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Designed a great Product – and now?

Jun 30, 2009 - 01:15 AM by Markus Erlmann

You designed a product and it covers all the requirements which your customers requested. Now the question is: How do I get it out to the market? Means, how do I manufacture my product as fast as possible?

With this post I want to go into more details about how Tecnomatix 9 helps manufacturing companies to master the challenges I described in my previous post.

Based on the product data the manufacturing engineer defines the manufacturing processes. Today this is not a sequential workflow any more as it was in the past. Product and process design are already running in parallel; at least partially. This requires close communication between product and manufacturing engineers.

I recently had a discussion with a manufacturing engineer from an automotive supplier. He mentioned that he is sitting in the same room as the product designer. This is very helpful and enables him to clarify questions right away … if both are available at the same time and are not stuck in meetings. The discussion is more difficult if the product design is done in a different city or country than the manufacturing. Of course you could always pick up the phone and give your colleague a call. But the communication gets more complicated.

Another issue is that manufacturing engineers often do not have access to the latest product data. While the engineer I talked to was able to print out drawings from the PDM system, he does not have access to the actual 3D data to validate issues by using sections or measurements.

One approach is to use an integrated software platform which both engineers use. This enables them to access the same product and process data. By that you already increase the productivity of your planning workflow.

Tecnomatix 9 provides this integrated solution. The video highlights additional capabilities which allow manufacturing engineers to increase their planning productivity.

We realized that some of you might have problems accessing YouTube. You can watch the video on the Tecnomatix 9 page; just go to the Tecnomatix 9 Resource Center at the bottom of the page.

Markus Erlmann is a marketing manager for Tecnomatix at Siemens PLM Software. He is a mechanical engineer, who has been working in the Digital Manufacturing area for more than 15 years as a sales manager, product manager and marketing manager. Markus lives in Munich, Germany, and is interested in new manufacturing processes and green technology.

Ziyon Amram about Tecnomatix 9

Jun 25, 2009 - 04:37 AM by Markus Erlmann

Michelle M. Boucher from Aberdeen talked about the challenges of manufacturing companies in my previous post. She mentioned that best-in-class companies are using Digital Manufacturing tools to master these challenges.

In this video Ziyon Amram, Vice President Tecnomatix Digital Manufacturing solutions, talks about the value of Tecnomatix 9 and how it helps manufacturing companies to manage these challenges.

You could get more details about the new capabilities of Tecnomatix 9 which enables our customers to increase productivity by watching the longer version of the interview. Just go to the Tecnomatix 9 page and watch the video at the bottom.

Markus Erlmann is a marketing manager for Tecnomatix at Siemens PLM Software. He is a mechanical engineer, who has been working in the Digital Manufacturing area for more than 15 years as a sales manager, product manager and marketing manager. Markus lives in Munich, Germany, and is interested in new manufacturing processes and green technology.

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Tecnomatix 9 Drives Productivity

Jun 23, 2009 - 08:56 AM by Markus Erlmann

Tecnomatix 9 is all about improving productivity in planning and manufacturing. But why is that important to our customers?

Let’s first have a look at the challenges manufacturing companies face today. In a recent paper on manufacturing productivity, Michelle M. Boucher, a research analyst from Aberdeen talks about the obstacles that manufacturing companies face on a daily basis – such as, shorter development schedules, engineering creating parts with limited insight into Design-for-Manufacturability (DFM), design data that changes right up until product release, and the constant pressure to reduce overall manufacturing costs.

We had the chance to talk to Michelle about manufacturing productivity and what best-in-class companies doing to be more productive than their peers.

If you want to have a look at the more detailed version (about 5min) you can check out the Tecnomatix 9 page and watch the video at the bottom.

Markus Erlmann is a marketing manager for Tecnomatix at Siemens PLM Software. He is a mechanical engineer, who has been working in the Digital Manufacturing area for more than 15 years as a sales manager, product manager and marketing manager. Markus lives in Munich, Germany, and is interested in new manufacturing processes and green technology.

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Tecnomatix 9 – Launch Day

Jun 23, 2009 - 05:05 AM by Markus Erlmann

Today is the Tecnomatix 9 Launch Day

These were busy weeks for the whole Tecnomatix marketing team, discussing the best way to communicate the significant benefits of the new version, preparing all the web pages and the supporting collateral. Tecnomatix 9 was already shipped to our customers and we received great feedback from them in regards to the new capabilities and value they get. Watch out for some detailed customer stories in the next days.

Oh, the mentioned web pages will be online in the next hours – keep an eye on the blog for some more posts

Markus Erlmann is a marketing manager for Tecnomatix at Siemens PLM Software. He is a mechanical engineer, who has been working in the Digital Manufacturing area for more than 15 years as a sales manager, product manager and marketing manager. Markus lives in Munich, Germany, and is interested in new manufacturing processes and green technology.

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Tony Affuso on IBM-Siemens PLM Agreement

Jun 18, 2009 - 11:25 AM by dorasmith

I didn’t get a chance to post this video sooner but here is our CEO, Tony Affuso, sharing a few closing thoughts after the news conference Tuesday with analysts and media. In his presentation on Tuesday, Tony shared how dynamic our industry is that our relationship with IBM has evolved over the years from competitors to partners. He noted that this agreement is actually a year old but the companies wanted to wait to announce it until we had a product ready to go. There has been a lot of development integration going on. Stay tuned for more on that next week when the next release of Teamcenter launches.

Dora Smith works in PR & Social Media for Siemens PLM Software. She has spent her career in the PLM industry and enjoys discussing the use of CAD & PLM technology with customers and media. Follow me on Twitter.