Buildings, infrastructure, and similar physical assets are designed and constructed by AEC/EPC firms and typically owned and operated (O/O) by other organizations. This leads to a typical data dilemma: too much data that is often not the correct data nor semantically accurate to be usable. Data governance is badly needed, and it requires data alignment. […]
As products continue to become more complex, it’s essential for product development companies to rely on advanced expertise from suppliers for sophisticated components and subsystems. But managing the collaborative interaction among all the companies involved in a product’s development, manufacturing, and support can be challenging. Traditionally, OEMs have invited suppliers inside their firewall, allowing them
Introduction – The purchasing of complex components Operational purchasing of complex components is a challenge for many companies. Complex products are usually assembled from complex components. Today, the OEM of a complex product like a car, an aircraft, or a power plant typically purchases complex components from several suppliers. The quality of the final product
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Implementing PLM Collaboration using a hub In today’s globalised and digitalised society, efficient information sharing is crucial for most organisations to run efficiently. This holds regardless if the company is offering solutions or services. At the same time, social media services like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Snapchat have rewritten the rules of social interaction for
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Actually, it’s way more important than you might think! Having the correct documentation for a component delivered with a product is often overlooked or forgotten due to the many technical challenges that already come with delivering complex products. Nevertheless, if you want successful product delivery and an efficient aftermarket business, you should ensure that you
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Introduction In the recently published paper, PLM in Defence Part 1, Eurostep published a list of 15 requirements to be used in the selection of an information system to manage Product Life Cycle Data in the Defence industry. The 15 requirements were grouped into Business Drivers, Technical drivers and finally Security drivers. In this paper,
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Introduction Ministries of defence face a number of challenges that put requirements on how product information is managed, communicated, and shared with different stakeholders during the lifecycle of products. This paper highlights the main requirements, trends, and business drivers, all derived from Eurostep’s experience. The objective of this paper is to provide: Overall, the paper
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Managing unstructured and structured product data We are living in the age of digital transformation and IT is becoming an integral part of our lives. Design and engineering of things is today digital but the change in recent years is in the digitalization of our interaction with all “real things” and services. For a long
Export Control and its Challenges Many countries have regulations designed to protect their capabilities, both in commerce and defence. Generally, these are known as Export Control Regulations. They are designed to stop both physical objects and related data, including software and design data, from falling into “the wrong hands,” thereby protecting that country’s interests. Such
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BIM and the Digital Twin The use of Building Information Models [BIMs] is changing the way the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction [AEC] industries will operate in the future. Data from different disciplines and the early phases of design and construction will be reused downstream and during the entire building life cycle. The Internet of Things
