The digital future of aerospace and defense manufacturing

As product complexity increases and the demand for more frequent and faster new product introductions (NPI) continues, innovative manufacturing processes and systems that once seemed like a novelty must become the norm. Aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers require processes and systems that can connect domains in ways they aren't currently.

Closed-loop manufacturing (CLM) allows for heightened collaboration, agility and traceability throughout your product and production lifecycles.

Find out in this ebook how CLM facilitates continuous product and process improvement. Also, discover all that is possible when you can seamlessly integrate people, processes and technology.

Collaboration between engineering and the production floor

Connection and communication across your entire enterprise is the goal of the digital thread, which is a crucial pillar of CLM. The digital thread can exponentially increase the amount and quality of collaboration between manufacturing engineering and the production floor. Moving away from static documentation, when manufacturing processes change in real-time, these changes can be communicated to floor operators electronically in the form of instructional videos, 3D visualizations and more.

This level of connection and communication flows upstream, too. With CLM, the production floor can notify design and manufacturing engineering of changes needed to the as-planned product to match the realities of the floor. The engineers can then seamlessly adjust the instructions, so the floor team can work on the updated directions the next day.

Get this ebook to embark on your CLM journey towards continuous improvement across the entire product and production lifecycle.