Embracing digital transformation in 3D engineering is essential for future growth and competitiveness, enabling enhanced collaboration, improved data management, streamlined workflows, and innovative solutions through tools like Autodesk Inventor. 3D engineering has evolved significantly over the past few decades. These changes have been primarily driven by technological advancements and the increased demand for more efficient,…
Design & Engineering
Establishing a new factory is a complex investment requiring meticulous planning, collaboration, and execution. Learn how Autodesk’s digital factory solutions can help. Standing up a new factory is most likely the largest single investment a company can make. This massive undertaking involves extensive planning, collaboration, and execution. Despite rigorous planning processes, companies often face cost…
Production
Explore four major trends in digital manufacturing—automation, digital twins, sustainability, and workforce digitization—and see how Autodesk solutions help factories implement and scale these innovations. Since the first industrial revolution, factories have continued to evolve at a rapid pace. In 2025, factories are increasingly defined by their digital tools and ability to perform data-driven decisions. Currently,…
Production
Explore how the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) affects manufacturing operations, how to calculate COPQ, and how tools like Autodesk Vault and Fusion Manage can help reduce it by integrating quality control into the entire product lifecycle. In a highly competitive market, manufacturers feel the pressure to deliver reliable, defect-free products. However, despite technological advances…
Design & Engineering
Explore how successful New Product Introduction (NPI) relies on structured processes, lifecycle tracking, and digital tools like Fusion Manage and Vault PLM to facilitate development and guarantee product success. Bringing a new product to market demands coordination across engineering, operations, supply chain, and marketing teams. Beyond a great product idea, success hinges on a structured…
Data & Process
Advanced simulation tools are shaping the future of factory automation by driving efficiency, innovation, and competitiveness. These tools help manufacturers optimize processes and design layouts, enhance productivity, reduce costs, and stay agile in the face of modern manufacturing complexities. Factory automation is top of mind for manufacturers today, propelling industries toward unprecedented levels of efficiency,…
Production
3D simulation modeling, with tools like Autodesk FlexSim, enables healthcare professionals to analyze and optimize patient-based processes. This approach enhances patient care, improves operational efficiency, and achieves better outcomes, which will be crucial for future advancements in the industry. The healthcare industry is one of the most complex and dynamic sectors, requiring constant advancements to…
Production
Learn how IIoT in design and manufacturing will drive innovation, efficiency, and competitiveness, playing a critical role in shaping next-generation manufacturing processes and products, and leading to a smarter, more connected, and sustainable future. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is transforming design and manufacturing, as it ushers in a new era of connectivity, efficiency,…
Production
Design for Assembly (DFA) is essential for designs and streamlining production, offering significant benefits such as cost reduction and improved product quality. Learn more about DFA and how Autodesk Inventor providing tools to support its principles and help manufacturers to achieve their goals and maintain competitive advantage. Efficiency and precision are top priorities in the…
Design & Engineering
Discrete event simulation (DES) is a transformative tool for factory layout planning, allowing manufacturers to create virtual models and optimize various aspects like workflow, space utilization, and resource allocation. Learn more about how it helps in identifying bottlenecks, conducting scenario and cost-benefit analyses, and ensuring safety and compliance and how Autodesk FlexSim can help. Factory…
Production
Agile product lifecycle management (PLM) is vital for manufacturers to quickly adapt to market changes and technological advances. It emphasizes flexibility, iterative development, collaboration, customer-centricity, and adaptability. This leads to increased innovation, improved product quality, faster time to market, greater flexibility, and cost savings. Read on to learn more and see how Autodesk solutions can…
Autodesk Fusion Manage
A manufacturing engineer plays a pivotal role in designing and optimizing manufacturing processes, emphasizing their responsibilities in quality control, material selection, and process optimization, and discusses how Autodesk’s Fusion Operations tool supports these engineers by providing real-time production tracking and data-driven insights to enhance efficiency and quality. Manufacturing is the cornerstone of all product design.…
Production