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Large organizations are already complex. When you’re developing complex mechanical products, things get even tanglier.But engineers are problem solvers. And with 28+ years of experience in operations and product management, Bob Scillia — Direc
Your suppliers have design expertise that you’re not tapping into. And that’s pretty common – because it’s challenging to get design feedback from your internal team, let alone suppliers. But the teams that do unlock supplier expertise are alre
If you’ve ever been involved in a Stage Gate process, you know one gate meeting causes the most stress — the hand off from engineering to production. After that, you make big investments – like tooling – and it’s hard to come back from a design
Before COVID-19, only a small number of engineers worked from home. But the pandemic accelerated the transition to remote work: McKinsey estimates that 4x-5x more work can be done remotely without loss of productivity. Besides, manufacturing te
Running a VA/VE workshop is one thing. Delivering an 8-figure cost reduction target consistently year over year is another thing entirely. Building and leading large cost engineering programs requires careful planning and commitment to process.
With a new year underway, many engineering teams are facing higher cost down targets than ever before. Inflation is eroding gross margins and the status quo just doesn’t cut it anymore.And yet… there’s still so much low-hanging fruit.In 202
Long before the pandemic caused a rise in remote work, Dr. Wanita Dixon was researching ways for virtual engineering teams to work together more effectively.As the CEO and Founder of Technical Creative Consulting LLC, Wanita helps companies fo
Look, we know it’s hard to drive real change within a large enterprise.Bigger companies are notorious for moving slower when making decisions, adjusting processes, adopting new technology, and so on. There are plenty of reasons for this, and s
PLM software first emerged in the late 80s/early 90s. Since then, PLM has established itself as a foundational tool for engineering companies.But now, the next digital wave in engineering has arrived. Cloud collaboration tools are becoming the
Every great feat of engineering comes down to one thing: the team that made it happen.And whether you’re building everyday products that become part of people’s lives, or designing cutting-edge innovations that might end up on the moon — your
As hardware capabilities have evolved over the last 50 years, many industries have successfully integrated new technologies and adapted to changing customer expectations. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case in design manufacturing.From pas
As software companies seem to build, iterate, and ship faster each year, hardware companies face increasing pressure to do the same. But designing and manufacturing hardware comes with a host of challenges that software teams don’t have to dea
**Special Episode**MJ Peters joins The Manufacturing Executive two years after her first appearance on their show to talk about the evolution of workforce collaboration among engineers in manufacturing. Currently the VP of Marketing at CoLab So
Adopting new technology comes with major concerns around data security, financial risk, business value, longevity, and more. Yet these concerns are causing many engineering leaders to overspend on outdated technology instead of reaping the rewa
The future of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is not in single sources of data, but in open and interconnected datasets that are optimized for access and accountability, rather than control. At least, that’s what the “Virtual Dutchman,” Jos
Today’s engineering teams are facing skyrocketing expectations. The products they’re designing are more complex than ever, there’s constant pressure to raise quality while lowering cost, and it seems like every company is trying to drastically
There’s a lot of talk about Model-Based Definition (MBD), which means there’s also a lot of different opinions out there. It’s one thing to paint a picture of some future vision for a Model-Based Enterprise—but how can you start taking steps to
Keeping track of progress and KPIs feels like a never-ending challenge in any industry. But for engineering and manufacturing businesses, it gets even more difficult. When unexpected delays and obstacles can pop up at any moment, how can leader
The idea of the “solo innovator” working alone on an invention is pretty familiar to most of us. But when it comes to complex mechanical design, engineering is inherently collaborative work. Great breakthroughs don’t come from individuals; they
From legacy infrastructure to prohibitive costs, innovating within the manufacturing world comes with many obstacles.On today’s episode, we discuss what it takes to shake things up, introduce new methods, and decide which digital transformatio
Implementing change in an industry as complex as shipbuilding is extraordinarily difficult to accomplish.But sometimes change is necessary to keep up with technological innovations. The best way to get through it? With an open, collaborative m
All great engineering managers have one thing in common: they know how to build strong relationships.Those relationships become the key to unlocking career progression, building trust, and earning the authority to implement new methods.Hear o
The engineering world may have been slower than other industries to embrace cloud-based tools, but that gap is narrowing. More and more engineering teams are seeing the value of cloud-native solutions that integrate well with other tools.In th
Today’s workers want modern tech. The 21st century is well underway, and workplaces need to keep up if they want to attract (and retain) top talent.In this episode, we speak with Ivan Filipic, Director of Operations and Engineering Centre at S
How do great engineers become great leaders? It takes more than a title change—it takes a mindset change.In this episode, we speak with Gregory Smyth, former Group Manager at Tesla turned Career Pivot Coach at Career Pivot Accelerator, about b
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