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Direct Part Production from Additive Manufacturing

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Randall Newton

Progressive manufacturers—some of them quite small—are using additive manufacturing technology to product finished goods. Noted analyst Terry Wohlers provides an ...

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THE CAMBASHI VIEW: Engineering a Sustainable Economic Recovery

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Randall Newton

Engineering technologies can significantly contribute to a sustainable economy, argues Cambashi’s Tony Christian. But don’t expect government or the boardroom ...

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PDM Will Be a Growth Market in 2010

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Randall Newton

PDM software sold better than expected in 2009, especially the products aimed at smaller manufacturers. We estimate less than 30% ...

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The Outsourcing Trap: Eppinger Takes a Second Look at Global Product Development

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Randall Newton

One of the authors of the highly influential 2006 article “The New Practice of Global Product Development” has updated it ...

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THE CAMBASHI VIEW: The Software Challenge for 21st Century Networks

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Randall Newton

Pent-up demand for enterprise manufacturing software is causing a rise in budgets, says Mike Evans. But the challenge for the ...

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Time to Welcome the Desktop Supercomputer

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Randall Newton

Nehalem-based workstations offer a strategic advantage we haven’t seen in years, and now—yes, now—is the time to ramp up. By ...

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THE CAMBASHI VIEW: Embedded Software Requires New Processes

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Randall Newton

Manufacturers and their engineering software tool makers have yet to catch up with the embedded software revolution. Cambashi’s Bob Brown ...

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THE CAMBASHI VIEW: Speed Enables the Right Sort of Delay

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Randall Newton

“Velocity” has been a mantra of IT in engineering for years. Cambashi Managing Director Peter Thorne says the pressure points ...