Digitization of tomorrow’s factories will be driven by technologies like digital thread, machine learning, digital twin and simulation. “Digital factories will connect IT and OT [operations technology] for manufacturing governance,” says Jonathan Scott, chief architect at Razorleaf.
Eric Doubell's editorial examining the changes companies will need to make in order to realize the benefits of working in a more virtual environment.
Rodney Coffey's article exploring how organizations can tap PLM’s simplicity and reach to efficiently solve current problems with an eye towards leveraging the technology to meet the challenges of tomorrow and well into the future.
Razorleaf's Jonathan Scott is quoted in Kevin Wong’s article, Remaining Productive During Lockdown, in the June issue of Digital Engineering.
Derek Nieding has the lead quote in Tom Kevan’s piece about Digital Twin in the May issue of Digital Engineering:
PLM constitutes different things for different companies, depending on size, industry, and scope. At the same time, PLM platforms span such diversity of terrain, it’s hard for companies to pinpoint exactly where to start let alone be prescient enough to envision their ultimate destination.
Managers and their employees alike have long heard they should pay attention to the important things, not the urgent ones. It’s good advice, except for one thing: Most of us are overworked.
Coming soon to an additive manufacturing shop near you: digital rights management.
Engineering has an appetite for new technologies to digitally transform, yet traditional silos and culture remain obstacles to large-scale success.
High-tech factory communications and integration continue to advance with Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).