer and PLM developer Eurostep’s marketing director, Roche is responsible for the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT 2020 event agenda, set to take place November 17-19, 2020.
The content planned for the PLM Road Map & PDT 2020 event is interesting. For those who want to know more about how PLM evolves during this challenging period, especially in the aviation and defense industry, this conference—being held virtually, as almost all events nowadays—is one of the most exciting to date. This is particularly true because a number of the most important A&D players, including companies such as Boeing, Airbus, Gulfstream, Saab Aeronautics, BAE Systems, Raytheon and Pratt & Whitney, will participate with presentations on the main theme: “The Digital Thread: The PLM professionals' path to delivering innovation, efficiency and quality.”
