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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. 

On this episode, Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome Matt Heying, Director of Product at Vertex, to take a look at the future of the industry's design tools. They discuss the importance of understanding cloud collaboration and some of the mobile, social and platform tools that are available today. They examine some of the most surprising problems that are present in modern manufacturing and what the next generation expects from today’s technology. Matt shares why start-up companies are exactly what the industry needs in order to improve quality and efficiency, even if it means disrupting the traditional way that processes have always been done.

On today’s podcast, you will learn:

The value of SaaS and cloud computing for companies of any size

• The benefits of the controls and restrictions offered by cloud computing increase the security of confidential information. 

• SaaS companies are working to educate businesses on best practices and available security measures.
• As cloud companies continue to be audited and proven trustworthy, more companies will embrace their services.

What the next generation is doing to improve the industry’s future

• Manufacturing technology needs to keep up with the latest digital solutions, including the connectedness that the younger generation expects.

• The latest technology often comes from startup companies, not from a tried-and-true industrial giant, and from new college graduates.

• Standards of excellence do not have to suffer just because technology allows a company to try something new.

Some of the most surprising limitations about modern manufacturing processes

• Manufacturing processes are often not as up-to-date as they could be.  
• Traditional practices that were put in place to ensure quality are in need of updating. 
• Calming the fear that computers are replacing people can start with eliminating the tedium of putting information on a model by allowing a computer to do the job. 

Continue the conversation with us within the Digital Enterprise Society Community at www.DigitalEnterpriseSociety.org.

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Today’s podcast is brought to you by Vertex Software.