Tech4PD features renowned industry analysts Chad Jackson and Jim Brown debating the most important issues, trends, and advances in engineering software technology.
Latest episodes
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Data or Process First? PLM’s Chicken or Egg Scenario
Should your path to PLM implementation begin by organizing your data? Or does the most value derive from getting your processes enabled by PLM? Duelling analysts Jim Brown and Chad…
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Simulating Concepts: Viable or Absurd?
Dueling analysts Jim Brown and Chad Jackson disagree about the practicality of simulation in concept design. Vote for the debate winner, and watch the loser of the last debate beco…
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Mobile PLM: What’s the Shortest Path to Value?
Mobile Devices are a new technology platform that can make PLM data more accessible and bring new functionality. Analysts Jim Brown and Chad Jackson disagree about the future direc…
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Systems Engineering and PLM: Future or Fool’s Dream?
Today’s “Smart” products embody elements of mechanical, electrical and software design. That makes the requirements increasingly interdependent. Systems engineering is the integrat…
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Is Product Data Management Overkill for Small Design Teams?
Small design teams face a tough choice for managing product data. Should they implement a simple document management solution? A CAD-only data management tool? Or go for something…
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Granularity vs. Integrated Suites
Where’s the better value in CAD software? Is it in integrated suites that preserve data integrity? Or in stand-alone tools that better fit individual tasks? And why was Jim willing…
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PLM and ERP: Putting each in their place
In this episode Chad and Jim debate the roles of PLM and ERP in managing product data and surprisingly don’t agree (not!). Jim also makes a bold prediction about the future of thes…
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Engineering Process Debate – PLM or CAD
Chad and Jim debate whether PLM or CAD is the right technology to take the lead in platform design. This episode also features the consequence of the last episode - somebody got a…
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CAD: For Design or just Documentation
In this freewheeling conversation, industry analysts Chad Jackson and Jim Brown talk about how CAD is really used in engineering design processes. While they agree that engineers r…
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Social Technology for Product Development: Ready for business?
Social technology tools hold great promise for collaborating on unstructured product development tasks. They could capture the information in all those informal communication chann…
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Simulation Driven Design - Who Has to Enable the Change?
The vision of using simulation results to drive design decisions has been around for some time. The advantages and benefits of simulation are self-evident. But, who are the key rol…
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Granularity vs. Integration: Suites vs. Best-in-class PLM
PLM drives value by integrating product data with business processes. But now some companies are challenging this long held notion.