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Increase profitability by taking control of procurement costs

Increase profitability by taking control of procurement costs

When procuring a part, it is important for procurement officers to understand the supplier’s costs, their material costs, manufacturing costs, machine rates, labor and burden costs, etc. Th…

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Lucas Shoults is a first-year graduate student engineer at Virginia Tech (VT). He is majoring in mechanical engineering and is the business manager of VT’s EcoCAR 2 team. I met Lucas at the EcoCAR 2 …

Simulating learning curve with Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Simulating learning curve with Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

One of my favorite excuses to justify a poor performance is by saying, “Well…I’m still in a learning curve.” Smiley Happy Nevertheless, as you know learning curve does exist, and it is a key metric for…

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

I visited the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland (UMD) in September to sit down with Dr. Jewel Barlow, one of the advocates who helped bring Siemens PLM software on campus to locations li…

Introducing NX 9

Introducing NX 9

Today we are proud to announce the latest release of Siemens’ NX™ software, NX 9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8amedQH30 NX9 includes new tools like synchronous technology fo…

Meet University of Michigan Student Engineer Garrett Simard

Meet University of Michigan Student Engineer Garrett Simard

The University of Michigan is finishing up the World Solar Challenge and like any good real-world student project, they’ve experience interesting challenges along the way. We’ll share more about the …

Solar Car Racing Goes Blue

Solar Car Racing Goes Blue

University of Michigan’s Generation solar car in the Australian outback In just two days, the University of Michigan solar car team will begin their race in the World Solar Challenge from …

University of Maryland and Siemens PLM Partner to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers

University of Maryland and Siemens PLM Partner to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers

Last month we announced an important in-kind software grant to University of Maryland (UMD). This week I wanted to provide a little more of the story and tell you why Siemens and UMD are making this …

Mettler Toledo Weighs in on PLM for Precision Instruments at Analyst Event

Mettler Toledo Weighs in on PLM for Precision Instruments at Analyst Event

Hilmar Brunn of Mettler Toledo Mettler Toledo is a manufacturer of precision instruments for laboratory, industrial, and food retail use. Hilmar Brunn presented at the Siemens PLM Software anal…