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- What You Need To Know About DDM
- Over the past 20 years, additive fabrication technology has migrated from use in rapid prototyping to become a full-fledged manufacturing solution, referred to as “direct digital manufacturing” or DDM. While the general concept of additive fabricati...
Columns Published: 11/4/2009
- So What Do You Want?(2)
- “Ordering matter was the sole endeavor of Life, whether it was a jumble of self-replicating molecules in the primordial ocean, or a steam-powered English mill turning weeds into clothing, or Fiona lying in her bed turning air into Fiona. ”—from The ...
Columns Published: 11/4/2009
- Between Two Bridges
- I live between two bridges in San Francisco. One arguably fuels the area’s economic engine, while the other, despite far less of a pragmatic role for the region, inspires us and enlivens the city’s horizon with the grace of its sweeping parabolic c...
Columns Published: 9/2/2009
- Visual Issues Management: Improving Product Development
- It’s likely there isn’t a product on the market today that hasn’t gone through dozens—or even hundreds—of design iterations on its journey from concept to manufactured good. Back when the entire teams were centrally located, staying abreast of that...
Columns Published: 9/2/2009
- PLM Goes to the Shop Floor
- Product lifecycle management (PLM) once focused almost exclusively on engineering design, but the approach now includes a broad range of activities including product planning, manufacturing production process definition, service and maintenance proc...
Columns Published: 9/2/2009
- The Spanish Prisoner
- Here’s a riddle for you: Nothing in the universe happens without it. You are probably hardly conscious of it when it is occurring.
Columns Published: 9/2/2009
- The Search for Spock: It’s Only Logical
- In the world of the product development process, there are trends and there are constants. A trend is something like “Six Sigma” and a constant is something like “metrics.
Columns Published: 7/1/2009
- PLM and the Changing Nature of Design
- I am honored to contribute to this re-launch of Time Compression. It’s a well-understood fact that in today’s harshly competitive environment, manufacturers must meet multiple targets in order to produce a successful product. Speed, affordability...
Columns Published: 1/1/2009
