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Connect the Digital Thread: How Manufacturers Accelerate Innovation with Smarter Product Data

In today’s fast-paced race to innovate, disconnected data can quietly derail progress.

This video explores how manufacturers can overcome complexity by connecting the digital thread—bringing product data, teams, and systems into alignment.

Discover how Razorleaf helps organizations accelerate time to market, modernize legacy systems, and unlock the full value of PLM and MES technologies through smarter integration and scalable solutions like CLOVER.

With global expertise and a people-first approach, Razorleaf empowers teams to make confident decisions, improve collaboration, and drive meaningful innovation.

If you’re ready to transform how your organization connects data, processes, and ideas—this is where it starts.

CLOVER Integration Explained: Connect PLM, ERP, MES, & Beyond

CLOVER is the end-to-end integration platform that connects PDM, PLM, ERP, MES, and other critical manufacturing systems to power a seamless digital thread. Break down the walls between engineering, manufacturing, and business operations — and eliminate the bottlenecks caused by manual data exchange. With CLOVER, teams get real-time visibility, improved collaboration, and smarter decisions at every stage of production.

Watch how connected data leads to a more efficient factory floor and faster time-to-value.

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How did we get from CAD and PDM to the PLM systems we use today? And have we really moved beyond PDM?

In Stay Sharp Episode 151, hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott sit down with Doug Macdonald, a longtime PLM industry veteran and self-described “lifelong innovation enthusiast and recovering advocate for PLM,” to explore the history of product lifecycle management—and how the technology evolved alongside the products and businesses it was designed to support.

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This year’s Global Product Data Interoperability Summit will examine the role of AI in advancing standards-based interoperability within enterprise digital ecosystems.

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Improve production efficiency, reduce defects, and meet scheduled targets.

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With Razorleaf offices in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and India, and the US, our team is ready to support your digital transformation project no matter where you are located.

Managing the Digital Thread

Modern businesses must embrace the digital thread to remain competitive, foster innovation, and adapt to an ever-more digital and data-centric world. Engage with Razorleaf to explore the crucial steps for elevating product development visibility within your business with a digital thread.

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The complimentary Razorleaf Digital Thread Assessment evaluates your organization’s readiness to identify data, files, and contextual information.

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Razorleaf helped Kawasaki complete another ENOVIA upgrade, and as usual, Razorleaf did an excellent job.

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I have found Razorleaf to be very, very valuable to us on many occasions. Since 2007, Razorleaf has helped L&M with system support, software upgrades, and solution configuration that has yielded great business value. From a technical and personal standpoint I give Razorleaf very high marks.

Tom HaapojaL&M Radiator, Inc.

The Razorleaf team worked quickly with us to understand our requirements and specifications, then assembled these into practical, realistic solutions.

Bob NolandLincoln Electric

Parata is constantly improving and iterating its products; this generates a lot of ECO activity along with quick changes in scope and priority. We needed our PLM system to accommodate this type of work environment, and allow us to both cancel a change and add/remove items freely. These features were critical to Parata, enough that we implemented the Razorleaf ECO toolkit immediately following our initial Aras launch.

Paul SheehyParata Systems

Razorleaf was very helpful in understanding my detailed requirements, and in helping me understand my requirements better. I thought I had defined what I needed out of a PDM system, but they dug one level deeper to help me think about exactly what types of licenses I needed and how people would use the system. This is more than I expected, and I appreciated it.

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The Razorleaf team is helping us implement a comprehensive digital program at Damen Naval in support of our largest ship contract on record. We are collaborating across engineering teams, managing requirements, and driving the design and development of our major German frigates using the full 3DEXPERIENCE platform. From scaling up the IT architecture for the PLM environment, performing devops for capturing requirements, and providing functional support across the PLM platform, Razorleaf has been instrumental in guiding us throughout the process. They are a flexible and reliable partner, and we have been working with this core team for many years. Together, we continue to navigate our digital evolution on the backbone of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Bas TimmerGeneral Manager, Engineering, Damen Naval

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CLOVER is a family of products that enables the exchange of product information across your organization, partners, and suppliers. With CLOVER, organizations can reduce development costs, streamline processes, share product information, and introduce products faster – ultimately extending the value of their PLM investment across the digital enterprise.

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The Razorleaf Manufacturing Suite for Aras Innovator offers subscription-based standalone business applications that extend and automate additional business requirements, processes, and procedures common to manufacturers. We can help solve your business challenges by simplifying your PLM implementation, improving collaboration, and increasing productivity.

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The Razorleaf 3DXtools productivity toolset significantly reduces the implementation time of 3DEXPERIENCE® PLM solutions. By delivering pre-built and configurable enhancements to standard 3DEXPERIENCE functionality, 3DXtools results in faster implementations and higher returns on PLM investments with no coding required.

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An Insider’s View of PLM’s Own Lifecycle: Stay Sharp Episode 151

In Stay Sharp Episode 151, The Untold Origins of PLM with Doug Macdonald, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott are joined by Doug Macdonald, a self-described innovation enthusiast and recovering PLM advocate. What’s particularly relevant for this episode is that, as Juliann notes, he’s “been here since the beginning,” graduating as a mechanical engineer just as CAD/CAM were entering the mainstream. He gives listeners an insider’s perspective on how PLM came to be and what it looks like today.
September 4, 2026

From Cavemen to AI in 150 Podcasts

In this Stay Sharp Episode, 150 Episodes In: What We Got Right (And Wrong) About Digital Engineering, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott celebrate the successful completion of 150 podcast episodes. They reflect on the topics, people, and opinions they spoke with along the way, including those that stood out and those have stood the test of time—or not.
August 28, 2026

Tech Tuesday – Webinar Series for the Aras Community

Watch On Demand our exclusive webinars on What's New in Aras' Releases. Get inside knowledge on Aras' direction - giving you an edge in your PLM journey. We share and demonstrate exciting updates, features, and applications on Aras Innovator releases.
August 26, 2026
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