The vdR Group is the provider of OpenText’s Extended ECM for PLM. Extended ECM for PLM seamlessly and transparently connects leading product lifecycle management (PLM) and product data management (PDM) platforms with OpenText Extended ECM and ultimately helps manufacturers and engineering organizations break down barriers between product information and the enterprise.
Read MoreIt's with great sadness to report that my dear friend and colleague, Dick Bourke, passed away last week, Thursday, May 18, 2023. He had just turned 92 on May 8th. Dick and I literally had lunch just a week prior. Upon seeing him already seated at the restaurant and approaching him, I asked Dick how he was doing. He cheerfully replied, “I’m feeling frisky." That was such a signature Dick reply. He was always upbeat, enthusiastic, energetic, kind, humble, and non-judgmental. I never heard him say a negative thing about anyone.
Read MoreWhen used together, PDM and PLM software provide a combined solution that is the best of all worlds for product data and process management. Connectors between PLM and PDM software allow for seamless integration between the two systems. Without a connector, data from the PDM system would need to be manually transferred to the PLM system, which wastes your engineers’ time and leaves your data and processes open to human error.
Read MoreThe industry is moving towards a software-as-a-service (SaaS) infrastructure. Fusion 360 Manage, Upchain and the core of PLMConnect, Nexus, are all SaaS solutions leveraging REST APIs. The benefit of course is that updates occur in the background and are non-disruptive to the existing processes. And by combining abstraction of the various processes to the middleware, no-code integrations can be established. PLMConnect truly embraces this next-generation approach to connectivity and we’re thrilled to be providing a solution that seamlessly connects Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain resulting in a best in class PLM offering!
Read MoreAnnouncing PLMConnect - Connecting Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain. The vdR Group is thrilled to announce the launch of PLMConnect! PLMConnect enables Fusion 360 Manage (F3M) and Upchain to seamlessly work together. We think it’s a big deal. With F3M and Upchain now being sold together as a single product by Autodesk, PLMConnect ensures these products perform as a best-in-class PLM platform with true SaaS and multi-CAD capabilities.
Read MoreOpenBOM leverages Nexus as the “environment bonding” platform to exchange data with ERP and other enterprise platforms such as enterprise content management (ECM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO). Nexus is published by the vdR Group, Inc. and is a true SaaS platform facilitated by its no-code integration capabilities.
Read MoreHence, the part/BOM release is easily the most common use case for an integration. What may have taken hours and/or days is now literally executed in seconds. When a user “digitally releases” a structure from OpenBOM, the event is almost instant.
Read MoreEvery company is a technology (and information) company now, and the Digital Thread brings all your data, insights, designs, and processes into one location to find the connections that the raw data would have otherwise hidden. A true digital thread provides the means that future-thinking organizations need to succeed in a world where work will never be the same.
Read MoreWhy integrate OpenBOM and ERP? What would such an integration do? And how is it implemented? These questions will be the focus of a three (3) blog series.
So let’s kick it off with the first blog and a short (re)visit to the popular theme of the “digital thread.”
Simply put, the idea of the digital thread is to link data that is generated from across the product lifecycle of activities. There is a lot of buzz around this concept. Analysts, software vendors and industry thought leaders all purport its importance and value. Organizations may not use the same phrase, but they want and need improved efficiencies, the ability to streamline processes, automate menial and repetitive tasks, and ultimately improve their performance and competitiveness.
Read MorevdR is thrilled to announce our recent partnership with OpenBOM to enabling low-code integrations between OpenBOM and enterprise applications leveraging Nexus for OpenBOM. Nexus for OpenBOM is designed to treat data and processes unique to engineering and manufacturing transactions such as part/BOM release, document release, state-change event triggers, and more recently, data synchronization.
Read MorevdR is thrilled to continue building on our partnership with Sinequa with a dedicated webinar series focused on search for manufacturing. Learn more about our partnership.
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