Data & Process


  • Unlocking Efficient BOM Management with PLM

    Unlocking efficient BOM management with PLM is essential for modern product development, as it integrates CAD and BOM information, automates workflows, and provides lifecycle visibility, enabling businesses to make better decisions faster and deliver high-quality products efficiently. We’ve all heard the saying “Putting the cart before the horse,” which perfectly explains the way many businesses…


  • A Guide to NPI (New Product Introduction) with Autodesk PLM and PDM

    PLM streamlines new product introduction (NPI) by centralizing data management, enhancing collaboration, automating low-value tasks. Integrating tools like Autodesk Fusion Manage and Vault improve efficiency and agility in product development. NPI in manufacturing In today’s manufacturing environment, efficiently managing the lifecycle of a product from conception to retirement is crucial. Product Lifecyle Management (PLM) is…


  • NPI: Elevating Product Introduction with Cloud PLM

    New product introduction (NPI) is streamlined and optimized with cloud-based PLM solutions like Autodesk Fusion Manage, which enhance collaboration, data management, real-time analytics, scalability, and security, ensuring efficient and successful product launches. Every manufacturer faces the challenges associated with bringing new products to market and in many cases, it can be a make-or-break situation. The…


  • What is Engineering Data Managment? 2025 Guide to EDM Best Practices

    Engineering data management combines AI-driven processes and cloud-native systems to acquire, organize, analyze, and protect complex engineering data throughout the product lifecycle. Learn how modern EDM transforms manufacturing efficiency, collaboration, and innovation. Engineering data management (EDM) has evolved from simple file storage to become the backbone of modern manufacturing and product development. In 2025, organizations…


  • New Product Introduction (NPI): Move Faster with PLM

    Explore the importance of New Product Introduction (NPI) and what a modern PLM system can offer, focusing on three critical process improvements: agility, collaboration and efficiency. Product Lifecycle Management is a must-have in today’s competitive, ever-evolving manufacturing landscape. PLM can help you accelerate product development, enhance supply chain agility, foster collaboration, and minimize time wasted…


  • Streamline your Supply Chain Management with Autodesk’s Fusion Manage for PLM

    Autodesk Fusion Manage is a cloud-based PLM solution that streamlines supply chain management, driving efficiency and savings. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is integral to managing a product from inception through design and manufacturing, to service and disposal. Autodesk’s PLM solution, Fusion Manage streamline this process, ensuring that every phase is meticulously documented, analyzed, and optimized.…


  • Understanding the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) in Manufacturing 

    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…


  • New Product Introduction (NPI) Process Guide

    Explore how successful New Product Introduction (NPI) relies on standardized processes, lifecycle tracking, and digital tools like Fusion Manage and Vault PLM to facilitate development and guarantee product success. NPI manufacturing Bringing a new product to market requires coordination across engineering, operations, supply chain, and marketing teams, making the New product introduction (NPI) process a…


  • PLM for Sustainability – Do Good Well

    Autodesk’s PLM solution, Fusion Manage enhances sustainability in product design and manufacturing through efficient data management, material selection, lifecycle assessments, design optimization, supply chain collaboration, change management, and end-of-life planning, aiding businesses in achieving sustainability goals and benefiting their bottom line. Autodesk is a market leader in sustainability, ranking #1 among software companies by Corporate…


  • Why Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is Essential for Manufacturing

    Learn why Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is crucial for manufacturing, enhancing workflows, collaboration, and innovation.


  • Agile PLM and Its Importance in Manufacturing

    Learn about the benefits of agile PLM and how Autodesk can help increase product quality, and time to market. Agile 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,…


  • Agile Project Management Principles & Phases Guide

    Unlock the power of Agile project management to drive innovation and efficiency in your projects. With its flexible, customer-focused approach, Agile helps teams adapt quickly and deliver results faster. Learn how Agile principles and tools can elevate your project success. Agile project management: Principles, phases, and tools Agile project management is a dynamic and iterative…