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In the Que: Quickparts 2011 Year In Review In the Que: Quickparts 2011 Year In Review
By Johnny Quickparts Quickparts takes a look back at news from 2011 and lets you know what’s new for January.
Holding People Accountable for Portfolio Decisions Holding People Accountable for Portfolio Decisions
By Peter McNamee, SmartOrg In this issue, I will elaborate on use of the innovation screen as experienced during my work with SmartOrg clients over the past decade.
First Reactions to Nexus PLM and the Integrated PLM Trend First Reactions to Nexus PLM and the Integrated PLM Trend
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Oleg gets his hands on Autodesk's Nexus PLM, looks at the trend toward integrated PLM and helps users identify when their PLM project is in trouble.
Intel and AMD Make Personnel Changes Intel and AMD Make Personnel Changes
By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research A look at what's in store for Intel and AMD with new personnel changes as CPU leaders start focusing on mobile.
Looking Back at PLM in 2011 Looking Back at PLM in 2011
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Oleg summarizes five notable announcements and topics in 2011 that shook up the industry.
Designing Walls for Maximum Thinness and Minimum Cost Designing Walls for Maximum Thinness and Minimum Cost
By Pro CNC For machinists looking to create walls that are as thin as possible without breaking the bank, this column can help.
Creating Competitive Advantages with Cost Engineering Creating Competitive Advantages with Cost Engineering
By Nat Workman, Mercury PLM Services In this column Nat Workman helps readers understand how important cost management can be during an economic downturn.
Compliancy Can be a Pain – but it Doesn’t Have to be. Compliancy Can be a Pain – but it Doesn’t Have to be.
By Jonathan Scott, Razorleaf Corporation Compliancy takes many forms: regulatory compliance, standards compliance, etc. But following the rules can yield surprisingly positive results.
Understand How Parts Become Too Expensive Understand How Parts Become Too Expensive
By Pro CNC In this month's column readers learn about how the design for a flower vase cost its creators much more than was necessary.
PLM Captures New Markets PLM Captures New Markets
By Peter A. Bilello, President, CIMdata Inc. Companies in pharmaceuticals, apparel, food and beverages, architecture, civil engineering, and more are implementing PLM solutions.
Following the Bussiness Portfolio into Deeper Waters Following the Bussiness Portfolio into Deeper Waters
By Don Creswell, SmartOrg This month the concept of using business portfolio's to reduce uncertainty is explored in greater depth.
Oleg's Thoughts on Autodesk Entering the PLM Space Oleg's Thoughts on Autodesk Entering the PLM Space
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Blog This month Autodesk Nexus and Dassault Systemes Exalead technology top Oleg's PLM Think Tank dsiscussions.
Compliancy Can be a Pain – but it Doesn’t Have to be. Compliancy Can be a Pain – but it Doesn’t Have to be.
By Jonathan Scott, Razorleaf Corporation Compliancy takes many forms: regulatory compliance, standards compliance, etc. But following the rules can yield surprisingly positive results.
Create Easier Designs By Reducing Surface Roughness Create Easier Designs By Reducing Surface Roughness
By Pro CNC By controlling surface roughness manufacturers can create parts more efficiently, this column explains how.
Optimize Business Value with Portfolio Management Optimize Business Value with Portfolio Management
By Don Creswell, SmartOrg Portfolio management can help managers makie decisions about their investment mix and policy, find out more here.
PLM Maturity Assessments PLM Maturity Assessments
By Peter A. Bilello, President, CIMdata Inc. PLM maturity is an excellent proxy for the organization’s readiness to compete globally in terms of long-term sustainable competitive advantages.
Why You Need a Dual-Socket Workstation Why You Need a Dual-Socket Workstation
By Wes Shimanek, Workstation Product Manager, Intel Corporation Intel’s Wes Shimanek talks about the role of dual-socket workstations in CAD.
CAD, PLM and Visual Reporting CAD, PLM and Visual Reporting
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Blog Oleg's outlook is that CAD and PLM vendors are starting to understand the value of the ability to present data reports and visualize them nicely.
Security is Still an Issue for the Cloud Security is Still an Issue for the Cloud
By Peter A. Bilello President, CIMdata Inc. Concerned about the Cloud? This column explains what you should and should not be concerning yourself with.
How to Jailbreak Your BOM, for All the Right Reasons How to Jailbreak Your BOM, for All the Right Reasons
By Jonathan Scott, Razorleaf Corporation In his monthly column, Jonathan Scott is analyzing the building blocks of PLM and PDM. Managing BOMs and connecting with ERP are on tap this month.
The Key to O-ring Performance The Key to O-ring Performance
By Jon Edwards, Pro CNC Find out how O-rings can make manufacturing easier by adding predictability and simplicity to a design.
Avoid the Trap of Conventional Organizational Structures Avoid the Trap of Conventional Organizational Structures
By Jim Matheson, SmartOrg The classic case is companies that are organized operation-ally by geography and strategically by product line.
What's New at Quickparts What's New at Quickparts
By Quickparts The Quickparts “Pick Your Ship Date” calendar provides users the ability to select the exact day their SLA parts will ship.
The Broad Appeal of SpaceClaim Engineer The Broad Appeal of SpaceClaim Engineer
By CIMdata Engineering firms vouch for SpaceClaim as their tool of choice for handling disparate imported CAD data and preparing models for analysis.
Explore More Models in Less Time Explore More Models in Less Time
With technologies like DAKOTA, Intel Xeon-based workstations, and Autodesk Simulation software, you can now explore more “what if” scenarios.
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