Recently, we hosted the webinar “Digital Twin: How to Build, Manage, and Enable a Powerful User Experience.” During the webinar, we discussed using an upcoming application, Physical Asset Foundation, you can use to create and manage any asset configuration…

The following is a story of an aggressive startup company that was developing, and hoping to move a highly complex, electromechanical product into scale production. From a design engineering standpoint, the Bill of Materials (BOM) was derived from the…

The extension of the product lifecycle management footprint to as-delivered, as-serviced, as-maintained configuration requires PLM solutions to be very adaptive to fit the industry evolving needs in terms of process to move from an engineering BOM to…

The Bill of Materials (BOMs) is vital to the functioning of most companies, but time and again I find that businesses often overlook the management of BOMs. Properly managing BOMs is as important as the BOMs themselves, but, unfortunately, even the simplest…

Last time Yoann Maingon from Minerva was in town I had the opportunity to chat with him about his recent projects. My favorite one is a quick and efficient solution for ordering parts directly from the BOM, fully integrated with the Approved Manufacturer…

This was the featured solution in July’s Newsletter and is an excellent add-on for companies with large, complex product structures like aircraft, automobiles, ships and other complicated electro-mechanical equipment. The Alternative Structure Browser…