Top Thought Leadership topics of 2017

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Multi-disciplinary collaboration is driving complex-product success

Digital features used to be “nice to haves” in consumer durables and industrial products. Now, digital systems are must haves and are being designed-in alongside more traditional mechanical and elect…

How teams armed with the right technology transform product design

As a wave of new technologies continue to drive customer expectations, manufacturers, especially those in highly complex industries, such as automotive, aerospace and energy, are racing to adapt.
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Vehicle to infrastructure communication and driver safety

Traffic congestion isn’t getting worse only in the United States: it’s a problem all over the world, and records continue to be broken for congestion on the road.

When it comes to fixing t…

Open your shop’s doors to new markets with adaptive systems

Machine shop owners hate waste. They are hawks on machine downtime, bristle at the time lag during functional hand-offs and go ballistic when mistakes threaten delivery delays. Yet too many machine s…

Why you need a digital strategy for future manufacturing

The world of manufacturing continues to evolve as it becomes increasingly global and digital. Many manufacturing companies are struggling to make the transition to digital manufacturing. But the comp…

Distracted driving and autonomous car safety

Stories of autonomous cars and the testing different automakers are conducting to prepare these cars for the market frequently hit the news. But we don’t often hear about how the systems in autonomou…

Generative design exploits additive manufacturing processes

Additive manufacturing is about to become even more critical to manufacturers in highly competitive industries thanks to a relatively new design capability called generative design.

Genera…

Digital twin technology’s synergies in aerospace, automotive

The aerospace and automotive industries share a great deal in common, especially when it comes to leveraging the value of digital twin technology: In fact, some have suggested that aerospace and auto…