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How to Achieve Faster, Cost-Effective Prototyping in Product Development
Accelerating product development is crucial for designers and manufacturers aiming to reduce time-to-market and cut costs. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through prototyping. Creating digital and physical prototypes helps companies iterate...
Best Practices for Product Engineering Teams to Reduce Quality Costs
Cutting down quality-related costs without compromising product performance can be a difficult balancing act. Improving efficiency, eliminating waste, and ensuring compliance can all exist in tandem when engineering teams implement best practices. Utilizing defect...
Analytics and AI That Matter In Product Development
The integration of data, AI, and analytics is transforming the workflows of product development companies. With AI-driven insights, businesses can streamline their design, development, and launch processes while mitigating risks. In this blog, our team wanted to...
Understanding Manufacturing Engineering in Windchill
When working in the manufacturing industry, using a PLM solution like Windchill helps prevent issues like market delays, poor quality, and additional costs. Explore how Windchill’s manufacturing engineering capabilities can help your business in this eBook.What You...
The 7-Step Guide to Effective Application Lifecycle Management
Application Lifecycle Management is vital to high-quality software delivery. In this eBook, we will explore seven best practices to ensure ALM success. What You Will Learn Explore these 7 steps for effective ALM: Planning Requirements Managing Workflows Risk...
Bayer employees discover productivity and collaboration benefits using generative AI and Microsoft Copilot
Bayer has been committed to its purpose, “Science for a better life,” for more than a century and a half. As a leading company in life sciences, it understands the possibilities that emerging technologies bring. “We are very open to trying new technologies, such as...
Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources
Engineering Excellence Hello and welcome to Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources. My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President of SPK and Associates, and I'm here with Edwin Chung. Ed, feel free to introduce yourself. Hey, please call me Ed. I'm VP...
Getting the Most Out Of Your GitLab Investment
While there are other DevOps platforms on the market, GitLab offers more than just a way to deliver software. GitLab is an all-in-one DevOps platform designed to boost productivity, secure your supply chain, and automate software delivery. Utilizing GitLab to its full...
Top Mistakes Made When Deploying Microsoft 365
Deploying Microsoft 365 can be a game-changer for many businesses. Its wide range of powerful tools can help increase collaboration, communication, and productivity. However, many organizations run into common pitfalls that can lead to security vulnerabilities, poor...
Integrating Jira with Azure DevOps for Seamless Operations
In SPK’s over 20 years of experience, we’ve found that efficiency and seamless collaboration are key to helping clients get their products to market quickly. Many organizations find themselves relying on both Atlassian's Jira and/or Microsoft's Azure DevOps to manage...
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Understanding Part Management in Windchill
Managing parts is a vital component of product manufacturing. Properly tracking each piece of a final product can result in reduced costs, accelerated time to market, increased efficiency, and improved sustainability. Let’s explore how Windchill streamlines part...