These are two acronyms you probably haven’t heard too frequently, but you’ll start to see on a regular basis.
TDP is short for Technical Data Package. The model, drawing, and specs that define the part.
MBE is the Model-Based Enterprise, which is the way to share a richer more inetelligent TDP.
Both of these inter-related topics are starting to gain momentum.
Adobe purchased the PRC technology that enables Acrobat to read multiple CAD formats, yet they appear to be waffling on their commitment…
Hexagon has released as update of DataPage, which provides integration with PC-DMIS, the de facto standard CMM software. DataPage+ provides meaningful way to quickly share CMM data with shop floor appplications such as SPC.
You may have missed it, but Centric Software recently received a patent for PLM collaboration…
The Centric patent provides a unique way to allow the many functional groups that work on a product during its lifecycle to proceed independently through the steps, tasks, decisions and events they must accomplish, confident that as the various product definition evolves, “intelligence” within the system will synchronize the groups and notify them if the decisions of another group will affect them or their plans.
This Dilbert cartoon does a nice job illustrating the challenges integrating business software.
