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What ever happened to checkers?
No, I do not mean the game. I mean those engineers “back in the day” that would make sure every drawing released from engineering was as correct and accurate as humanly possible. Longer ago than I care...
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Psyche of a Corporate Project
I have been involved in many projects for many different topics. I have worked on everything from global new product development to ERP or PLM implementations to detailed global change process...
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Let’s tear down the wall between Engineering and Manufacturing
Back in my first blog, I reminisced about my days as a draftsman. For this topic I am going to do the same. Back then we used lead pencils on paper or vellum. When we needed to share drawings with the...
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What does it mean to be a team player?
There are a lot of articles out there on what it means to be a team player. They could be from motivational speakers, to well-educated authors, to successful business people. Today, I would like to...
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ERP / MRP / PLM
I find that people tend to blur the lines between ERP, MRP, and PLM. The purpose of this blog is to summarize the high-level intent of most ERP, MRP and PLM systems. ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning:...
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Getting Executive Buy-In for Your Improvement Initiatives
For over 20 years I worked in the manufacturing industry as a designer, CAD or IT manager. One issue I have seen and experienced many times is the difficulty of getting upper management to understand...
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Product Lifecycle Management in Manufacturing: Part 1
Many still think that a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system is only for the Engineering department. At one point that may have been true. However, I am starting to see a shift in that mind set....
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Product Lifecycle Management in Manufacturing: Part 2
In last week’s post I walked through a manufacturing use case without Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). I hope you noticed the possible issues and costs related to restricting Manufacturing direct...
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Risk, what does it mean? For some, it is crossing the street. For others, it is starting a company with the last of their own money, or money from an expectant and hopeful investor. But, what does it...
View ArticleMaking the Case for Arbortext and Dynamic Publishing
Many businesses rely on one or two technical writers to collect all required technical and digital information needed to create technical and marketing publications. Most of this effort is manual,...
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