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Asked on May 25 2005 4:34:14:000PM

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What is digital manufacturing, and how does it fit with PLM?

Ed, San Jose, CA
ADigital manufacturing is an emerging software technology that has become a key component of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). It is an initiative to define and optimize manufacturing processes, manage manufacturing process information and support effective collaboration among engineering disciplines by using full digital product and plant definition.

It facilitates a holistic view of product and process design as integral components of the overall product lifecycle, and enables product design to be sensitive to process constraints and capabilities.

Digital manufacturing supports process planning, factory modeling, visualization and collaboration, simulation of operations, ergonomic and human factor analyses, and provides other tools necessary to develop and optimize the manufacturing process design.

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Kenneth B. Amann

Director of Research, CIMdata Inc

A graduate of Georgia Tech, Mr. Amann has 35 years of experience researching and working with Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management architectures, as well as developing computer-based engineering applications and document / information management systems. Mr. Amann has held senior positions in PLM marketing, development, and consulting. His experience includes evaluating corporate engineering and manufacturing operations, managing PLM programs, recommending collaborative and concurrent engineering and product information management solutions, implementing PLM solutions, and developing and evaluating requests for proposals. Prior to joining CIMdata, Mr. Amann was the managing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Technology Leadership Group, where he conducted research into and evaluated emerging PLM technologies and vendor products based on these technologies.
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