I’m writing this blog as a former plant manager for an automotive supplier. I spent 30 years in the auto industry with my last 5 years running a manufacturing facility in Mexico. As I’m sure you are all aware, product quality is NOT an option in the auto industry. It is a must. Suppliers are on the hook for years after their products are shipped to the OEM.
Read MorevdR Group is thrilled to be participating in the International CM2 Congress, hosted by our partner, IpX. The multiple one-hour sessions explore the seamless integration of CM2 best practices across leading PLM platforms including Aras Innovator. Ben Desmarais, Senior Manager of Aras Services at the vdR Group, will be guiding the the demo portions of these session.
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 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 MoreThis video presentation provides an overview of vdR’s Integration between Autodesk Revit and Aras Innovator. This Revit to Aras integration highlights the various triggers and transaction templates available in the integration and illustrates the powerful business use case for pursuing tighter BIM and PLM integration.
This presentation has Japanese narration over English slides. A full English language version of the presentation will be available soon.
To learn more about Revit and Autodesk’s Suite of Industry solutions visit: https://www.autodesk.com/industry
Join Lloyd Rogers, Automotive Practice Leader at the vdR Group in the Automotive Insights Series as he address many of the challenges facing the automotive and supplier spaces.
Join Lloyd Rogers, Automotive Practice Leader at the vdR Group in the Automotive Insights Series as he address many of the challenges facing the automotive and supplier spaces.
Join Lloyd Rogers, Automotive Practice Leader at the vdR Group in the Automotive Insights Series as he address many of the challenges facing the automotive and supplier spaces.
Hello, I am Lloyd Rogers and I help automotive companies like yours with unexpected costs taking place during the APQP process. Over the past two years I have met with more than 50 automotive companies to discuss their many encounters while launching OEM products. The greatest challenge is time to execute a consistent APQP process to PPAP… Once the customer provides a PO, the clock starts ticking to provide parts per the contractual agreement … and the PPAP delivery date does not change for most OEM programs. Many suppliers lose time internally waiting for approvals from their own processes. An example is budget approval to release funds for a project, such as ED&D, supplier tooling, or capital… The APQP process includes many sub processes requiring signatures along with visible data for approval that may also take up significant time potentially delaying a program. An example is quoting changes and managing the revised parts or assembly through all processes such as a drawing or tool release, along with data required to PPAP… Allow me to meet and discuss new solutions to reduce time and create an APQP health check, or project visibility for the executive team. If your norm at launch is not meeting the financial goals based on the original quote on a program because of premium tooling, expedited shipments, reworks, multiple unpaid PPAP testing scenarios and others, then call me to discuss. We have solutions to help reduce project timing, create a standard APQP dashboard, and offer project visibility to assist teams to be successful. Over the next few weeks, I will be providing solutions geared to reduce time to market along with suggestions on how to create visibility for the entire team to ultimately achieve clearer decisions. The pandemic is now having program teams working from home and visibility of data is even more critical. If your company still relies on spreadsheets, SharePoint to store data, and countless meetings to provide updates with manually created dashboards, we can help eliminate those time-consuming events that are only up to date during the meeting. By eliminating one expedited shipment, yard hold, rework, or other unexpected charges, you could increase your brand image with your customer and potentially meet your profit metrics. If you are a CEO or executive contact me. I can provide a briefing and answer questions typically in less than an hour of your time. You can reach me simply at lloyd@vdr.com or you can go to our website at vdR.com. Thank You
Extracting, enhancing, and viewing CAD model data without the need for the original authoring application is now a reality! CADnection is a plug-and-play utility that delivers app-ready data, insights, and viewables derived from your CAD models. As a data-source solution, CADnection can significantly improve the scope and value of your existing search and discovery applications, enterprise data management solutions, and even your custom apps.
Read MoreOver the past several years, vdR has sought to represent the Aras Innovator solution to companies in the engineering, construction and manufacturing space. Along the way, it is becoming clear that relevant data has settled into three categories … unstructured, legacy applications and database-oriented applications such as home-grown Access apps, PDM and even PLM. Of course, Aras Innovator offers a breath of fresh air to the weary workers trying to corral the data and establish repeatable processes.
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