Have you considered what it means to be resilient in field service planning? As Twan Janssen explains in this episode, “All kinds of disruptions in recent years have changed the way we work forever. We have learned the hard way that many companies struggle to deal with unexpected disruptions.”  Further to that, the podcast reveals what to do when customers are more demanding than ever before. How do you meet the need to continuously exceed the customer expectations?  Bart Willemsen discusses how planners should be able to deliver services in the most efficient and effective way and at the lowest operating costs. Listen today to hear Twan and Bart explain more. 

Discover more:

ORDINA and Field Service Planning leaflet

DELMIA Logistics & Workforce

Think about field services as offered in many industries and organizations that have a mobile workforce.  Their staff members are visiting clients on-site where certain activities need to be done. Now think about the planning part of field services. That is an area that brings some additional complexities. Often it entails much more than getting the right people who need to have certain skills. They need to have the right skills and certificates that validate those skills. Now add in the need to ensure your service staff has a vehicle to go on-site. The vehicles need to be planned in combination with the people as well as the equipment or tools that people need to bring. Sound like a lot? Tune in and hear our guests break it down for you.

Discover more:

ORDINA and Field Service Planning leaflet

DELMIA Logistics & Workforce

You may have seen them at industry shows or heard about them in meetings, but what do you really know about cobots? Collaborative robotics, known as cobotics, is a branch of robotics used to collaborate with operators and address difficult operations. Cobots are changing the way people work in factories by allowing increased interaction between robots and humans. For instance, a cobot, which can be seen as a more compliant version of an industrial robot, are able to work autonomously on repetitive and hazardous tasks. It can have slower speed limits, soft edges, and sometimes protective shapes mounted on it, to name a few advantages. With a cobot in play, workers are free to then perform more complex and higher-valued tasks. Tune in to this podcast to discover how cobots are reshaping the industry.

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Cobots: The Benefits of Using Simulation for Implementation

Tune in to hear about the benefits of virtual commissioning. DELMIA’s own Dan Birkett fills in the blanks to many questions you may have about virtual commissioning and robotics.  For example, by connecting the DELMIA robot model to the Virtual Robot Controller (VRC), then 100% cycle time accuracy can be targeted.  But did you know that it is used to validate the entire manufacturing system? This could be a robot line or even a whole factory that is supervised and orchestrated by PLCs.  In fact, unit testing, such as a robot station, can be performed by simulating part creation and part transformation as it travels through the system.

With DELMIA Virtual Commissioning solution, you will be also able to:

• Create a Virtual Twin
• Program and Simulate Robots, Conveyors, AMR’s, etc.
• Communicate easily through CATIA Control Build with the Control Program, from any PLC solution

Discover more information on Virtual Commissioning by downloading our e-book, “Optimizing the Manufacturing Line with Virtual Commissioning” and visit our DELMIA Robotics webpage.

Our panel discussion on the “Strong Women” community continues with some of the group’s most outspoken and enthusiastic members. Meet Hydee Ong, DELMIA Portfolio Marketing Director in Long Beach, California; Rachel Skousen,  ENOVIA Sales Expert, Royal Oak, Michigan; Christine Vandiver, DELMIAWORKS FP&A Analyst, DW Finance, Massachusetts; and Rebecca Huus, High Tech Sales Transaction Support, Minnesota. Tune in as they tackle topics of assertiveness, equity, and the importance of the “Strong Women” community.

Learn how they support and empower one another in part two of our "series on "Strong Women."

“You can always tell who the strong women are. They are the ones you see building one another up instead of tearing each other down,” - Unknown

The “Strong Women” community had begun and was established when a group of women from Dassault Systemes attended two webinars that were being offered at work:  one was on an assertiveness training and the other was on confidence-building techniques for women. The mission of this group is to create a supportive environment for women to lift each other up, grow in their careers, promote self- confidence, influence by sharing knowledge and advocating for women's equity across the organization, thereby encouraging all women to propel professionally.

Learn how they support and empower one another in part one of our series on "Strong Women."

Tune in and find out how robotics can help in optimizing operations.  Prashanth discusses how the need for robotics and automation is ever-increasing and is necessary to support a sustainable enterprise.

Manufacturers must integrate their robots on production lines that include robots from other suppliers or integrate those from multiple suppliers depending on customer requests. However, programming numerous systems is exceedingly complex on the shop floor. How can you address these complexities? Listen now to episode 27, Production Line Definition, Part 2. 

In case you missed Production Line Definition, Part 1, listen here: https://www.3ds.com/podcasts/delmia/global-operations-on-the-go/episode-26-production-line-definition-part-1

Discover more by visiting our DELMIA Robotics web page and our DELMIA Virtual Factory and Robotics community. 

Discover the benefits of integrating robotics in factories in order to optimize operations. Whether you are working at a start-up company or large manufacturer, going the extra mile with robotics will pay off. Hear about the complexities that occur when building a line, the new trends line builders should be aware of, and the support offered for both traditional plants and plants in non-traditional industries. Listen now to episode 26, Production Line Definition, Part 1.  

Discover more by visiting our DELMIA Robotics web page and our DELMIA Virtual Factory and Robotics community. 

DELMIA’s Production Scheduling On-Cloud: How does it fit in the bigger picture? Production scheduling is a process for our customers. It’s related to detailed scheduling and rescheduling of the resources on the shop. Currently a brand-new SaaS solution on the 3DEXPERIENCE cloud platform is being introduced so this is a cloud-only solution. In a scheduling solution and scheduling process, we assign the right resources to that work and determine the sequence--which is a very complex step for many. Production scheduling provides a way to improve the business opportunities for our customers. What is important for the scheduling solution is typically in between the mass planning—which is MRP, or sales and operations execution, and execution or more.

In this last recording of the Transformation Journey Research Notes Series, Eric and Mike focus on the technical strategies and architectural paths that transformation leaders have used to deliver that step change.

Tune in to hear about these five technology critical success factors:

1. Managing multiple technologies simultaneously

2. Defining a to-be operational architecture

3. Democratizing data

4. Selecting and executing the right architectural path

5. Deploying a business-led technology strategy

They will drill into each of these to provide tips and tricks for Transformation program success. Equipping yourself with the knowledge of these technology best practices will enable you to make more informed and valuable decisions from planning your technical strategies to deciding the right architectural path for your business—it might even make for an interesting conversation with IT.

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