018: The CM Challenge — Handling the Rapid Growth Pace of PLM

Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 10 a.m.

Digital Enterprise Society is the authority on the transformation to a digital enterprise, impacting all areas of an organization. Tune in for discussions among industry leaders about operations and action needed to drive digitization principles forward for the future of product development and life cycles. 

 

Live from ConX19 in San Diego, Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome Peter Schroer, the CEO and founder of Aras, a PLM software company that is championing a new approach to the business of engineering and drives the PLM technology and business model disruption required to make it happen. Their discussion includes ideas on the configuration management challenges, including how to keep up with the consistently increasing pace of today’s changing technological landscape, ideas for handling the expanded feature management requirements, as well as advice on how today’s newly emerging engineers can utilize these changes to enhance and grow their careers. 

 

On today’s podcast, you will learn:

 

How to best keep up with the pace of change in PLM 

  • Are computerization management practices sufficiently prepared for what’s coming next?
  • Configuration management is still an essential piece of preparation.
  • Risks introduced into products is coming more from software than mechanical.

 

Handling expanded feature management requirements 

  • Software changes have transformed from weekly or monthly to occurring almost hourly.
  • The design process of products never stops.
  • The CM challenge presents an opportunity for reinvention to get ahead of the digital transformation. 
  • Digital resiliency is the key to staying on top of this constantly changing environment.

 

An experienced CEO’s advice for young engineers 

  • Your positive attitude toward change will dictate your career success. 
  • Push yourself out of your comfort zone.
  • You have to be willing to learn new skills. 

 

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