Materials information is important and companies need to invest in managing this information. And it needs to integrate that managed information with enterprise CAD and PLM systems.
This article will demonstrate how to obtain maximum benefit from business-critical use case categories and conclude by describing the integration options and detailing implementation considerations.
In different companies and industries, specific implementations of CAD and PLM technologies are at different levels of maturity and follow different strategies. Therefore the paper will show how to deliver productivity, traceability, and timeto-market benefits today — while preparing to support tomorrow’s more visionary digital transformation and Industry 4.0 concepts.