The business models of Aerospace and Defense manufacturers often derive revenue from a number of sources including aircraft and completions as well as aftermarket business. The shop floor affects two of these key sources of revenue. In order to grow the business organically, while maintaining margins, the enterprise needs to deliver more, through the implementation of unprecedented levels of flexible production. Download this white paper to find out how the unique capabilities of DELMIA make it possible to manage change along the value stream, from engineering design to shop-floor work instructions.

The view ahead for the aerospace and defense industry shows us growth and change. Air traffic has been following a pattern of steady increase that calls for larger aircraft fleets. At the same time, OEMs and suppliers are under mounting pressure to simplify processes, reduce costs and move products to market more quickly – while remaining in compliance with changing environmental regulations. Download this white paper to find out how the unique capabilities of DELMIA make it possible to manage change along the value stream, from engineering design to shop-floor work instructions.

This webinar reveals how Dassault Systèmes helps Airbus Helicopters improve operations management. View this video now to find out more.

This webinar reveals the changes the Aerospace and Defense landscape has experienced recently. Watch this video now to find out how to: • Innovate with Flat Budgets • Master the growing Complexity of Programs • Evolve your Work Force • Achieve record setting production rates View this webinar now to find out more.

This webinar explains what the Factory of the Future could be like and how to connect all techonologies used. Learn how to create experiences that people can really leverage and become more efficient in the Aerospace and Defense landscape. View this webinar now to find out more.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software can help your company keep up with the increasing complexity of developing today’s high-tech products. While smaller companies may use relatively simple Product Data Management (PDM) tools, larger companies rely on full-featured PLM systems that help automate processes and share data across global supply chains. Mid-size companies can feel stuck because PDM is too basic, but PLM feels out of reach. This resource will help you: • Recognize why “simple” solutions fall short and do not support your capabilities • Better connect to customers and the supply chain • Drive higher product development speed • Get started with the right PLM solution Midsize manufacturers need a system that quickly delivers the core capabilities they need to streamline product development but also gives them room to grow value over time. So, what’s the right size PLM to fit a midsized high-tech company? Download this resource and take a look.

There is a significant gap between how manufacturing companies value specific aspects of their project execution and how they judge their performance. Better education in project management methodologies and standalone software tools alone will limit a company’s ability to perform at its highest level. A study by Engineering.com found that a web-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution is the best way for a company to fully achieve its best practices. This white paper shares how a PLM solution with embedded project management can uniquely provide: • Full alignment between projects and the product portfolio • Coordination of a project’s schedule, resources and scope • Automatic real-time status updates of project tasks • Mitigation of project risks based upon real-time assessment of product development Benefit from the unique value provided by PLM systems with embedded project management.

Obtaining a first-mover competitive advantage or faster time-to-market requires a new wave in analytics. Dassault Systèmes remains a leading innovator in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and has invested heavily in analytical technologies to further drive business benefits for its customers in the related areas of planning, simulation, insight and optimization. This white paper examines the challenges peculiar to PLM and why Dassault Systèmes’ EXALEAD offers the most appropriate solution. It also clearly positions EXALEAD PLM Analytics alongside related technologies like BI, data-warehousing and Big Data solutions. Understand and implement PLM Analytics to access actionable information, support accurate decision-making, and drive performance.

Project management relies primarily on past performance to predict future results, however many companies still lack forward-looking capabilities to predict project outcomes and ensure success. Enhancing project management with PLM analytics offers the opportunity to switch from task-based activities to performance-driven ones to improve success rates. Use PLM Analytics to: • Gain actionable insight and valuable intelligence • Dramatically boost business value and improve project management performance • Reduce error-prone behavior like manual data collection • Leverage big-data capabilities and project intelligence Learn how to extend the value of your PLM investment and improve business performance for your company.

Jim Brown, President of Tech-Clarity, explores how fast growing, midsized, High-Tech manufacturing companies can accelerate their time-to-market by streamlining their engineering and business processes on a unified platform. Watch the 20-min webinar and learn: • How a unified platform accelerates collaboration between all stakeholders of product development • How the principle of ‘invisible governance’ helps engineering teams save time on unnecessary reporting and administration • How online collaboration helps build customer intimacy and validate product ideas early and effectively • How modern, secure social collaboration platforms can smoothly transition to structured product development

Le guide des solutions informatiques dédiées au secteur de la production , 2nde édition, met en exergue les nouvelles tendances du marché, les nouveautés produits, la gestion de l’expérience client (via Infor CRM, Infor CPQ, Infor CLM) ainsi que la gestion du cycle de vie des produits via Infor PLM.

The concept of a virtual, digital equivalent to a physical product or the Digital Twin was introduced in 2003 at a University of Michigan Executive Course on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) taught by Dr. Michael Grieves. In light of these advances, it is timely to explore how the Digital Twin can move from an interesting and potentially useful concept that aids in understanding the relationship between a physical product and its underlying information to a critical component of an enterprise-wide closed-loop product lifecycle. Understand how focusing on the connection between physical product and virtual product will improve productivity, uniformity of production, and ensure the highest quality products.

This spotlight report examines: • How Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are key enablers of data management and Digital Transformation. Companies can combine many other opportunities with manufacturing operations in a digital journey. • Product lifecycle management (PLM) as a high-value discipline to pair with MOM in discrete manufacturing, and the value of digital continuity across engineering, manufacturing operations, and supply chain. • A robust integration of MOM and PLM technologies and the advent of the Digital Twin (a virtual copy of the product and how it's made) to demonstrate maturity in Smart Manufacturing and the ability to make smart products in smart factories. The IIoT has opened up a world of opportunity for manufacturers. Take advantage of it.

This white paper presents how to use technology systems to help your business promote corporate social responsibility.

Midsize Aerospace and Aviation manufacturers need to choose a system that quickly delivers the core capabilities they need to streamline product development but also gives them room to grow value over time. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software can help. It drives better product development performance by managing product-related data, processes and projects. While smaller companies may be able to control, access and share product data with relatively simple Product Data Management (PDM) tools, larger manufacturers rely on full featured PLM systems that help automate processes and share data across global Aerospace and Aviation companies.

Aerospace and Defense companies delivering complex products in competitive markets must overcome many challenges to manage requirements throughout the product lifecycle. Among the most difficult challenges are integrating complex systems engineering processes, promoting collaboration among multiple engineering disciplines and enabling the sharing of intellectual property within globally dispersed teams. Companies seeking a way to efficiently manage product requirements can leverage a comprehensive product lifecycle management (PLM) solution to: • Effectively reuse intellectual property to reduce time to market • Increase product innovation • Improve overall traceability of requirements throughout the product lifecycle This paper will highlight the criteria needed for a comprehensive requirements management solution that incorporates PLM to offer customers a scalable, enterprise-grade solution.

A recent study by Engineering.com indicated there is a significant gap between how Industrial Equipment Manufacturing companies value specific aspects of their project execution and how they judge their performance. In order to address the challenging aspects of product development projects, it was determined that projects with a web-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution will perform higher. Learn how PLM solutions with embedded project management can uniquely provide the following operational best practices: • Full alignment between projects and the product portfolio in order to leverage common technology platforms and launch products to market faster • Coordination of a project’s schedule and resources, with its scope as defined by requirements and development constraints, in order to meet market expectations • Automatic project task updates as development work is completed to provide a real-time understanding of project status and progress

Industrial Equipment Manufacturers have to connect closely with customers and introduce new products quickly and efficiently to meet their needs. While smaller Industrial Equipment Manufacturers may be able to control, access, and share product data with relatively simple Product Data Management (PDM) tools, larger Industrial Equipment Manufacturers rely on full-featured PLM systems that help automate processes and share data across global supply chains. Industrial Equipment Manufacturer companies may find themselves in-between because: • Product and organizational complexity drive them beyond basic PDM capabilities • A full-featured PLM implementation may feel out of reach They need to choose a system that quickly delivers the core capabilities they need to streamline product development but also gives them room to grow value over time. What’s the right size PLM to fit an Industrial Equipment Manufacturer? Let’s take a look.

When companies adopted Just-In-Time (JIT) tactics, they did so primarily to reduce inventory costs. For the most part, this strategy worked. Reducing stocks of raw materials, parts, assemblies and finished goods reduces carrying costs, allowing companies to invest the freed-up funds in more productive assets and projects.

As the world continues to analyze energy availability and the long-term effects of climate change, businesses too are turning their attention to an area of opportunity—reduction of carbon emissions, energy conservation and supply chain sustainability. Many businesses are finding that these initiatives go beyond simple good-citizenship to real business opportunities and bottom line savings that can contribute financial value to the organization while meeting demanding customer requirements. Join Today!

Oracle held their second annual Value Chain Summit February 3-5, in San Jose, California. The event once again attracted a few thousand Oracle customers who were interested in better understanding Oracle's various supply chain technologies and where they are heading.

Enterprise Product Management is essential for CSPs seeking to secure and enhance their market positions. The complexity of CSP product offerings creates a business environment that is slow and ill-equipped to meet ever-growing customer demands.

Until recently, many high-tech manufacturers – especially small and medium-sized businesses – have been able to survive by applying 80% of their operational focus to 20% or less of their critical customers and suppliers. That was then. The new mandate from channel masters is for more intense, collaborative relationships with fewer suppliers.

The CPG manufacturing industry is large and thriving; however, margins are slim and competition is furious. There are hundreds of product categories, and to compete, firms must constantly innovate. How can the small-to-medium CPG manufacturer survive in the face of the same external pressures and fewer resources?

In a volatile and hyper-competitive market, delivering exceptional multichannel customer service consistently is essential. But delivering world-class service on tight budgets and to even tighter deadlines is a tough challenge for even the largest organizations. That’s why so many of the world’s most successful organizations choose to deliver customer service in the cloud. This eBook is a short introduction on how IT helps drive value for the business through cloud-based customer service solutions.