Jos Voskuil's Weblog
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This blog is about knowledge sharing and as a true believer in sharing I started this blog to reflect on my activities in the PLM world. As a coach, and a business consultant with a focus on mid-market companies, where I assist PLM implementers and customers in their stepped approach towards PLM.
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
2d ago
I attended the PDSVISION forum for the first time, a two-day PLM event in Gothenburg organized by PTC’s largest implementer in the Nordics, also active in North America, the UK, and Germany. The theme of the conference: Master your Digital Thread – a hot topic, as it has been discussed in various events, like the ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
1w ago
Our recent interviews this year with aPriori and SAP were with companies that had less of a focus on the traditional product design process and more of a focus on the (circular) manufacturing process. In these interviews the importance of working with connected data was discussed in a shared (digital) thread. This time, we, Mark ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
1M ago
Our first PGGA interview with PLM-related software vendors was two years ago with SAP. At that time, Sustainability became more visible in corporate strategies, and regulations were imminent. This time, Klaus Brettschneider and I want to learn what has happened related to Sustainability. Is there visible progress in their organizations and customer base? And what ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
1M ago
Last week, I participated in the annual 3DEXPERIENCE User Conference, organized by the ENOVIA and NETVIBES brands. With approximately 250 attendees, the 2-day conference on the High-Tech Campus in Eindhoven was fully booked. My PDM/PLM career started in 1990 in Eindhoven. First, I spent a significant part of my school life there, and later, I ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
1M ago
This post shares our second interview this year in the PLM Global Green Alliance series, where we talked with PLM-related software vendors and their activities related to Sustainability. Last year, we spoke mainly with the more traditional PLM vendors, but this year, we started with Makersite, a company specialized in Product Lifecycle Intelligence supporting sustainability ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
2M ago
We are happy to start the year with the next round of the PLM Global Green Alliances (PGGA) series: PLM and Sustainability. This year, we will speak with some new companies, and we will also revisit some of our previous guests to learn about their progress. Where we talked with Aras, Autodesk, CIMdata, Dassault Systèmes ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
2M ago
One year ago, I wrote the post: Time to Split PLM, which reflected a noticeable trend in 2022 and 2023. If you still pursue the Single Source of Truth or think that PLM should be supported by a single system, the best you can buy, then you are living in the past. It is now ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
3M ago
Another year passed, and as usual, I took the time to look back. I always feel that things are going so much slower than expected. But that’s reality – there is always friction, and in particular, in the PLM domain, there is so much legacy we cannot leave behind. It is better to plan what ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
5M ago
This is the third and last post related to the PLM Roadmap / PDT Europe conference, held from 15-16 November in Paris. The first post reported more about “traditional” PLM engagements, whereas the second post focused on more data-driven and federated PLM. If you missed them, here they are: The weekend after PLM Roadmap ..read more
Jos Voskuil's Weblog
5M ago
Last week, I shared my first impressions from my favorite conference, in the post: The weekend after PLM Roadmap/PDT Europe 2023, where most impressions could be classified as traditional PLM and model-based. There is nothing wrong with conventional PLM, as there is still much to do within this scope. A model-based approach for MBSE (Model-Based ..read more