Imagine you are a Chief Engineer for ACME Engines, maker of the finest iOT enabled turbine engines for the airline industry.
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The marketing and product teams have created a comprehensive list of requirements for the product, manufacturing processes and regulatory requirements. The Systems Engineers have modeled and analyzed the Functional and Logical makeup of the new engine. Your preliminary design review is a success - all ahead, full!
The mechanical design teams have created a complete digital twin that accurately represents the product in exacting 3D detail including photo-realistic renderings and animated analysis models. On the software front, the developers have designed a world class solution to optimize engine performance, provide real-time feedback and monitor wear and tear. Finally, the testing team has proven the engine to be powerful and reliable. Trifecta!
Then {insert dramatic music here} a seismic shift in the aerospace market causes the customers to change their requirements for their aircraft fleet. Your business leadership is worried about your ability to react quickly... You are not!
You foresaw this kind of situation and enabled your team to be successful with connected ALP and PLM applications from Aras and IBM. ACME Engines now has the benefit of a true digital thread where the entirety of the product definition is connected - using Aras's powerful and lightweight data model in concert with OSLC connections to IBM's ALM suite. Now your PM can can propose the necessary changes and within minutes have a complete impact analysis of every change that is needed. From requirements, to Functions, to CAD, to Analysis, to Software part, to source code.
Your team is now hard at work making changes - no panic, just another project that they knock out of the park! Your leadership is impressed with your ability to react to this large change. Your customer is also impressed, further strengthening your relationship. Way to go chief!
All of this from the modern ALM-PLM solution developed and proven by Aras, Airbus and IBM. Want to see more? Come to the ProSTEP iViP – OASIS OSLC Conference in Möhringen, Germany. Aras, IBM and Airbus will be illustrating our new approach to ALM-PLM development.
Disclaimer: references to ACME are purely fictional - except for Saturday morning cartoons...