What is Sustain Engineering?

September 05, 2023 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Sustaining engineering is a critical phase in the product lifecycle that focuses on the ongoing support, maintenance, and improvement of products after their in...

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Engineering Change Orders: Understanding the Process and Benefits

August 16, 2023 Debankan Chattopadhyay

An Engineering Change Order (ECO) is a formal document used in engineering and manufacturing organizations to document and authorize modifications or changes to...

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Design Collaboration: The Key to Seamlessly Managing Design Changes

July 28, 2023 Debankan Chattopadhyay

In today's fast-paced and dynamic business landscape, successful product development requires effective design collaboration. Design collaboration involves brin...

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Benefits & Strategies for Engineering change management

July 4, 2023 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Engineering change management is a critical process in product development that involves managing design changes and engineering change orders (ECOs) ...

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Product Data Management without PDM? Yes, it is possible

June 26, 2023 Debankan Chattopadhyay

For engineering and industrial companies, managing design changes and product data effectively is crucial for success. Adopting a ‘single source of truth’ appro...

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You can’t Zoom into an Online Meeting for Engineering

September 20, 2021 Vinay Wagle

Zoom has become a verb. If someone says “I’ll zoom you” you know instantly what they mean. They want to connect with you for an online meeting using the wildly ...

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Engineering Collaboration is about to change…forever!

November 12, 2020 Debankan Chattopadhyay

This has been a strange year, thanks largely to circumstances and situations outside of our control. Life for a lot of us came to a standstill because of the CO...

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Life comes to a halt…innovation doesn’t have to

March 31, 2020 Debankan Chattopadhyay

All of us are grappling with the new world order of empty streets, empty grocery shelves, standing in line an hour before store opening, not for that 85” TV, bu...

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5 pitfalls to avoid while hiring exceptional talent

May 13, 2019 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Today, we flip the coin over and give you insight into some of the pitfalls to avoid during the hiring process. These apply to all hiring processes, engineer...

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Shhh! Here’s our little secret about hiring exceptional engineers

May 13, 2019 Debankan Chattopadhyay

We are in the engineering software and services business. Our greatest assets are our people. The success of our business hinges purely on our ability to hir...

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You will fail at New Product Development (NPD) … unless you do this!

March 4, 2019 Debankan Chattopadhyay

I don’t want to sound like the messenger of Doom, but facts are facts. There are certain things you need to do…to accomplish certain other things. That's just...

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Want to Save 20% in Engineering Product Development Costs?

February 1, 2019 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Okay, so we have at least established that you are interested in saving money. That’s the crucial first step and we’re glad you are here. As a manager or busi...

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Playing matchmaker

September 21, 2018 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Settle down. There’s no need to panic. We are not getting into a different line of business. Engineering is still our forte. But one can’t ignore the rapid ri...

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CAD interoperability: blast from the past (#ThrowbackThursday)

September 6, 2018 Debankan Chattopadhyay

No it’s not 1999, but it is #ThrowbackThursday So why not use this opportunity to talk of CAD interoperability as it relates to feature-based translations? ...

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Use what we sell, sell what we use (Part 2)

July 13, 2018 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Reason 3: troubleshoot technical support issues When customers report a problem, one of the first things we do is check if the issue is reproducible in ...

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Use what we sell, sell what we use (Part 1)

July 11, 2018 Debankan Chattopadhyay

We have taken “Practice what you preach” to a whole new level and applied it to our business. Why? Because….well, just because. Actually, I wish I could simpl...

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The importance of seamless multi-CAD data access in enterprise applications

February 20, 2018 Debankan Chattopadhyay

In any enterprise that deals with engineering product development, applications like ERP must interface with the product’s engineering model data seamlessly, an...

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The Newest TrEND is Here to Stay

November 7, 2017 Laura Nowak

Collaboration is an important factor that contributes to the success of any business. Perhaps no one understands this better than globally distributed companies...

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Leverage Windows Explorer to access and manage CAD data with CCE’s Free Explore 3D (No CAD License Needed!)

September 7, 2017 Vinay Wagle

CAD/CAM/CAE are now core to design and sustain any manufactured product. Their adoption has grown rapidly as they have become cheaper and easier to use. Signifi...

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The Customer Is Always Right. Hmm, really?

June 6, 2017 Debankan Chattopadhyay

The phrase “The customer is always right” was coined by Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1909, the founder of Selfridge's department store in London. Since then this h...

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Proprietary Tools Cuts Data Migration time by 80% at Aerospace Manufacturer

May 22, 2017 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Automation is a good thing. Actually, it’s a great thing. Just ask the leading Aerospace Manufacturer who saved significant $$ in data migration costs because o...

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3D Printing - How Useful Has it Been for the Consumer?

May 9, 2017 Caitlin Bauman

3D printing isn’t a new concept, but as it grows throughout many different industries, it’s worth talking about. It’s predicted that around 2020, worldwide ship...

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Get your house in order. First.

April 28, 2017 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Looking at outside help for things that (a) are outside of our core competencies or (b) something we simply don’t want to do is pretty commonplace in our person...

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Social Collaboration Tools - Helping or Hindering Productivity?

April 18, 2017 Caitlin Bauman

“Collaboration” is a big word in any workplace. So many of our projects are focused on working with a team and accomplishing goals together. This is even more ...

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To do, or not to do: that is the question

April 11, 2017 Debankan Chattopadhyay

Investment. Yes, it’s just one word but one that keeps company owners and management up all night. Especially, when the economy is picking up and companies are ...

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Internet of Things (IoT) – All Hype or Substance?

March 21, 2017 Debankan Chattopadhyay

We live in an innovation-by-the-minute age. New products and technologies come to the marketplace every single day. Most leave just as quick without leaving a t...

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Subscription Licensing - Who Really Benefits?

March 6, 2017 Caitlin Bauman

Cloud software or SaaS products are no longer vaporware. Not unless you’ve just come back from your extended vacation in Mars. Things for the rest of us here at...

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CAD Goes to the Cloud

February 20, 2017 Caitlin Bauman

So many software products are cloud based these days, so it makes sense that CAD software would be moving in that direction, too. But should we be embracing thi...

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We've Started a Blog!

February 14, 2017 Caitlin Bauman

You may be wondering, how much can you really talk about CAD Interoperability Software and Engineering Services? Well, this blog will be used to discuss any and...

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