What is the digital thread? And why does it matter when thinking about the operating life of an asset? PTC, who recently acquired ServiceMax, gives this definition: A digital thread creates a closed ...

A digital twin is a multifaceted digital model of a physical instance. The primary function of the digital twin is to provide an accurate representation of a manufactured product, although it could ...

Data is everywhere, and if you know what to do with it, can be tremendously valuable. Huge volumes of data are collected in manufacturing industries across the supply chain, with the help of ...

A high-end construction equipment manufacturer unifies previously siloed processes and manual hand-offs with a digital approach that supports concurrent engineering and manufacturing planning, ...

As explained in the Automation World feature on the digital thread, though definitions of this technology concept may differ depending on the provider or manufacturing end user you’re speaking with, ...

When Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) vendor PTC bought ServiceMax at the beginning of last year, one of the stated aims was to join up data from product design and engineering stored in PLM ...

The concept of everyone in a choir singing from the same page of the hymnal has deep historic and cultural roots. But for those working in manufacturing, achieving this vision has been a struggle.

This is an online sidebar for the July 2020 article, “Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms”. When I first discussed these concepts in 2016, they were still ...

ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aras, the only resilient platform provider for digital industrial applications, today announced the release of Systems Architecture, a new application that coordinates ...

Automotive is a prime example of one industry where advanced semiconductors are forcing change across all aspects of vehicle development. Accelerated investment is fueling this industry wide evolution ...

While the concept of digital twins is growing in popularity, definitions are still evolving with official bodies updating their understanding of what such a virtual representation is. The Digital Twin ...

Welcoming back in-person delegates to its LiveWorx conference for the first time since the pre-pandemic days of 2019, and noting that the company finds itself in one of the greatest periods of change ...