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Industry Reflections - 2. Enterprise Solution 101 for Engineering Start-Ups

Digitalization is a means to an end; implementing enterprise solutions should be carefully scoped and timed, in context of business maturity and capability requirements. In his second 'Industry Reflections' piece, Lio Grealou discusses how start-ups leverage such capabilities and associated digital tools to get on the maturity ladder, balancing experimentation with best in breed solution adoption, building the required data culture as they mature their business operations and product offering.

July 23, 2021

Patrick Gallagher appointed Managing Director, QR_ Inc.

QR_ are delighted to announce the addition of Patrick Gallagher to the QR_ family as Managing Director of our US entity, Quick Release Inc.

July 16, 2021

PLM Essentials - 3. Part Nomenclature

Our PLM Essentials series explores how to create processes and systems that will help your organisation deliver the innovation it requires to thrive in an ever more competitive marketplace. In our third instalment of the PLM Essentials series, we discuss the important of part nomenclature and how to design and implement effective part description systems.

July 9, 2021

Industry Reflections - 1. Key Challenges for Complex Engineering Start-Ups

Complex engineering start-ups are different from established businesses as they must simultaneously develop both product and business maturity. For the first of Industry Reflections series, Lio Grealou elaborates on the challenges start-ups must get right when setting up enterprise operations to support product development ambitions.

June 25, 2021

What is MBSE, and seven steps to its successful adoption

Jon Holt and Lio Grealou explore what MBSE actually constitutes, and what needs to be considered when planning a successful deployment.

June 17, 2021

PLM Essentials - 2. Attributes

Our PLM Essentials series explores how to create processes and systems that will help your organisation deliver the innovation it requires to thrive in an ever more competitive marketplace. Part 2 takes a closer look at attributes, the key role they play in effective PLM, and how they can benefit your business.

June 9, 2021

The digital last mile: your programme’s Achilles heel

The idea of digital thread has been around a long time and the tech sector has developed many solutions aimed at this idea, but many organisations are still struggling to realise their digital thread. Why is this the case? Ian Quest argues focus on digital-to-digital rather than the digital-to-human connections of the 'digital last mile' endangers many organisation's digital thread, and outlines six indicators to assess the status of your 'digital last mile'

May 7, 2021

PLM Essentials - 1. Part Numbering

In our PLM Essentials series, we’ll be exploring how to create processes and systems that will help your organisation deliver the innovation it requires to thrive in an ever more competitive marketplace. In part 1, we take a closer look at the importance of establishing a part numbering logic that meets the specific needs of your business and the key things to consider when you do.

April 29, 2021