Technology & Innovation

Structured requirements management pays off. Studies prove that. This blog post outlines why this is the case using a robotics project. It shows that successful projects require a common understanding of the project. This means that the different requirements of the members of the interdisciplinary project team must be clearly formulated and reconciled. Closely interlinked with the development, they form the basis for successful projects.

The dynamic VUCA world demands more innovative strength from industry. This requires decisions to be made flexibly, but in a well-founded manner. Federal information systems such as XSPHERE Federation provide easy access to the required data. They eliminate information silos and thus increase value creation with higher process quality.

Agile product development helps industrial companies to increase the value of their solutions as well as their global competitiveness. The key to success lies in the close cooperation of interdisciplinary teams with their customers and in an incremental approach. An adaptable environment, characterised by flat hierarchies and a positive error culture, enables agile companies to bring successful innovations and services to the market faster.

Awareness of the share of IT in global CO2 emissions is growing – as are efforts to make information technology more sustainable. With the right strategy, hardware and software can make a significant contribution to sustainability. You can read what characterizes Green IT and how companies can become more sustainable in the following article.

In recent years, several studies have examined the added value of digital transformation, the digital dividend. The result: every digitization project pays off. Benefit company-wide through the use of PLM systems and use the Digital Thread and Digital Twin concepts to increase digital value creation.

The holistic management of all data and information that comes together during the development of new products is becoming increasingly important for long-term business success. In this context, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is playing an increasingly important role in making product development simpler, faster and more efficient.

Prototypes play a key role in quality assurance. Virtual prototyping in particular is becoming increasingly important, as it speeds up product deployment and conserves re-sources. When integrated in product lifecycle management (PLM), the prototypes and their quality can be clearly attributed to the respective development versions. In addi-tion, the teams involved can take advantage of useful PLM functions and automated processes.

The digitalised exchange of information between a customer and its supplier, for example for commercial cleaning technology, can speed up joint projects. The direct integration of the building information model (BIM) system into the product lifecycle management (PLM) of the system documentation controls the intelligent data exchange from planning to commissioning. It increases project quality while reducing costs.

Why do seasoned managers feel like kids in a candy store with their cloud solutions? And what does all of this have to do with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) PLM in the cloud?

Is your company planning to switch to a new system? This usually requires data migration and also often involves data conversion. Which is why you should look for an experienced migration partner early on – a partner who will help you prepare the project thoroughly with the aim of implementing it in a structured manner using powerful tools. This ensures you peace of mind during this phase.

Product data management, or PDM for short, is used in the administration and organisation of all data generated during the development of products. You can find out what constitutes product data management (PDM) and what differentiates it from product lifecycle management (PLM) at XPLM.