Year: 2023

What’s New in Solumina i090?

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The Solumina i090 release delivers a range of new features and improvements across the MES, SQM, and MRO areas of Solumina. These enhancements are designed to drive efficiency in your production and sustainment processes, improve ease-of-use, support communication with your suppliers, and more.

Key enhancements of Solumina i090 include: 

  • New Look and Feel – In alignment with iBase-t’s new brand launch, the Solumina user interface has been updated with our new brand colors and logos. We’re excited to share our fresh new look with you!
  • Update Supplier Feedback in Discrepancy Items (SQM) – Suppliers can now provide feedback in SQM on discrepancies created for MES or MRO orders. This allows suppliers to respond and add context to the issue assigned to them without rejecting the discrepancy or changing any data in the discrepancy item. Offering your suppliers a channel for feedback helps support more effective communication and collaboration around quality.
  • Split Inspection Orders (MES, SQM) – Both Receiving Inspectors and Source Inspectors can now split inspection orders and manage them separately, driving efficiency. When an inspection order is split, the sample size of the remaining inspection items is automatically adjusted based on the new order quantity. The ability to split inspection orders is privilege-controlled, so you can choose whether to allow a supplier to use it.
  • Manage Raw Materials within Solumina (MES) – The raw materials part subtype in Solumina MES has been updated with fields for raw material attributes – including material type, required length, required width, and more – making it easier to manage raw materials within Solumina. The material title is generated by concatenating the raw material attributes, so you can search by attribute to quickly retrieve a raw material part for an mBOM or process plan. Parts can also be added from the Parts Library using the same search functionality to find the raw material and embed it in the work instructions.

    If Solumina is the Authoritative Data Source (ADS) of Part Masters, the raw material attribute data can be added within Solumina and then transferred to external systems via Part Sync integration. If the ADS is an external system, Solumina can receive raw material attributes from the ADS system via Part Sync integration and populate the table within the raw material record, enabling search.
  • Cancel / Un-Cancel Work Orders in Solumina (MES & MRO) – When circumstances change, you need a solution that lets you pivot quickly. Now, you can easily cancel active work orders – or restore cancelled work orders – in Solumina with just a few clicks. Cancellation/un-cancellation can be initiated directly from Solumina, or from an integrated ERP prompting Solumina to take action. This enhancement reduces the time and effort required to cancel or un-cancel an order, driving efficiency on the shop floor.
  • Many more new capabilities, performance enhancements, and fixes

To learn about all the new capabilities and fixed issues in the i090 release, please see the Solumina i090 Release Bulletin in the iSeries Install Instructions and Collateral Release page on the iBase-t Knowledge Center.

Ready to try out the new release? To get Solumina i090, please submit a ticket to iBase-t Customer Support.

iBase-t Achieves Record Revenue in Fiscal 2023

Posted on by Tom Hennessey

Top line revenue increases 38% YoY; License bookings grew 20% YoY with subscriptions up 7x over prior year

Company refreshes brand, reinforcing commitment to customer success and partnering to achieve manufacturing cloud transformation

Lake Forest, California, May 16, 2023 – iBase-t, the company that helps its customers simplify how complex products are built and maintained, announced the completion of a successful fiscal year 2023, as the company saw another year of record revenue and profitability. 

Fiscal 2023 revenue increased 38% over the prior year. License bookings grew 20% year-over-year with annual subscription revenue up 7x over the prior year as the company accelerates its shift to a cloud-native digital ecosystem SaaS solution provider. Concurrently, iBase-t also unveiled a companywide rebrand delivering a new look and feel designed to better represent the company’s modern solutions for discrete manufacturing.

iBase-t continues to step up investments in its flagship Solumina iSeries, the industry’s first microservices-based, cloud-native manufacturing platform as a core driver of growth, while also striking a host of new strategic partnerships.

“I am very proud of the solid execution by our team in achieving strong growth over the last fiscal year,” said Naveen Poonian, CEO, iBase-t. “We made significant progress accelerating the capabilities of our solutions to meet the specific needs and challenges of our customers, enabling them to manage complex operations with greater ease, efficiency, and quality in any environment. The strategy we have set and our continued investments in the product and business continues to drive strong financial performance.”

Product Innovation

iBase-t’s Solumina iSeries underwent several key updates culminating with its most recent version, i090. These updates solve specific user limitations and improve functions at multiple stages in the manufacturing process, including improved flow of data between the supplier and the manufacturer, enhanced user capabilities to split inspection orders, and helping to improve sustainability through reduced waste, improved efficiency, and decreased carbon footprint.

Following these product advancements and the company’s ability to execute, iBase-t was also selected by IDC as a Leader in “MES for Engineering Intensive Manufacturing” for its innovative offerings. In addition, iBase-t’s Solumina iSeries successfully completed its Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2 certification. Completion of the SOC 2 Type 2 audit certifies the highest level of security and data protection standards for iBase-t’s customers.

Rebrand

Now stylized as iBase-t – the Intelligence-Based Technology company – has refreshed its previous branding which served the company for more than two decades. With a new color scheme, modern design, and phonetic spelling, iBase-t better represents the forward looking and innovative solution the company delivers. Learn more about the iBase-t Rebrand.

“iBase-t has evolved and grown in delivering our leading-edge solutions since our founding in 1986,” said Tom Hennessey, CMO, iBase-t. “Our rebrand is reflective of the changes our company has made in recent years and delivers a fresh and modern feel while maintaining and respecting the reputation and heritage the company has developed over the last several decades.”

Partner Engagement

In the past fiscal year, iBase-t expanded its Partner Ecosystem welcoming several new partnerships to drive digital transformation in manufacturing, spark innovation in cutting edge research, and to give back to the Aerospace and Defense community. This expands previously announced ecosystem members including Accenture, ATS, AWS, Cyient, DXC, HCL, Microsoft, and PTC.

Most recently iBase-t announced a strategic alliance with eQ Technologies to create and offer a Closed Loop Manufacturing (CLM) solution connecting iBase-t’s Solumina MES with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The partnership is aimed at enabling manufacturing companies to accelerate digital transformation by establishing a digital thread across PLM, MES, ERP systems.

iBase-t also expanded partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). Beginning in January, iBase-t has made the Digital Operation Suite, powered by Solumina iSeries, available to researchers and members of the MTC’s National Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies. This expanded partnership has seen iBase-t become a Tier-1 MTC member cementing the company’s commitment to UK manufacturing.

In addition, iBase-t launched a partnership with consulting and system integrator, Razorleaf Corporation. Together, the companies provide strategic consulting, deployment and technical services built around Solumina iSeries and aimed at supporting customer’s Industry 4.0 strategies by simplifying manufacturing, quality and sustainment MRO processes.

Separately, iBase-t provided a momentous donation to The Camaraderie Foundation which supports individuals and military families who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

About iBase-t
iBase-t is a software company that simplifies how complex products are built and maintained. Founded in Southern California in 1986, iBase-t delivers solutions that ensure digital continuity across manufacturing, quality, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations on a global scale. iBase-t’s Solumina Manufacturing Operations Platform is a cloud-native solution that establishes a digital ecosystem to drive innovation and improve operational performance. With offices in the U.S., UK, France, and India, iBase-t customers include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Textron. 

Time to Change

Posted on by Tom Hennessey

Let’s admit it. We know we’re one of the best-kept secrets in complex discrete manufacturing. In fact, we went out and measured it; asking the industry, “What solution is available to address the chaos associated with building and maintaining the most complex assets in the world?” 

We found that many of you didn’t know such a solution even existed. Let alone that it’s built and delivered today by iBase-t. 

Complex engineering-intensive manufacturing is a large industry, but it is also a relatively small world of people with the knowledge and expertise to make it happen. We heard you, our customer, when you said; “When it comes to information technology in manufacturing, they are on the leading edge. They are beating out everyone. But they’re the industry’s best-kept secret.”

Time to Act 

Our business has impressively grown and evolved over the last few years. Customers depend on iBase-t’s industry expertise to not only navigate – but to thrive in – a critically complex age of manufacturing. 

While we’ve continued to use the same brand look for years – we have seen our business succeed because of the knowledge, experience, and intelligence our people bring. This re-brand is a celebration of the success we are seeing every day when our customers use Solumina to guide their operations through the chaos of today’s manufacturing.   

As a business, it’s important that our brand accurately represents who we are today, while also signaling where we’re heading. We’ve built a reputation by consistently leading the charge in complex digital operations. 

What’s changed? The way we communicate our name for one. iBase-t. No more mispronunciation. Phonetically, we’ve structured our name to align with its meaning: Intelligence-Based Technology. 
 
Next, the logo and our color palette. Previously, our visual language heavily featured red and yellow, two primary colors that are sometimes associated with a negative connotation. Now combined to present as orange; orange reflects a progressive, sophisticated, modern application of who we are. And to support the vibrant brand we are, we’re embracing a supporting color palette and photography that makes our brand name stand out. 

But that’s not all. We also heard many of you relate the confusion between Solumina and iBase-t. Which is the technology platform? Which is the company name?  Here, we’re evolving on three fronts: 

  1. A new and improved word mark for our product Solumina. Matching into the look and feel of our corporate brand – the product branding is tied to iBase-t. 
  2. A new product User Experience that embraces our new look. Finally, Solumina will also have its rightful place in the communication and campaigning of what brings success to our customers. 
  3. A strong wordmark and supporting marketing tied to the success our customers’ experience using Solumina. 
Solumina Technology by iBase-t

Time to Claim Success  

Finally, we’re refining and improving the message of who we are. We are owning the success we provide the world’s leading complex discrete manufactures. For the last 30 years, the people of iBase-t have delivered the technology needed to guide, track, manage, launch and sustain products powerful enough to define the world’s future. Our customers are the dreamers of what comes next, and iBase-t makes those dreams become reality.  

Because through it all, one constant remains: expertise leads the way. iBase-t has developed the technology that identifies and augments the path ahead, but we’re more than a platform – we are a people. As one, we work hand in hand with our partners and customers to embark on successful builds that enable critical projects all over the world. Whether it’s getting boots on the ground, devices to hospitals, or spacecraft into orbit; we deliver today to determine tomorrow. 

We are iBase-t. Complex Made Simple.   

What’s Next 

Over the next few weeks and months, you’ll see more and more of iBase-t and Solumina featuring our exciting new look. We encourage you to let us know what you think by following us, tweeting us, favoriting us @iBase-t and using #ComplexMadeSimple to share your reaction. 

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iBase-t Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type 2 Certification

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Comprehensive audit validates iBase-t’s commitment to security, compliance, and excellence

Lake Forest, California, May 9, 2022 – iBase-t, the company that helps its customers simplify how complex products are built and maintained, today announced the successful completion of its Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2 certification. Completion of the SOC 2 Type 2 audit certifies the highest level of security and data protection standards for iBase-t’s customers. 

SOC 2 Type 2 compliance ensures iBase-t’s ability to not only implement critical security policies but also prove compliance over an extended period of time. The comprehensive audit followed strict adherence to the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and found no deviations based on the Trust Services Criteria for security and confidentiality and the controls to meet these criteria. 

“We are proud of the commitment we have made to protecting customer data and upholding the processes put in place by the AICPA,” said Dr. Sung Kim, Chief Product and Technology Officer at iBase-t. “This certification demonstrates our commitment to maintaining the highest level of security and data protection standards for our customers and stakeholders.” 

iBase-t’s Solumina iSeries Manufacturing Operations Platform offers manufacturers and suppliers an affordable option to accelerate the adoption of new digital technologies that can quickly drive business value when deployed as a cloud-hosted, managed SaaS solution. Resource-constrained manufacturers and their suppliers now have an affordable option to accelerate the adoption of new digital technologies that can quickly drive business value when deployed as a cloud-hosted, managed SaaS solution. 

About iBase-t
iBase-t is a software company that simplifies how complex products are built and maintained. Founded in Southern California in 1986, iBase-t delivers solutions that ensure digital continuity across manufacturing, quality, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations on a global scale. iBase-t’s Solumina Manufacturing Operations Platform is a cloud-native solution that establishes a digital ecosystem to drive innovation and improve operational performance. With offices in the U.S., UK, France, and India, iBase-t customers include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Textron. Learn more at iBase-t.com.

Find Your Perfect Manufacturing Execution System

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Which Software is Best?

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    iBase-t Recognized as a Visionary

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    Gartner® Names iBase-t as a Visionary in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for MES

    According to Gartner, “MES solutions are a foundational building block of digital manufacturing. Visionaries are often thought leaders in one or more MES solution dimensions (e.g., analytics, model-based process development, vertical industry or deployment strategies), and they tend to be on the leading edge of some emerging concepts.”

    Source: Gartner®, Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems, by by Rick Franzosa, Christian Hestermann, 26 April 2023
    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express, or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
    Gartner and Magic Quadrant are registered trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

      iBase-t Presents a Complete Digital Thread Vision at PTC LiveWorx 2023

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      Closing the loop between digital and physical worlds to optimize manufacturing engineering and manufacturing performance operations

      WHAT:
      iBase-t is an Elite Sponsor at the upcoming PTC LiveWorx 2023 Digital Transformation event. At the event, the company will feature its industry-leading manufacturing operations portfolio delivering the control, visibility, and velocity needed to simplify complex manufacturing, quality, and sustainment operations. The company will demonstrate and offer educational sessions on the value of a Model-based Enterprise approach to deliver right first-time manufacturing for the OEM and its value chain.

      ACTIVITY LINE-UP:

      BRINGING THE PHYSICAL WORLD OF MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS MES, MRO, QUALITY TO THE ENTERPRISE DIGITAL THREAD

      Tuesday, May 16 -Thursday, May 18 | Booth 301
      Demonstrating the intelligent technology needed to help see, manage, and bring quality products to market faster through the interoperability of Solumina’s open integration and architecture, supporting a variety of ecosystems including Windchill, Solumina, and ThingWorx.

      SMART CONNECTED MRO SUSTAINMENT
      Tuesday, May 16 – Thursday, May 18
      PTC FA&D Pavilion – iBase-t and PTC present: Better Together: The Smart, Connected MRO. The capabilities of iBase-t Solumina with the combined power of the PTC portfolio from Windchill and ThingWorx, to Vuforia and Servigistics.

      THE MODEL-BASED ENTERPRISE
      Tuesday, May 16 | 11:15 EDT | Stage 206
      Michel Gadbois | SVP & Chief Enterprise Architect presents: The MBE: Leveraging Digital Continuity Beyond Design Engineering. This presentation will lay-out the incremental phases leading to the most important transformation program manufacturers are undertaking.

      DIGITAL THREAD IN THE CLOUD
      Wednesday, May 17 | 11:15 EDT | IGNITETALX STAGE 2
      Sung Kim | Chief Product & Technology Officer presents: How to Weave Your Digital Thread in the Cloud. The presentation will address valuable business and technical insights to help you understand today’s cloud security, scalability, and ecosystem.

      iBase-t BRAND LAUNCH
      Wednesday, May 17 – 3:00 EDT | Booth 301
      Join the iBase-t team as we celebrate our new brand.

      DETAILS:

      • Learn how to modernize your manufacturing operations and empower your team with Solumina by iBase-t. Stop by booth 301 to hear about the next generation of manufacturing, quality, and MRO solutions for complex discrete manufacturers seeking to realize enterprise-wide digital connectivity.
      • Live Demonstration: The Smart, Connected MRO. iBase-t and PTC have envisioned the most comprehensive and intelligent MRO control system on the planet. The heavy-lifting capabilities of iBase-t’s Solumina MRO software, integrated with the power of PTC’s digital thread portfolio, creates a closed-loop, unified workflow that drives agility, accuracy, and real-time performance.
      • iBase-t and PTC’s joint ecosystem will provide their common customers with a complete digital connection where data from multiple systems can flow across processes with minimal manual intervention, enabling better control, visibility, and velocity to transform digital to physical.
      • Michel Gadbois’ presentation will lay out the incremental phases of the most important transformation program manufacturers are undertaking – a Model-based Enterprise – helping to improve sustainability through reduced waste, improved efficiency and decreased carbon footprint.
      • Dr. Sung Kim will share how discrete manufacturers can prepare for rapid growth through the cloud. His presentation will address valuable business and technical insights to help you understand today’s cloud security, scalability, and ecosystem. 
      • Brand Launch Celebration: See how iBase-t is continuing to evolve its brand to better articulate and deliver its message and value to the world of complex discrete manufacturers.

      WHERE:
      PTC LiveWorx – Boston Convention Center
      Monday, May 15 – Thursday, May 18, 2023

      iBase-t Booth 301
      Register for the event here

      About iBase-t

      iBase-t is a software company that simplifies how complex products are built and maintained. Founded in Southern California in 1986, iBase-t delivers solutions that ensure digital continuity across manufacturing, quality, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations on a global scale. iBase-t’s Solumina Manufacturing Operations Platform is a cloud-native solution that establishes a digital ecosystem to drive innovation and improve operational performance. With offices in the U.S., UK, France, and India, iBase-t customers include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Textron. Learn more at iBase-t.com.

      Don’t be Fooled by the Wrong MES

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      Choose the Right Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for the Right Job

      To understand the differences between MES solutions, it is highly useful to look at the five main MES types that comprise the bulk of the market. Each one has been developed specifically to serve the needs of an intended market segment, and each has significantly different functionality at its core – differences that companies considering an MES need to be cognizant of.

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      • Key Functionalities Each MES Delivers
      • Which of the Five Principles MES Types Your Production Facilities and Supply Chain Processes Fall Into
      • Steps You Must Take to Avoid Purchasing the Wrong MES

        5 Ways to Mitigate Risk

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        A CFOs Guide: Gaining Value with Improved Visibility to Manufacturing Operations Performance

        Do you have all the data necessary to understand your organization’s financial health?

        Today it is possible to see real-time data drawn from across all areas of production, quality, and supplier performance. This data can be used to predict future actions, optimize capital investments, and deliver higher performance. In other words, the dream of most CFOs!

        Use this comprehensive guide, written for financial professionals, to learn how you can better manage business risk by leveraging real-time visibility to manufacturing intelligence – while simultaneously becoming a digital enterprise.