By Karsten Theis
End-to-end digitalization is an important key to shortening product development cycles. Weaving the digital thread, however, is becoming increasingly difficult because multiple domains, using different IT systems, are today involved in developing software-intensive products, and because development is often distributed over a long chain of development and manufacturing partners, who in turn also use different IT tools. A minor change made to a vehicle or a machine, which is perhaps being manufactured in a joint venture in China, might easily require the synchronization of seven or eight systems. This is why PLM integration is increasingly becoming a topic of strategic importance to companies.
An Interview with Sagithjan Surendra
PROSTEP attaches great importance to diversity and integration, not just in its relations with its employees but also with regard to society as a whole. That is why, this year, we are supporting the Aelius Förderwerk e.V. youth mentoring organization as both a sponsor and donor. Aelius works to make sure that young people are able to receive the education they want and need, irrespective of their social and financial situation.
By Rainer Zeifang
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises enormous potential benefits, also in the area of product development. However, many companies find it difficult to leverage this potential on their own. They need help from a partner with experience in AI. PROSTEP's new white paper on AI explains how our KI experts can help you implement AI in your PLM processes.
By Mirko Theiß
End-to-end digitalization is becoming increasingly important for companies as their products and processes become more and more complex and sustainability requirements become stricter. The digital data from all the domains in product development and production needs to be linked and used throughout the entire product lifecycle in order to ensure traceability. PROSTEP provides support in this context with the PROSTEP Digital Thread Platform.
PROSTEP is expanding its practical know-how regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Three articles in a recent publication by the German Project Management Association (GPM) testify to this fact. They take a look at how AI is being used for requirements management and developing digital twins as well as the question of how employees can be involved in AI projects to a greater extent.
By Johannes Lützenberger
What must a software solution be able to do in order to ensure that system engineers are provided with all the information they require? This was the question addressed at the World Café session organized by PROSTEP at Tag des Systems Engineerings 2024 (Day of Systems Engineering) in Leipzig. One important insight gained was that solutions must map and support processes such as change management across all domains.
PROSTEP presented the new Release 10 of its leading integration platform OpenPDM at the end of November. It is another step towards harmonizing the components within the PROSTEP Digital Thread Platform to ensure that they can be integrated even more easily into the other brands. We also make the components available to our customers as a SaaS offering.
By Michael Wendenburg
More and more companies are recognizing the advantages of a fully cloud-based IT infrastructure. According to the Cloud Monitor 2024 by consulting firm KPGM, the share of companies pursuing a cloud-only strategy has risen from 16 to 23 percent. Public cloud use is also on the rise. As many as 36 percent of companies already operate more than half of their applications in the public cloud.
Von Matthias Grau
PEMAMEK is one of the leading manufacturers of solutions for welding and production automation in shipbuilding. A PROSTEP video shows how easily you can transfer design data from various CAD systems to the Pema software for programming laser cutting and welding operations using OpenPDM PEMAConnect and our OpenPDM SHIP integration platform.
By Daniel Wiegand
The OpenDXM GlobalX data exchange solution is to become an integral part of PROSTEP's product platform but can still be used as a stand-alone solution. The new version 9.6, which has recently been made available to our customers for downloading, offers a wide range of new features and improvements – and not only for system administrators but also for users.
By Robert Neher
If you ask someone in product development about PLM, you will receive clear statements about processes, methods and tools. Application lifecycle management (ALM) is however a different story. Only a few companies are aware of which software development processes are involved. The ALM experts from PROSTEP's subsidiary BHC provide them with support when developing a holistic ALM-PLM architecture.
You can find all the information on the new features of the latest software versions here.
