Manufacturers have two common approaches to “configuration”: Some companies approach it solely from the perspective of sales and marketing, while others will always start with engineering. While there ...

In these challenging times, product value can also be measured, beyond cost and function, by the ability of a manufacturer to quickly make and ship to a customer. With components and labor still not ...

RFID technology bridges the gap between physical assets and the digital thread, transforming PLM into a record for modern ...

Product lifecycle management (PLM) software originated in the automotive industry to manage the most complex portfolio of products in the economy. Persistent product refreshes meant it was worth a ...

Part 1 of this series focuses on combining engineering and management for project excellence. It’s not hard to guess that PLM relies on some core processes to provide a unified picture of several ...

The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application landscape available today, for engineering and manufacturing organizations, has evolved from the traditional CAx and PDM centric applications, ...

Business pressures on semiconductor companies are relentless. Meanwhile, Moore's Law marches on. Circuit densities are ten times what they were just three years ago. Furthermore, a growing number of ...

Intersection of hardware and software product development cycles. Source: Wipro Outside of companies that build computing devices, most manufacturing companies—until recently—have viewed software and ...

Think about what running a telecom network looks like today. On the one hand, your software is flexible and quick, and you can add new services at lightning speed. On the other hand, you're still ...