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  • Sea Change PLM

    The printing press, the steam engine that ushered in the industrial revolution, the Wright Brothers plane, the transistor and its development into integrated circuits, all transformed society in simple and profound ways. More recently Apple’s iPhone,…
  • Out-of-the-box (OOTB): A Legacy Concept

    At times, an executive considering major software purchases will mandate buying out-of-the box (OOTB) software, believing it a best practice. They think it will reduce their costs and the mounting number of obsolete technologies that consume their enterprise…
  • Ladies and Gentlemen, Re-start your Innovation Engines!

    In any given year, businesses regularly change their priorities to meet the impact of unexpected situations. As businesses are figuring out how to pivot from what had been their 2020 priorities, the current global situation has made one thing clear―there…
  • Adapting to the Unknown

    Very few, if any of us, have lived through such trying times. The challenges we are facing now, and for the foreseeable future, are forcing us to be more resourceful and adapt to new ways of doing business and living our day-to-day lives. In this vlog…
  • A Platform with Superior DNA

    Received a DNA kit as a gift. Filled the test tube to the required line, capped it and sent it off for analysis. A couple of weeks later the interesting, mixed results came back. A two-page list of diseases that I might have the variant for or where the…
  • Instant Legacy

    Customizing "out-of-the-box" software can result in "instant legacy." But, it doesn't have to be that way. Find out how trying to fit into a vendor's out-of-the box solution can take away your organization's competitive advantage--and how to avoid it…
  • Is Your Platform Resilient?

    Is your platform customizable and then, once customized, can you upgrade easily and without data loss? A resilient platform has an underlying technology that is flexible, scalable, and upgradeable—even when heavily customized. Does your platform enable…
  • PLM DNA

    Received a DNA kit as a gift. Filled the test tube to the required line, capped it and sent it off for analysis. A couple of weeks later the interesting, mixed results came back. A two-page list of diseases that I might have the variant for or where the…