Companies are increasingly looking to tech-led initiatives to grapple with rising product complexity. Lifecycle Insights recognizes this and is deepening its coverage of such initiatives for product design and engineering. To aid in this effort, we are welcoming industry veteran Arvind Krishnan to our team. Arvind brings over two decades of experience in design and analysis for mechanical and electronic …
High-performance computing (HPC). Artificial intelligence (AI). Machine learning (ML). The cloud. Individually, these transformative technologies pack a powerful punch. Now, some companies are combining them with simulation to revolutionize product development. Continuing Platformification of Solutions Many of today’s simulation and data analytics tools are experiencing “platformification,” where traditional desktop applications are broken down into separate chunks of functionality that are …
Do we need another collaboration tool for mechanical design? Let’s talk about CCE’s EnSuite-Cloud ReVue. It really is focused on enabling mechanical design collaboration. There are a couple of these types of tools that are out there. But this is a really interesting one, especially in the context of the pandemic. Everybody is working from home nowadays. It is the …
What is Siemens PCBflow offering and why does it matter? Recently, Siemens, specifically the Valor group within Siemens, has come out with a new solution called PCBflow. It is targeted at design for manufacturing assessments for electronic boards earlier in the product development process. The Process of Assessing Manufacturability of Electronic Boards First, it’s important to understand when engineers typically …

April 19, 2021
Big Data and the Engineer
The Internet of Things (IoT) has unleashed a new wave of interconnected products. Almost every company is now switching from traditional, mechanical offerings to smart ones requiring a lot of software, electronics, and electrical systems. But design engineers must go further than simply integrating the right hardware and software into today’s products. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, products are …

March 4, 2021
The Lifecycle of Systems Simulation
Manufacturers are using systems engineering approaches to mitigate the complexity of developing increasingly sophisticated products. Systems simulation is a key component of such efforts.