What is the Digital Thread in Manufacturing? Definition & Benefits
What is the Digital Thread? It’s a good question for any manufacturing professional, especially those working in complex discrete manufacturing contexts.
December 23, 2016
Year: 2016
Why Medical Manufacturers Need Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)
In the world of medical device manufacturing, mistakes on the plant floor can have dire consequences. That’s why meeting FDA requirements such as 21 CFR Part 820, 21 CFR Part 11 and ISO 13485 are so critical.
December 15, 2016
The EURONAVAL 2016 Event Recap
The bi-annual EURONAVAL event is said to be the world’s largest meeting of naval technologies with 355 exhibitors, over 400 journalists and nearly 25,000 trade visitors.
December 12, 2016
President Trump Likely to Bump the Aerospace & Defense Sector
To get a sense of how the election of Donald Trump is likely to affect the aerospace Aerospace and & defense Defense sector, one need look no further than Wall Street the day after the election.
December 08, 2016
Manufacturing Technology Survey Pinpoints Improvement in 2017 and Beyond
iBASEt conducted a survey among Manufacturing Technology experts to identify topics of the utmost importance to those working within the manufacturing industry.
December 07, 2016
Navigating the Digital Enterprise
Digitization of manufacturing, connecting engineering to the plant floor, the supply chain to manufacturing, customers with suppliers, and vice versa.
December 05, 2016
Equipment Maintenance and Supplier Quality in Nuclear Facilities
Quality systems are designed to provide traceability, control of product & processes, regardless of the regulatory agency or standard responsible for enforcement.
November 30, 2016
11 Ways to Reduce Cost of Quality with Integrated MES and EQMS
Tackling the price of quality goes beyond reducing the number of defects. It involves evaluating the entire quality management system.
November 29, 2016
MRO Compliance without Consternation
A recent article on Aviation Week underscored just how maddening MRO compliance can be. The feature pointed to the new parts documentation requirement.
November 22, 2016
Industry Luminary Conrad Leiva Invited to Speak at Deltek Insight 2016
Conrad Leiva, Vice President of Product Strategy and Alliance will be presenting as part of two different speaking sessions at Deltek Insight 2016.
November 16, 2016
Why Earlens Selected Solumina as Their MES Solution
Earlens will be installing iBASEt’s Solumina at its corporate headquarters to manage production in this innovative environment.
November 03, 2016
iBASEt Expands Professional Services Offerings
To broaden the value our customers get in manufacturing, iBASEt has introduced an expanded portfolio of professional services.
October 25, 2016
Improving New Product Introduction (NPI) with MES
Mastering New Product Introduction (NPI) has been a longstanding challenge for manufacturers, especially in a complex environment.
October 18, 2016
How Product Lifecycle Execution (PLE) Can Improve Compliance with NQA-1
An effective product lifecycle execution (PLE) can turn months of paperwork review into only days, resulting in increased efficiency.
October 11, 2016
Does Your MES Support Effective Product Genealogy for Medical Device
In today’s global medical device manufacturing environment, supply and manufacture is more dispersed and nuanced than it ever has been.
October 06, 2016
What to Have in Place – Before Starting your MES Journey
Starting a new project, a new initiative, or new journey to a new product solution causes a variety of questions to arise when trying to find a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
October 04, 2016
Why Defect Containment Should Be Standard in Any MES
The Solumina MES can quickly identify your defect, stop production anywhere in operations, then diagnose and resolve the problem so production can resume.
September 26, 2016
iBASEt Expands Global Operations in India
Located in one of the largest corporate parks in the Central Business District of S.G. Road, Ahmedabad the new facility provides the proper amenities needed for a productive work environment.
September 21, 2016
iBASEt India Software Private Limited Announces New Location
On September 1, 2016 iBASEt celebrated the opening of their new office space and improved working environment in India.
September 20, 2016
Best Practices to Enabling the Digital Thread
The Digital Thread integrates design, engineering, manufacturing and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) systems, establishing a seamless flow of information. This type of integration employs data and analytics across the complete product life cycle, optimizing efficiency, from design to manufacturing, operations and maintenance to service in a closed loop.
September 09, 2016
Making the Case for Enterprise Quality Management Systems (EQMS)
Operational challenges include disparate systems and data sources, ineffective measurement of quality metrics, and the departmentalization of quality (i.e., quality understood as a department, not an organizational responsibility).
September 08, 2016
Earlens Selects iBASEt to Support 3D Printing of Revolutionary Hearing Aid
iBASEt announced that Earlens Corporation, Inc., a medical technology company will implement iBASEt’s Solumina software as its MES Solution.
September 07, 2016
Smart Manufacturing Targets the Full Product Lifecycle Including MRO
Advanced robotics, 3D printing, and knowledge automation are examples of where Smart Manufacturing is going, driven by the forces of digitization.
August 31, 2016
iBASEt Identified in Gartner Market Guide for Manufacturing Execution
Gartner’s Market Guide describes iBASEt as a specialist in the complex discrete industrial manufacturing space of aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing and maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO).
August 26, 2016
Enterprise Quality Management Systems in the Boardroom
Quality must break out of its silo to realize its potential, but its lack of perceived value makes it difficult for it to garner support from top executives and enterprise leaders.
August 18, 2016
You Need Proof, Not Promises When Selecting a Manufacturing Execution
When searching for a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), it always pays to get the proof.
August 11, 2016
What is MES and Do You Need It?
This post briefly defines what MES is and what may be happening in your plant that indicates you may need it.
August 08, 2016
The Impact of ISO 13485
The publication of the ISO 13485:2016 standard in March of this year realizes work that began in July 2014 with the rejection of the first Draft International Standard (DIS)
August 03, 2016
The Advantages of Comprehensive MES
A recent post on the LNS Research (LNS) addresses approaches to Work-In-Progress (WIP) management by complex discrete manufacturers.
July 29, 2016
Achieve Cradle-to-Grave Bi-Directional Traceability with Best-of-Breed MOM
Globally, medical device manufacturers continue to face stricter government regulations and escalating costs.
July 15, 2016
Don’t be Fooled: 2 Things to be Aware of When Choosing an MES
Pouring millions of dollars into a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that doesn’t guarantee ROI.
July 12, 2016
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Key Findings from an IoT and Manufacturing Survey from MESA & LNS,
According to this 2016 survey, manufacturers who do not yet understand the IIoT should investigate the impact immediately.
July 05, 2016
Kudos to Pratt & Whitney North Berwick Parts Center
A provider of jet engine components, North Berwick is a leading example of the renaissance of American manufacturing.
June 28, 2016
iBASEt Discusses Big Data, Industry 4.0 and the Digital Thread at HxGN LIVE
Leveraging a framework for the Digital Thread allows you to streamline shop floor and supplier operations with existing machine communication technology. This Industry 4.0 Framework is the answer to controlling and optimizing your Complex Discrete Manufacturing Environment.
June 22, 2016
Does Your Manufacturing Execution System Support Quality Management?
Over the past few years, customers across all industries have demanded higher quality from manufacturers. Couple that with the evolving quality standards and your company’s task to uphold quality products becomes an ongoing challenge.
June 22, 2016
MES is an Essential Part of Smart Manufacturing
A number of terms have emerged to describe the current manufacturing transformation: smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and the Model-Based enterprise are most prominent among them.
June 09, 2016
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems Selects iBASEt’s Solumina
“We selected iBASEt because of their experience in managing the complex processes involved in manufacturing highly engineered products,” says Todd Kackley, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Textron Systems.
June 07, 2016
The Advantages of Integrating Quality in MES
A recent article in Quality Magazine details a laundry list of symptoms of Quality Management Systems (QMS) that remain immature through sloppy collecting and handling of data.
June 06, 2016
As Aerospace and Defense Evolves, MRO Moves Towards Center Stage
The growth in overall deployed fleets is being driven in part by emerging markets, and the number of aircraft coming out of service is relatively modest.
June 01, 2016
iBASEt Keynotes Industry 4.0 Discussion at HxGN Live
With over three days of keynote presentations from international industry experts, networking opportunities and an immersive “Innovation Pavilion,” this conference will enable attendees to discover new and innovative ways to work smarter.
May 26, 2016
Roundup of Aerospace Forecasts and Predictions, 2016
Overall, the aerospace manufacturing industry is beginning to ramp up in 2016. In last year's Roundup of Aerospace Forecasts and Predictions, 2015, the experts were more optimistic about the aerospace growth, but in reality, the growth has been slow. It seems we are in the midst of a transition phase and will see significant growth starting late this year or next year.
May 24, 2016
iBASEt Remains on the Forefront of Smart Manufacturing
iBASEt, the creators of Solumina, a fully integrated software suite for manufacturing process planning, execution and enterprise quality management, announced today their continued contribution to the manufacturing industry’s Smart Manufacturing initiative.
May 17, 2016
IoT Strategy a Key for Moving Forward with MOM Implementations
A post on the LNS Research blog points to a recent survey by MESA and LNS that shows how far MOM/MES implementations still have to go in the manufacturing sector.
May 16, 2016
Smart Manufacturing: What is it? What are the Barriers? Where Do I Begin?
Kicking off the first session in MESA’s Smart Manufacturing track at the Manufacturing & Technology Conference, iBASEt lead an interactive presentation explaining the current landscape of Smart Manufacturing, and the barriers businesses face to achieve this type of connected environment.
May 13, 2016
2 Hot Topics from Hannover Messe 2016: Industry 4.0 and TTIP
Much has been talked about regarding the concept of “Smart Manufacturing,” however this concept was in full display at Hannover as much of the integration was complete with data analysis and the digital thread.
May 04, 2016
Digital MRO: The Ultimate Feedback Design Engineers Cannot Ignore
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) operations often operate in their own silos with sparse communication and collaboration with engineering.
April 26, 2016
7 Guidelines for Documentation in Medical, Aerospace, Defense, & More
The worst part of a software roll-out is documenting what you did. In this process-centric manufacturing world, documentation is something you have to do, your last resort, your anything-but-go-to source.
April 18, 2016
Why is there a Disconnect between Engineering and the Shop floor when I
Your Bill of Materials (BOM) and process plans are fully developed, and now your team of experts are able to get to work, and bring your design to life. Unfortunately, as your project grows, so does the amount of paperwork necessary to get the job done and ensure quality and compliance.
April 15, 2016
4 Reasons to Integrate Quality into the DNA of Manufacturing
Quality should not just be a cog in the organization chart but a mindset for all members of the organization.
April 07, 2016
iBASEt Leads Smart Manufacturing Discussion at 2016 Manufacturing &
The 2016 Manufacturing & Technology conference and Expo will be co-located with the MESA International Conference at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. With over three days of keynote presentations and networking opportunities, these conferences will focus on uncovering the latest transformative technologies enhancing best practices in Lean, quality management and continuous improvement.
April 05, 2016
What iBASEt’s CMMI Appraisal Means to Customers
CMMI Institute helps organizations discover the true value they can deliver their customers by providing a comprehensive framework to ensure best practices are captured, shared and adopted by companies like iBASEt.
March 28, 2016
Waiting for an eDHR Mandate? Best-in-Class Medical Device Manufacturers
In today’s highly competitive, fast-paced medical and diagnostic device industry, manufacturer’s often struggle to find the right time to shift away from their costly, inefficient and error-prone processes, such as assembling a DHR (Device History Record) from multiple paper and spreadsheet sources.
March 24, 2016
Best Practices in MES Selection for Complex Discrete Manufacturing
Selecting a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is an intimidating task, especially if it means your reputation is on the line. With impending project proposals and a need to compete in today’s competitive manufacturing industry, your company can’t afford to make the wrong decision.
March 10, 2016
How to Write Clear Work Instructions in Manufacturing – 3 Tips
Most of our process planning authors have never taken a course or have read information about writing work instructions. Technical writing is a very different type and style of writing. More specifically, it is an abbreviated type of writing.
March 08, 2016
What is Complex Discrete Manufacturing?
Complex discrete manufacturing industries manufacture complex highly engineered products with longer product cycle times and multiple levels of subassemblies in their bills of material.
March 04, 2016
5 Digital Thread Insights from AeroDef 2016 Survey
This year, iBASEt surveyed AeroDef attendees on the show floor to observe the connection between engineering and manufacturing within the Aerospace and Defense industry.
March 03, 2016
A Better Approach to Maintaining Device History Records for FDA Compliance
Current FDA regulations encourage medical device companies to use the latest collection technologies and improve their delivery systems.
March 02, 2016
iBASEt Announces Upcoming Webinar on Navigating an MES Selection
iBASEt announced today that they will host an educational webinar on March 8, 2016, to help complex discrete manufacturers navigate through their Manufacturing Execution System (MES) selection process.
March 01, 2016
2016 Predictions: Manufacturing Execution Systems Adoption in EMEA
Manufacturing Execution Systems automation software helps manufacturing industries to improve operational performance by automating, executing, and managing various processes. The rising demand for mass production in various industries in the EMEA region has led to the surge in adoption of Manufacturing Execution Systems software.
February 26, 2016
iBASEt Appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Product and Service Development
iBASEt, a leading provider of software solutions for complex manufacturers, announced today that it has been appraised at Level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® for Product and Service development.
February 24, 2016
3 Manufacturing Execution System Myths Hindering Productivity
In order to stay competitive in today’s fast paced manufacturing industry, manufacturers must evolve beyond simply tracking defects, failures and corrections, and start integrating quality management practices that prevent errors.
February 22, 2016
Digital Thread Connects Four in Manufacturing
Manufacturers have the unrelenting need to innovate and create products faster with higher levels of quality. A major problem that stands in the way of accomplishing these goals are the preexisting silos throughout the product lifecycle value chain.
February 18, 2016
AeroDef 2016 Recap
Last week, we had the opportunity to exhibit at AeroDef 2016 Manufacturing Expo and Conference in Long Beach, California. Exhibitors and attendees arrived to AeroDef from across the country, some even traveling from overseas seeking aerospace and defense visions and innovations.
February 16, 2016
3 Reasons You Might Fail During a Software Implementation and How to Avoid
Recently, I was involved in a sales call with a major medical device manufacturer. While exchanging goodbyes, the EVP said, “This implementation has to work.” For prospective buyers those words seem to be all too common.
February 11, 2016
Solumina Deployed by BAE Systems to Achieve Operational Excellence
Earlier in the implementation, BAE Systems initiated a project to harmonize operations process management across its Electronic Systems’ manufacturing facilities, utilizing Solumina’s process planning, manufacturing execution, and enterprise quality management tools.
February 03, 2016
New Acronyms from the FDA: UDI and GUDID
On September 24, 2013, the FDA established a Unique Device Identification (UDI) system to identify all medical devices sold in the U.S. starting from the point of manufacture, through all distribution channels, and to the eventual sale to the consumer.
January 28, 2016
Top 5 Risks You Need to Know Before Selecting a Manufacturing Execution
Taking the time to do proper risk management, identifying and mitigating risks, can protect the organization from unnecessary costs and heartache. In this post, you will find key risk factors that you must understand in both approaches to ensure a smooth path to implementation.
January 25, 2016
iBASEt Discusses Digital Thread to Manufacturing at AeroDef 2016
“For aerospace and defense manufacturers to stay competitive in the 21st century, the urgency of enabling the digital thread, incorporating new processes, consolidating disparate systems and technologies are critical to their continued growth and scalability,” said Vic Sial, President, iBASEt.
January 19, 2016