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PDM
PDM
Do we need Autodesk Vault when we use Inventor?
Many companies working on engineering design in Autodesk Inventor sooner or later ask:
Read the article10 March 2026 · Hans Christian Fossum
PDM
What is the difference between Autodesk Vault and PLM?
Many engineering and manufacturing companies sooner or later ask the same question:
Read the article4 March 2026 · Hans Christian Fossum
PLM
PLM
Who should own the item number in a project-oriented business?
When working with PLM and ERP, the question of item numbers almost always comes up sooner or later. Many take it for granted that ERP should own the item number, since that is where purchasing, production,…
Read the article5 May 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
PLM
ETO Project Management in PLM
ETO in practice: From CAD and documents to delivery – with a single source of truth
Read the article30 April 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
BOM quality in PLM: Validation, standardisation and data discipline that reduce errors across the value chain
Many improvement projects stall at “we need to clean up the data”. But BOM quality is not about one major clean-up – it is about establishing mechanisms that prevent errors from recurring. When…
Read the article14 April 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
BOM and PLM
BOM change management in PLM: Revisions and traceability in project-based development
A BOM is dynamic. Suppliers change components, designs are improved, requirements become more stringent and projects evolve along the way. The question is therefore not whether the BOM changes – but how those changes are managed.
Read the article26 March 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
BOM and PLM
EBOM, MBOM and SBOM in PLM: How engineering, production and service connect
Many people say “BOM” as though it were a single thing. In practice, you often need multiple BOMs, because engineering, production and service view the product through different lenses. If these structures are not connected…
Read the article18 March 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
BOM and PLM
BOM management in PLM: Why a “connected BOM” beats a BOM in Excel and subsequent data entry in ERP
BOM is more than a list of parts. It is the product's “DNA” – and errors in the BOM often lead to incorrect purchases, production stoppages, quality nonconformities and costly changes. Yet BOMs are still often managed…
Read the article12 March 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management in PLM: FMEA and FMECA – risk assessment where product and quality meet
While SCAR and CAPA address incidents and actions, FMEA and FMECA come at an earlier stage in quality management: prevention through systematic risk analysis.
Read the article26 February 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management in PLM: CAPA – the key driver of continuous improvement
While SCAR often focuses on supplier improvements, CAPA addresses the very core of quality management:
Read the article18 February 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management in PLM: SCAR – when correction must lead to improvement
When a supplier error causes a non-conformance in production or a product, simply correcting the error is rarely enough. Many businesses need a structured process for corrective actions involving…
Read the article12 February 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management in PLM: Non-conformance report (NCR) – immediate visibility with full traceability
Non-conformances occur in production, during assembly, at suppliers and sometimes as early as the design stage. The question is not whether they arise, but how your business handles them.
Read the article4 February 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management in PLM: Why connected quality beats quality after the event
If you lead organisations in product development and/or manufacturing, this is, in practice, about lead time, compliance and resilience across the value chain.
Read the article26 January 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management – product development in reverse
PLM often stems from a need to improve data sharing between engineering and the rest of the organisation.
Read the article22 January 2026 · Fredrik Øyen
PLM
Why PLM?
I have been working with CAD, PDM and PLM for a while now. I often see that many companies have gained good control of CAD and PDM over the past 20 years, although there is still significant untapped…
Read the article21 December 2025 · Fredrik Øyen
Quality management
Quality management – an integral part of design, engineering and manufacturing
In Norway, many small and medium-sized industrial companies face challenges such as fragmented data systems, manual processes, a lack of traceability, and delays in detecting errors. Instead of…
Read the article7 October 2025
Autodesk licences
Autodesk licences
Is your company paying more than necessary for Autodesk licences?
Many industrial companies pay significantly more than necessary for their Autodesk licences – without realising it.
Read the article25 June 2026 · Hans Christian Fossum
Autodesk licences
Are you paying more than necessary for your Autodesk licences?
A surprising number of companies buy licences or take out new subscriptions without questioning the decision or looking at actual usage patterns and users’ actual needs. Perhaps this is not so surprising, given that…
Read the article20 November 2025