Seaspan Shipyards , located on the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, provides a complete range of shipyard services to build, repair, and maintain naval, research, and commercial vessels. Its shipyard operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver…

Examples and key metrics to transform your product lifecycle What is digital transformation? Digital Transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all areas of a business, fundamentally changing how that business operates and delivers…

Engaging users is vital to successful business transformation Today, the pace of change in virtually every industry is at an all-time high. The traditional 5-year or even 3-year plan is inadequate to keep up with the competition. Companies that previously…

A while ago, I wrote a blog on why Variant Management needs to be considered way before 150% BOM (Bill of Materials) is reached for an already-designed product that becomes available. The key to that is the reuse of the variant logic on distinctive design…

Tampere-based Finnish company Tamturbo has revolutionized the compressed air systems industry with its high-speed turbo compressors. With Aras Innovator, the company has completely changed the way they work with all product data. This blog reveals the…

Switching your business to a new Product Lifecycle Management solution is a daunting task. The PLM landscape is littered with the dry bones of failed PLM solution migrations, rollouts, and selection activities. Some experts claim a failure rate as high…

I come before you today with troubling news. Research has shown that a vast majority of companies in the manufacturing industries suffer from PLM Legacy Syndrome. But do not be dismayed, I also come to you today with a cure. The symptoms: The first…

Simplifying and synchronizing the transition from EBOM to MBOM Managing complex business processes globally that extend through product development into manufacturing is effortless with the Aras PLM Platform Application—Aras Manufacturing Process Planning…

The need for speed The products we design, make, and operate continue to grow in terms of complexity and connectivity with many operating in a platform-as-a-service model; but this only part of the equation. Today, over half of a company’s revenue…

By now, everyone is aware that the cloud has become the dominant approach to deploying applications across almost every enterprise domain. Companies have progressed from viewing the cloud as an opportunity, to establishing it as their de-facto deployment…

If you tried to perform a routine process with your product lifecycle management (PLM) software, made decisions without accurate data, or collaborated across departmental boundaries using meetings and spreadsheets you’ve likely experienced some level…

If you haven’t noticed, the nature of change management in PLM is, well, changing due to exploding product complexities. It used to be that PLM was focused on changes to physical parts or physical assemblies (BOM). That was because PLM solutions and configuration…

If you’re looking for a new way to utilize product data so that it is available to all who need it, when they need it, take a look at our latest infographic, “Creating the Resilient Enterprise.” Learn how you can scale product data with the help of a…

Introduction As a business leader, it is your responsibility to execute the strategic objectives mandated by corporate leadership. Today, these strategic objectives often involve projects tied to digital transformation. However, the vast majority of these…

To better compete in quickly advancing industries, companies need to accelerate how products get to market. Offering new technologies first helps companies gain an edge over the competition; and becoming more efficient without sacrificing quality creates…

This year’s Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminar was, not unexpectedly, different than usual. Due to the pandemic, this key industry event was virtual and chock-full of great insights as always. While it has been a longstanding…

Change tests many things. How does it test and prove the Digital Thread of information related to your product's development, manufacture, and service? As buzzwords go, when every enterprise software company suddenly claims to enable “ a Digital Thread…

Engineering changes often require more than one team—as we saw in our last blog, Connecting Change Management and Quality with Aras . In this brief, 3-minute video, you’ll see how sub-workflows in Aras Innovator can meet that need. And, you’ll see an…

Quality teams should be an important part of any engineering change process. This brief, 4-minute video—the second in our Change Management series —shows how Aras Innovator connects Quality and Engineering organizations with built-in functionality: …

What’s in a change? This brief, 3-minute video is the first in a series of three demonstrations introducing engineering change management in Aras Innovator. This first installment explores how Aras Innovator captures the full scope of formal and informal…

While vacationing in Maine, I learned a saying of theirs: “You can’t get there from here.” This is their way of relaying the impossibility of traveling from point A to point B in a direct path due to various ponds (you might call them lakes), mountains…

I’m always amazed at how old and lethargic some PLM and ERP systems are. I recently worked with a talented group of people to replace a large 30 plus year old Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) system along with a couple of PLM integrations, running…

Product complexity was the elephant in the room in 2017 as companies across Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, and Industrial Manufacturing looked to differentiate their offerings and create disruptive business models. These challenges exposed significant…

The Business of Engineering is a term we’ve used to describe the multiple facets of developing today’s complex, connected products – from the design challenges to the disciplines involved to the type of data and processes that connect them. In essence…

Blasphemy, to some, for sure. But let us step back from our engineering and manufacturing domains for a moment. When we talk about the Business of Engineering at Aras we are talking about creating well received and profitable products.   For a product…