In many organizations, systems operate independently, creating a large visibility problem. A digital thread addresses this by creating a connected flow of product information across the lifecycle. This playbook explains why engineering visibility matters, and how...
Integration and Workflow
Seamlessly Moving Critical Services Between Data Centers Without Disruption
Today, product development almost always involves a data center. And the data center is more than just a collection of servers and racks. For a global medical technology leader, it is the heartbeat of the engineering organization. It houses the mechatronics...
Standardizing Jira Intake and Improving Data Integrity with Issue Template Agent for Cloud
Mainspring Energy, a manufacturer of clean power generators, standardized data collection across 30+ active Jira projects - without adding a single new custom field. Guided by Atlassian Gold Solution Partner SPK and Associates, the team implemented Appsvio’s Issue...
Federated ITSM: Why “Best Tool for Each Team” Beats “One Tool for All”
Every few years, someone in leadership pitches the same idea: standardize the whole company on one ITSM platform. One tool, one way of working, no more confusion. It sounds clean on a whiteboard but falls apart in practice. Teams resist it because they've built their...
How Industrial Manufacturers Are Accelerating Time-to-Market by 15% With PTC’s Digital Thread
Hello everybody, and welcome back to another SPK and Associates vlog. My name is Michael Roberts. I'm the Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at SPK. Today we're talking about how industrial manufacturers are accelerating their time to market up to 15% by using...
Inside the Digital Thread: Real Stories from Integrated Engineering Teams
Introduction: Inside the Digital Thread Michael Roberts:Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s SPK and Associates blog entitled, Inside the Digital Thread: Real Stories from Integrated Engineering Teams. My name is Michael Roberts. I’m Vice President of Sales and...
From Epics to Code – Supercharging Software Teams with Rovo
Software development teams are under constant pressure to deliver faster without sacrificing quality. Yet too much time is lost navigating between tools, writing documentation, collaborating with stakeholders, testing code, managing technical debt, and translating...
History-preserving, zero disruption migration from IBM RTC to PTC Codebeamer
Zero disruption, zero data loss, and full traceability.
 Lynx is a global provider of safety-critical avionics software and hardware solutions. As the firm scaled its engineering operations, the organization required a modernized ALM platform to handle the growing...
Scaling Atlassian Cloud Securely with Microsoft Entra ID Integration
As organizations move more teams, projects, and workflows into Atlassian Cloud, identity management becomes one of the most important parts of a secure cloud strategy. Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, and other Atlassian tools often become central...
The L1–L2–L3 Escalation Problem: How Integration Fixes Tiered Support
When dealing with IT issues, there are a few standard support levels. L0, while not always recognized, is our self-service level, in which a user fixes the issue alone. L1 handles the inbound noise, password resets, and easy-to-fix tickets. Then L2 picks up what L1...
From Reactive to Predictive: How AI and Integration Transform Engineering Efficiency
The modern engineering landscape is defined by a relentless push for speed and a non-negotiable requirement for safety. For engineering and product leaders in regulated industries, the pressure to deliver complex mechatronics products has never been higher. ...
Accelerating Product Design with Creo
Register NowYou’ll be taken to a secure registration page to complete your sign-up.By submitting this form, I acknowledge receipt of SPK and Associates' Privacy Policy.Engineering teams today are being asked to move faster, deliver better products, and do more with...












