Pulling from my apprenticeship with our senior architect, our endeavor is to install Teamcenter and practice change management on the CADs, BOMs, and BOPs for Optics devices which our mechanical engineer has developed.

Teamcenter is the Rolls-Royce of PLM software

• • Robust enough to handle aircraft carriers, tanks, and jets, Teamcenter will give us insight into professional PLM

  • We will aim for the modules available to support simulation for Optics Devices

  • Repeatable Digital Validation (Digital Twin) is the Physics-based modeling which will help us know expected machine failure

    • Notification will help us notify the Responsible and Accountable if changes to materials or configurations will affect neighboring parts

      • Harnessing the butterfly effect of change management is a key selling point if we are to consult in PLM adoption for machine/CNC shops

Solidworks is the key CAD tool our mechanical engineer uses. We are interested in NX because our senior architect has experience with this - having worked at Siemens

• • We will dive into the specific mechanical engineering of Optics Devices

  • We will design Optics-specific simulations in Teamcenter for ~40 devices our mechanical engineer has designed

  • We plan to get a handle on the Standards Governance available through Optics-related modules

PTC Thingworx is a dashboard-generating tool for IoT devices

• • We are focused on shop-floor improvement

    • Here is where we plan to integrate ERP

      • We imagine expectations for Purchase Orders and Machine Failure being met with resource allocation and notification

    • Shop-floor simulation for operations with VR/AR is another focus

  • Piping sensor data to inform Insurance underwriting is one of our primary selling points