Posts in Category: Data Management

Understanding Project Management Tools for More Efficient Planning

April 11, 2018

Tags: Articles, Charts, Communication, Deadlines, Project Management, Projects

Everyone is capable of coming up with terrific ideas for their companies; however, poor project management is a complication that managers struggle with, as regressing on important projects become detrimental to the overall growth of companies. Are your employees late on task deadlines? Is there a lack of communication between departments within your company? Are

Increase Product Quality by Improving Collaboration in 3 Steps

February 27, 2018

Written by: Kevin Holbrook

Published in: Articles, Data Management

Tags: Collaboration, Data, Data Management, Improvement, Product Quality, Quality

If a representative from every department in your business were sitting in a conference room, how would they respond to this question? “Which department is responsible for product quality?” Is it Quality? Manufacturing? Engineering? Or even Sales? Most companies will quickly come to the conclusion that increasing product quality is everyone’s responsibility. It’s all too easy

Working Offline in PDM

January 24, 2018

Written by: CADimensions

Published in: Data Management

Tags: Data Management, File Folders, Offline, PDM, PDM Offline, PDM Tools

The ability to work offline in PDM is a capability of the software that is widely overlooked. Have you ever had to take one of those long work trips or wanted to work from home while not being able to connect to the PDM server? The offline mode provides users the ability to work on

Using PDM to Maintain PDF Revisions of Drawings

July 25, 2017

Written by: Kevin Holbrook

Published in: Data Management

Tags: Drawings, PDM, Product Data Management, Revisions

When you look at most organizations who design using CAD tools, almost all use the .PDF format to share files with others. The .PDF file format is easy to share, works consistently and most everyone has access to software to open them. The problem that most companies face with this process is that someone has to manage these files. Doing this requires someone to know where it needs to be placed, whether to overwrite and old version of the .PDF or, move it.

Safeguard your data from cyber attacks with SOLIDWORKS PDM

July 05, 2017

Written by: CADimensions

Published in: Data Management

Tags: Cyber Attacks, Data, Marketing, Product Data Management, SOLIDWORKS PDM

Cyber criminals no longer come in the form of Nigerian princes. The evolution of cyberattacks can be seen in news headlines across the world, such as “WannaCry”; the ransomware that locked up computers in an estimated 150 countries. In 2016 alone, 1,209 data breaches occurred and resulted in 1.1 billion identities being exposed, according to