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- PLM Neutral Customization Framework
A Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application is same for any organization's product information as an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) application is to the organization's human and transactional information. Proper selection of the PLM application and its effective implementation help the organization to manage multiple products efficiently. All PLM applications provide generic features mainly from product data management perspective. PLM vendors also provide Application Programmer Interfaces (API) and customization hooks to extend, configure or tweak the out‐of‐the‐box (OOTB) functionality in order to fulfill the business objectives of the organization. However, these APIs and customization processes are proprietary to the PLM vendor.
This white paper describes a few guidelines for customization, and typical issues faced during and after the customization phase. It mentions various tools available for overcoming the customization issues, including their limitations. Finally, the author presents an object oriented customization framework that is PLM neutral and provides significant benefits to the end users.
- Effective strategies for performing PLM upgrades
Enterprises that have PLM Solutions deployed are often faced with challenges on how to optimize their investments on PLM upgrades. PLM vendors are continually coming up with next generation PLM platforms to address the changing business needs. But at the same time, organizations want to ensure their IT investments and data assets are at minimal risk, when they do a PLM upgrade.
This white paper describes the common drivers for PLM upgrade, and discusses the key challenges involved in executing PLM upgrade projects.
- Functional Test Automation
Leverage Automation Frameworks for Efficiencies in Software QA
Of every four dollars spent on software development, at least one dollar goes towards testing. Of this dollar, at least 70 cents go towards functional testing. Within functional testing, test case design is the key determinant of the quality of testing, but it is test execution that is the single largest consumer of effort. This effort multiplies rapidly with the number of configurations to be tested, is required in cycles, and is repetitive to a significant extent. Companies are constantly looking for ways to ‘rationalize’ this cost and enable comprehensive testing, rather than having to make risky choices about which platforms to test thoroughly. Test automation offers an elegant way to tackle this challenge, though it is by no means an instant panacea. This explains why worldwide spending on test automation is growing 10% faster than spending on testing as a whole.
Several commercially available test automation tools allow the recording of user actions taken on the Application Under Test (AUT). The recording session generates scripts that can later be replayed without human input.
This paper attempts to outline the what, why, how and when of test automation. It focuses more on automation for the QA team, as compared to that for the Development team.
- Eliminating Waste in Software Project Management using Critical Chain Project Management™
The project manager’s need in software projects is to ensure delivery on or before time. A mechanism by which we can achieve this is having aggressive effort estimates for the tasks against the requirements. However, in order to minimize the challenge of uncertainties that we face in a project environment, we introduce safety margin in tasks at each stage. This is a standard conflict that is faced in software project management leading common factors and issues encountered due to wastage of time like:
- Original deadlines are not adhered to
- There is significant re-work
- There is too much uncertainty
- Actual work is much more than originally planned
- Resources are not available to work when needed
This white paper discusses how challenges faced during software project management can be addressed by using Critical Chain Project Management ™ (CCPM). Adoption of this methodology delivers projects 10%-50% faster compared to traditional methods and achieves improvements through a process of ‘waste reduction’.
- Progressive Display for Efficient Visualization
Eliminating sluggishness of heavy geometry data using progressive display
Efficiencies in 3D visualization of complex and large data have become a growing need of multiple industry sectors today. Professionals involved in scientific research and engineering development today face a number of challenges while dealing with heavy data sets that need to be visualized in 3D formats to enable easier and accurate interpretation, analysis and further processing operations. Often such professionals work in dispersed teams, or need to collaborate with other professionals at remote locations or have constraints with the hardware and computing system capacities leading to significant challenges in making the best use of the data generated by 3D‐data‐generating devices.
With computing capacities showing significant improvements in the recent past, it is now the turn of software engineering to bring in innovations that will enable improvements in visualization of super heavy 3D geometry data. This white paper showcases how Progressive Visualization or Progressive Display helps overcome the challenges in 3D visualization in different industrial and research applications.
- Making the Right PLM Product Decision
While product selection is an awkward and complicated decision, it is possible to build a structure around it and come to conclusions that are based on objective analysis of requirements and degree of solution fitment. A good product decision can ensure that the organization gets returns on its IT investments quicker through a smoother implementation and change management cycle.
This white paper discusses Geometric's six step guide for fool‐proofing PLM product selection decisions.
- Prioritizing your PLM initiatives & spends
There is an increasing acceptance among apparel brands and retailers of the fact that PLM applications can significantly streamline the product development process. Although the benefits are apparent, there is ambiguity about the apt approach and investments to drive PLM across the organization.
This white paper discusses a phased approach for accelerated PLM adoption in an enterprise to help organizations prioritize their PLM initiatives and spends.
- Interoperability in the PLM Ecosystem
Complexity and vastness of the domain involving product lifecycle make it extremely challenging to arrive at an interoperability approach that leverages existing investment and yet supports future technological innovations. Enterprises have been tackling interoperability using various approaches involving custom applications, adopting vendor specific frameworks, and simultaneously driving initiatives for developing open standards in the domain.
This white paper covers factors driving PLM interoperability, approaches taken by industry to achieve interoperability & highlights PLCS as a powerful open standard.
- Risk Management in Product Engineering
In the era of demanding customers and fast changing needs, manufacturers have to focus on all aspects of product development and management. For any manufacturing organization, New Product Development (NPD) process is considered as a key differentiator and has a potential to make or break an organization. This stage has maximum risk, as it simultaneously deals with concept and reality.
The white papers brings forth a perspective on gap between commitment & verification as a measure of risk mitigation in product engineering. Techniques of ‘early verification’ and ‘late commitment’ are proposed to minimize the risks in product engineering phase.
- Causal Analysis - Quality Control tool
Each one of us is responsible for the Quality of individual work units / work products. Causal Analysis is a Quality Control tool that, if used effectively, can provide drastic improvements. This approach is an effective tool for “Quality Control” and is used in many Software Development and Services engagements. The basic principle of causal analysis is to find causes that you can treat rather than treating symptoms.
The scope of this white paper is to define the importance of Causal Analysis/ Root Cause Analysis/ Fishbone Analysis approach. This structured approach is explained using one of the case studies for a Software Product Development project which is executed using the Spiral Model.
- Change Management
Change management and dealing of with scope or requirements change is an important function of project managers. There might be enormous variance in efforts, cost, schedule, quality of deliverables if changes are not handled effectively. Many projects are delayed and many other are closed (terminated) because project managers were not able to manage changes. The successful execution of any project depends upon the effectiveness of the change management mechanism.
This white paper discusses the importance of change management and the Monitoring and Controlling Process.
- Getting ready for PLM
Customers in today’s retail environment are becoming increasingly demanding, and expect to be offered innovative styles and good quality at attractive prices, on an ever more frequent basis. In the fashion industry, players therefore need to find new ways to secure growth and profits while ensuring the ongoing satisfaction of their end-consumers.
In this white paper we discuss how apparel companies can streamline processes and reduce time to market and launch new products through efficient use of technology. We also present a business case where apparel and footwear companies can evaluate themselves on their readiness for deploying a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution.
- Maturity Assessment of Digital Manufacturing Initiative
Digital Manufacturing has become an integral part of product lifecycle management solution. Process planning definition to finalization by digital validation has become the key function in reducing of product deployment time in the lifecycle and addresses several critical business challenges faced by today’s global manufacturers.
This white paper outlines the framework and methodology that can be used for assessing the maturity of Digital Manufacturing solution implementation
- Effective Implementation of DFM
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) comprises of a set of tools and associated knowledgebase that help design engineers to evaluate manufacturability of their designs in simple and cost effective steps without compromising on design intent and functionality.
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