FMLA Intermittent Leave

One of the biggest employer complaints about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has long concerned the productivity problems caused by employees’ use, and abuse, of intermittent leave.The Department of Labor took a big step to help minimize …

Localizing Your Mobile App Is Good For Business

Before you start translating, there are business decisions to be made.What languages will you use? What content in the app will be translated? Who will handle the actual translation? Once those are resolved, you need to apply best coding practices and …

Why More CFOs Are Banking on Cloud-base PLM

What solution helped a lighting manufacturer reduce engineering change order (ECO) cycle times by 75%, a networking company improve ECO cycle times by 70%, and a digital processing business accelerate time to market by 20%?The answer? Product lifecycle…

Cloud Connected Content Makes Making Easier

Cloud manufacturing is bringing new competition to traditionally stable markets. Connected data is providing easy access to a global supply chain while driving down the cost of going rom concept to shipping product. Midsized manufacturers that embrace …

Product Change Management

Often small to medium-sized businesses make do with the tools they have to manage their product data. Paper, spreadsheets and email are often used throughout the product development and engineering change management processes. These tools can wreak hav…

Next Generation Bill of Materials (BOM)

In the world of product design and manufacturing, the bill of materials (BOMs) is a critical product information record for both the engineering and manufacturing teams. Managing BOMs with the wrong tools can cause product errors, delays and compliance…