A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar with James White, Director, Additive Manufacturing Strategy Consulting Practice, CIMdata
May 25, 2017
11:00 EDT | 08:00 PDT | 17:00 CET
Replay Webinar About our Speaker
Over decades, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been primarily used to produce models, prototypes, and one-off parts made of non-production ready materials, so governance of enterprise solutions such as PLM wasn’t necessary. Now, with recent advances in material science, new high performance AM machines, improved CAD and simulation tools, together with commercial pressures to make things in lower volumes but faster/lighter/stronger/cheaper, an exciting new era for AM is emerging. To fully adopt AM into production, however, AM needs to be assimilated into an organization’s main processes and business solutions such as PLM, CAD, ERP, and Supply Chain (SC), but also a different approach to design is needed. Engineers approach design using the 5,000-year-old paradigm that parts are made, then assembled, and eventually become products. Adopting Design-for-Additive-Manufacturing (DFAM) principles, closely coupled with AM manufacturing processes, is essential.
Additionally, Master Data Management (MDM), which comprises processes, governance, policies, standards, and tools, is different for AM parts and workflows, yet MDM must accommodate AM data into the corporate model that was built to serve traditional manufacturing.
This webinar will highlight some known issues in managing AM data, risks of doing nothing, the role of PLM to mitigate the risks, and will offer a pragmatic step-by-step plan to implement PLM to manage AM parts.
During the webinar you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about the topics discussed.
The Guide is designed to help potential PLM users evaluate the applicability and payoffs of PLM in their enterprise, and to help existing users of PLM monitor the impact it is having on their product programs.
The PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, leading PLM providers, revenue analyses for geographical regions and industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.
These reports offer country-specific analyses of the PLM market. Their focus is on PLM investment and use in industrial markets. Reports cover Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
This report presents CIMdata’s overview of the global simulation and analysis market, one of the fastest growing segments of the overall product lifecycle management market, including profiles of the leading S&A firms.
This report presents CIMdata’s overview of the worldwide CAM software and services market. It also includes a discussion on the trends in the CAM industry and updates on the top CAM solution providers.