Ask three product development teams from three different companies how they handle product lifecycle management and you’re likely get three distinct answers. So that’s why when it comes to selecting a PLM or PDM system, powerful, out-of-the-box capab...

Yanmar Energy Systems is a leading Japanese manufacturer of air conditioning and power generation systems. The company has product lifcycels that can extend to 20 – or even 30 years!  With such lengthy product lifecycles, having an efficie...

The days of products being designed using the “over the wall” process is dead.  Today’s products REQUIRE a systems based approach.  Full stop. Everything we touch today is a system of systems.  The smartphone, electri...

As many of you know that when creating technical publications like catalogs, maintenance & training manuals, and regulatory filings, legacy technical publishing systems require that data be copied from multiple sources – which can be a slow and e...

Desktop Engineering recently wrote an article about Microsoft's new PLM implementation and the benefits of the innovative approach they took. After many PLM (product lifecycle management) implementation attempts that did not meet their standards, Mi...