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Get Calibrated!

Get Calibrated!

In the 1973 movie, Magnum Force, Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood) battles a group of vigilante cops led by Inspector Briggs.  It’s a classic action movie with Callahan eliminating the v…

Siemens at the North American International Auto Show

Siemens at the North American International Auto Show

From its roots in 1907, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) has been the premier event kicking-off the calendar year by showcasing the latest innovations in style and technology from t…

How Human Simulation Improves Safety and Efficiency in Automotive Production

How Human Simulation Improves Safety and Efficiency in Automotive Production

This year at the North America Auto Show, Siemens was highlighting human simulation solution, and showed how automakers use this solution to improve safety, ergonomics and efficiency of human perform…

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

The phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words” is generally attributed to a newspaper editor, Arthur Brisbane, who first used it in a 1911 article about journalism.  At the time, photography w…

Guest Post: How to develop your next blockbuster product

Guest Post: How to develop your next blockbuster product

This guest blog post is by John Fox,  VP of Marketing, Mainstream Engineering, Siemens PLM Software What would you do if the demand for your product went from 100,000 unit…

Find out why CEO Chuck Grindstaff is excited for 2014 in this podcast

Find out why CEO Chuck Grindstaff is excited for 2014 in this podcast

I recently caught up with our president and CEO Chuck Grindstaff to record our latest podcast. We happened to be in the same city at the same time so there is video to boot. I noticed Chuck uses t…

Taking the Pulse of Manufacturing and Lean Startup Challenges

Taking the Pulse of Manufacturing and Lean Startup Challenges

This guest blog post is by John Fox,  VP of Marketing, Mainstream Engineering, Siemens PLM Software The Solid Edge team is always looking for ways to keep a finger on the pulse of s…

Ford Pilots New Siemens Software Using Google Earth Technology to Virtually Navigate Assembly Plants and Enhance Global Manufacturing Collaboration

Ford Pilots New Siemens Software Using Google Earth Technology to Virtually Navigate Assembly Plants and Enhance Global Manufacturing Collaboration

In December of last year, Ford Motor Company held a media forum at their global headquarters in Dearborn, MI. to showcase a pilot program using new technology built by Siemens PLM Software which…

Is April 2014 the Next Y2K?

Is April 2014 the Next Y2K?

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8th, 2014.If your company is still running XP on ANY computers, you should act now. …