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What It Takes To Build A Ventilator
The incessant and destructive march of Covid-19 across the world continues unabated. Until a proven vaccine is made available to large number of people there is only one system that stands between life and death for people that can be adversely impacted by Covid-19 – A Ventilator. Many people are casually asking why isn’t Tesla, […]
The Simplest and Best Approach to Connect PTC Windchill and SAP
PTC Windchill is one of the more popular product lifecycle management (PLM) system for managing associative file based design data as well as related design and engineering information. Because Windchill and other PLM systems are tightly integrated with design authoring systems, some times they impose constraints that make it hard to support collaborative and cross-functional processes related to manufacturing, supply chain, […]
New Product Introduction and Engineering Change Management with Z PLM
Introduction Engineering change management is one of the most critical processes in product engineering and manufacturing organizations. It has a direct impact on the speed with which products are released to the market, efficient inventory management, product safety and product quality. It is also one of the few processes that is truly multi-functional and requires […]
Before and After Z PLM in 2 Pictures
The effect of cross-functional Z PLM in 2 pictures below Before Z PLM After Z PLM
Supply Chain Speed and Flexibility are more Important than Supply Chain Cost
A couple of good articles on why Supply Chain Speed and Flexibility are more important than overall Supply Chain cost. While this trend is very pronounced in Fast Fashion, it is also applicable for a lot of product categories. Business of Fashion article on what is afflicting some of the mall based iconic apparel brands Zara’s […]