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Digital thread refers to the sharing of product lifecycle data up and down the extended supply chain via a communication framework that allows various stakeholders to access data relevant to their responsibilities on demand.
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Rockwell Automation and ANSYS Set up Strategic Partnership
Companies that target industrial automation and simulation help customers realize better business outcomes through simulation-based digital twins.

Will Robots Find a Place in the Smart Home?
For developers and engineers, emerging “social robot” applications are still a work in progress.
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Meeting the Challenge of Product Complexity for Global Manufacturers
Using this five step blueprint to create your Digital Thread will help you manage the design, manufacture and sustainment of complex products.
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Why BOM Management Matters
Late product introductions and wasted time are a couple of the negative consequences of a problem oft preventable with more...
Dassault Systèmes Named Key Supplier by Groupe PSA for its Digital Transformation
Dassault Systèmes and Groupe PSA engage in long-term strategy with the intent to further deploy the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Design
What’s Wrong with Product Design and Development?
Looking for answers at the intersection of technology, process and business.

Digital Twin Market to Reach $20 Billion by 2025
The rising demand for reducing asset downtime, optimizing process time, reducing time to market, reducing asset downtime and improving operational...
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Is Digital Transformation Stuck in Neutral?
Engineering has an appetite for new technologies to digitally transform, yet traditional silos and culture remain obstacles to large-scale success.
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Digitalization Reveals Product Data Management Gaps
Vendors are redefining data management capabilities to address the diversity and large-scale data requirements of the digital thread.

Digital Twins: Two of a Kind
Exploring how digital twins are shaping our digital fabric and engineering future.
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Aras and Modelon Collaborate for Integrated System Modeling
Strategic collaboration will enable customers to incorporate and use the globally-used, open standard systems modeling language, Modelica. Aras extends its...
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