The manufacturing industry is moving towards digital transformation. The fundamental element of the transformation in manufacturing is connecting pieces of information produced during different stages of product development, manufacturing and operation. Working with many manufacturing companies I learned that these fields of operation are usually very siloed and operating with high levels of disconnect between…
Our life is surrounded by data. It is especially important when it comes to various engineering, design, and manufacturing activities. While engineers are working on designs, manufacturing engineers are working on production planning, a procurement department is focusing on ordering schedule and altogether is coordinating work of contractors and suppliers The speed of changes, competition,…
Unless you lived under the rock for the last several years, you’ve heard about Digital Transformation and Digital Thread. While we are all excited about the power of digital technologies, I often see companies are confused about these new things and have a hard time bridging between day to day operations and digital futures. In…
Just in a few days, we will step in a new decade. As always at the end of the year, we ask ourselves what we learned in the past year and what we would like to take with us in a new year and especially in a new decade. We learned a bunch of things…
The manufacturing industry is going through a major transformation these days. There is significant pressure on OEM to change their business models and transform companies from being totally focused on product development into companies focused on providing services to their customers. There are many examples of how this business transformation can go. One of the…
The spreadsheets are part of everyday life for every single manufacturing company. People love them despite all the mess they can bring. And people hate them because of the same reasons. At OpenBOM we are taking an approach to integrate spreadsheets into the user experience and workflows in a non-invasive way. So, we are good…
I had a great honor to present at ConX19 – event organized by the Institute for Process Excellence. Check out more about the event on the website. In my presentation, I was sharing what is my perspective on digital transformation in engineering and manufacturing software. As an industry, we are at a very interesting point…