For over 75 years A-Z has been a leading supplier of high quality merchandise and service to the global tire industry. In its German 15,000 m² production facility A-Z designs, manufactures and produces tire molds and containers as per customer specification....
Modern products are becoming increasingly more complex, combining mechanical engineering, embedded software, electronics, cloud connectivity, and regulatory requirements into a single development lifecycle. As that complexity grows, so does the importance of...
Every version of PTC Windchill eventually reaches an end-of-life milestone, and for organizations still running Windchill 12.1.2, that timeline is approaching quickly. As PTC continues to invest in Windchill 13 and newer releases, organizations using older...
In all of automotive history, vehicles have been defined by mechanical performance, hardware reliability, or manufacturing efficiency. That has all started to change as software, connectivity, autonomy, electrification, and personalized digital experiences become a...
Complex product development involves multi-disciplinary teams, with systems engineers or requirements analysts producing the requirements, and other disciplines creating designs and tests based on those requirements. Serious problems can arise if all teams do not have...
Digital engineering is changing how companies design, build, and manufacture complex products. Instead of relying on disconnected documents and manual handoffs, organizations are moving toward digital threads, simulations, and AI-enabled workflows. However, digital...
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...
Bringing a successful product to market takes much more than a strong design. Companies must manage a plethora of information. This includes requirements, data, revisions, manufacturing processes, quality controls, supplier collaboration, service information, and...
Hello, and welcome back to another SPK and Associates vlog. In this vlog, we're going to talk about how engineering organizations are evolving to support more complex multidisciplinary products. And with that, choosing the right platform that you're going to do all...
Automotive product development is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history. Software-defined vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems, electrification, and increasing regulatory pressure are all factors that are stretching traditional...
Many engineering teams rely on multiple CAD systems across teams. The issue withusing multiple CAD tools is that it can lead to delays and innefficiencies. This white paper explores the benefits of consolidating onto one CAD platform.What You Will Learn In this white...
One of the largest causes of inefficiency across industries is disconnected systems. In the automotive industry, software teams need to communicate with product engineers more than ever. Forward-thinking organizations are addressing this challenge by embracing...