Announcing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain

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Announcing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain

Announcing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain. The vdR Group is thrilled to announce the launch of PLMConnect!  PLMConnect enables Fusion 360 Manage (F3M) and Upchain to seamlessly work together. We think it’s a big deal.  With F3M and Upchain now being sold together as a single product by Autodesk, PLMConnect ensures these products perform as a best-in-class PLM platform with true SaaS and multi-CAD capabilities.

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How is an integration between OpenBOM and ERP established? Part 3 of a 3 Part Blog Series

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How is an integration between OpenBOM and ERP established? Part 3 of a 3 Part Blog Series

OpenBOM leverages Nexus as the “environment bonding” platform to exchange data with ERP and other enterprise platforms such as enterprise content management (ECM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO).  Nexus is published by the vdR Group, Inc. and is a true SaaS platform facilitated by its no-code integration capabilities.

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How Does an Integration Between OpenBOM and ERP Work? Part 2 of a 3 Part Blog Series

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How Does an Integration Between OpenBOM and ERP Work? Part 2 of a 3 Part Blog Series

Hence, the part/BOM release is easily the most common use case for an integration.  What may have taken hours and/or days is now literally executed in seconds.  When a user “digitally releases” a structure from OpenBOM, the event is almost instant. 

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Integrating OpenBOM with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions Part 1 of a 3 Part Blog Series

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Integrating OpenBOM with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions Part 1 of a 3 Part Blog Series

Why integrate OpenBOM and ERP? What would such an integration do? And how is it implemented? These questions will be the focus of a three (3) blog series.

So let’s kick it off with the first blog and a short (re)visit to the popular theme of the “digital thread.”

Simply put, the idea of the digital thread is to link data that is generated from across the product lifecycle of activities. There is a lot of buzz around this concept. Analysts, software vendors and industry thought leaders all purport its importance and value. Organizations may not use the same phrase, but they want and need improved efficiencies, the ability to streamline processes, automate menial and repetitive tasks, and ultimately improve their performance and competitiveness.

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vdR Group Partners With OpenBOM Enabling Low-Code Enterprise Application Integrations

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vdR Group Partners With OpenBOM Enabling Low-Code Enterprise Application Integrations

vdR is thrilled to announce our recent partnership with OpenBOM to enabling low-code integrations between OpenBOM and enterprise applications leveraging Nexus for OpenBOM. Nexus for OpenBOM is designed to treat data and processes unique to engineering and manufacturing transactions such as part/BOM release, document release, state-change event triggers, and more recently, data synchronization.

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Unlock The Value of Your CAD Model Data

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Unlock The Value of Your CAD Model Data

Extracting, enhancing, and viewing CAD model data without the need for the original authoring application is now a reality! CADnection is a plug-and-play utility that delivers app-ready data, insights, and viewables derived from your CAD models. As a data-source solution, CADnection can significantly improve the scope and value of your existing search and discovery applications, enterprise data management solutions, and even your custom apps.

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Making Sense of Unstructured Data

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Making Sense of Unstructured Data

Over the past several years, vdR has sought to represent the Aras Innovator solution to companies in the engineering, construction and manufacturing space.  Along the way, it is becoming clear that relevant data has settled into three categories … unstructured, legacy applications and database-oriented applications such as home-grown Access apps, PDM and even PLM.  Of course, Aras Innovator offers a breath of fresh air to the weary workers trying to corral the data and establish repeatable processes.

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The vdR Group Sponsors and Exhibits at ACE 2017

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The vdR Group Sponsors and Exhibits at ACE 2017

If you are starting a new PLM initiative or replacing an old one, thinking about moving from PDM to PLM, or growing your existing Aras PLM implementation ACE 2017 is the place for you.  Who attends ACE events?  Whether you’re a business executive at a large enterprise, a manager at a mid-sized company, or the IT pro at a start-up, you’ll get valuable information and the insight necessary to achieve success with Aras

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      Can PLM Measurably Increase Revenues?

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      Can PLM Measurably Increase Revenues?

      As a business owner for 30 years, I’ve developed a few guiding principles about making business decisions.  One of these principles is based on understanding the impact of a decision on the P&L, and visa-versa, identifying what proactive steps I can take to affect changes to the P&L.  A recently published white paper by Accenture parallels this idea (see next article below).  It speaks to the benefits of PLM by highlighting its effect on time to market, reuse, scrap, quality, etc.  It is informative, yet it prompted me to be more definitive.  Can we map the contributions of PLM to the P&L … and what would that look like?  So, I decided to take a stab at this.

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      You Can’t Scale the Business without PLM

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      You Can’t Scale the Business without PLM

      Structuring Data for Reuse and Establishing Repeatable Processes - Look at the diagram below, a generic data structure that highlights that part and product data are comprised of numerous components.  What’s not shown are the ongoing changes that occur.  Parts change along with associated documentation, specifications, calculations, and so on.  Hence, there are revisions and rolled up versions.  In reality, this should be a three-dimensional image that reflects changes over time.

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