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What CIOs Get Wrong About PLM and Digital Thread Strategy
PLM and Digital Strategy for CIOs Hello, everyone, 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 and Associates. Today, we're tackling a topic that comes up consistently in...
Why Late-Stage Changes Are Killing Your Time to Market
Key Takeaways Late-stage changes get expensive fast: The farther a problem travels through design, testing, and manufacturing, the more time, cost, and rework it creates. Disconnected systems and weak traceability are major causes: When requirements, design, software,...
5 Ways to Reduce Engineering Cycle Time Without Adding Headcount
Key takeaways Faster engineering does not always require more headcount: Disconnected systems, manual handoffs, rework, and poor visibility often create more delays than a lack of engineering capacity. A digital thread can eliminate major sources of wasted time:...
vCAD + Windchill: The Cloud-Native Digital Thread for Distributed Product Teams
Modern product development teams are increasingly distributed across locations, suppliers, and engineering disciplines, making it difficult to maintain collaboration, visibility, and control using traditional on-prem infrastructure alone. In this webinar, SPK and...
The Engineering Digital Thread Playbook
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...
The Digital Thread for Aerospace: How to Accelerate Development, Increase Production, and Reduce Cost of Quality
The aerospace industry is facing a slowdown in development timelines and higher quality costs. A digital thread resolves these issues by creating a unified, intelligent product lifecycle that connects design, manufacturing, and service.What You Will Learn In this...
Engineering AI Adoption Assessment
Get your AI maturity score Take the assessment to learn how to accelerate your product and software development lifecycle with AI-powered development from a personalized AI maturity roadmap.[dsm_icon_list _builder_version="4.27.6" _module_preset="default"...
Why Aerospace Programs Miss Deadlines Part 1
Aerospace programs operate under serious pressure and requirements. Aerospace and defense manufacturers must manage complex products with strict regulatory requirements, while ensuring quality and balancing demanding cost targets. Additionally, aircraft and...
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...
How to Manage Product Variants Without Breaking Your Engineering Team
Modern product companies are under pressure to offer more configurations, features, and customer-specific options without increasing costs or slowing development. This is especially true in industries such as medical devices, automotive, and industrial manufacturing...
Why Integrated PLM and ALM Platforms Are Critical for Electronics Innovation
Innovations in the electronics industry are being rapidly introduced, which has led product lifecycles to shrink and software to become central to nearly every device. Companies are under constant pressure to launch smarter, more connected products ahead of the...












