Struggling with communication and process fragmentation issues in your engineering operations? PTC Windchill was seen as the best Product Lifecycle Management tool in these success stories. It helped two engineering companies achieve improved productivity and reduced...
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Solidworks Error: No Database Attached To This View – Part 2
Hi everyone, I am Daniela, the SolidWorks PDM SME for SPK and Associates. Today, I’ll be showing you how to fix the SolidWorks error message “no database is connected to this view.” This video is split in to two parts. Check out part one here. You can watch the video...
SolidWorks PDM Error: No Database Attached to this View Part 1
Hi everyone, I am Daniela, the SolidWorks PDM SME for SPK and Associates. Today, I’ll be showing you how to fix the SolidWorks error message "no database is connected to this view." This video will be split in to two parts. You can watch the video as Daniela walks...
5 Reasons to Celebrate SPK’s 20th Birthday
It’s a landmark year for our team at SPK and Associates this year - we’re celebrating our 20th birthday! We’ve grown from our humble beginnings in Los Gatos, California with two people working for us back in 2003. Now, we’re an internationally established business and...
Codebeamer: Agile ALM For ISO 26262 Standard
Meeting safety standards for road vehicles demands a systematic approach. And this is exactly what is needed to comply with ISO 26262 standard (the road safety standard). Agile's flexibility and rapid iteration may not suffice for ISO 26262. But, Creating Agile ALM...
STRATTEC Security Corporation’s PTC Windchill PLM ROI Case Study
STRATTEC Security Corporation deployed PTC Windchill to replace its existing product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. Additionally, they wanted to improve product design tracking and collaboration. Nucleus found that PTC Windchill PLM enables increased...
Solve 4 System Design Bottlenecks And Accelerate Product Development
Are you satisfied with the speed of your product development? It’s rare I’ve heard an engineering team say that their development and release cycle velocity was “good enough”. Yet, time to market is so important for companies. So, like the track runner, we’re...
How To Restore The Data Card And BOM Tab In SolidWorks
Hi everyone, I am Daniela and I am the SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM SME for SPK and Associates. Today I wanted explain a setting that I actually had a tough time finding while working with a user. That is how to restore the Data Card And BOM Tab In SolidWorks. So,...
Do I Need An MSP (Managed Services Provider)?
I’m Chris McHale, CEO and co-founder of SPK and Associates. Over the years, I’ve watched businesses grow. And as they do, they sometimes begin to wonder, “do I still need an MSP?” Today, I want you to discover why businesses, regardless of size, need an MSP. You see,...
Using Product Data For Product Managers And Engineering Operations
Overview Here is the VLOG transcript for Chris McHale, CEO of SPK, and District Manager, Ed Chung, discussing the importance of data, dashboards, PowerBI and visualization tools for Product Managers And Engineering Operations. Your HostsChris McHale - Co-founder and...
What is SOLIDWORKS PDM and How Does It Benefit Me?
SolidWorks Corporations was founded in 1993. In 1997 it was acquired by Dassault Systèmes. Today, it has amassed over six million ecosystem users from designers to drafters. It has become globally accredited as an industry-leading parametric Computer Aided Design...
Engineering Digital Transformation Software — How Important Is It?
Engineering Software Market Trends 2022 Shows Surprising Growth Rates It’s fall, and ‘tis the season for market growth reports and forecasting. The Engineering software industry is surprisingly robust these days. Recent market research predicts a compound annual...