News and updates about life at Upchain and product features we’ve got in the works.
Out of the Box PLM is exactly what it sounds like, it works immediately after purchasing! This may seem impossible to many, but OOTB PLM is certainly a possibility, as long as it’s done right. To make sure your PLM vendor is doing OOTB right, make sure you can check off all five things on this checklist! 1. Real Agility Your [...]
Out of the Box (OOTB) PLM is somewhat of a unicorn within the world of PLM; some claim that it is perhaps a dream while others claim that it is a fantasy. People believe that if it can be done, it can never be flexible or configurable. Are these critics of OOTB PLM right? Perhaps once upon a time [...]
To think outside of the box is to think creatively. It means your ideas are unique and set you apart from others. This is exactly what Upchain has done with our Out of the Box software. Although Out of the Box software and thinking outside of the box are two different concepts, we have brought them [...]
How to change complex PLM into a simple experience. In a recent CIMdata position paper it was noted that “PLM has its roots in engineering, where everything is a problem that must be solved with a robust, ‘do it all,’ comprehensive solution, often over-engineered ‘just-in-case,’...” In 2020 and beyond, this paradigm doesn't work because the product development environment has radically [...]
Upchain has posted its fourth and final installment of our four-part series: Simplify, Collaborate, Integrate, and Innovate. Click the link to check out how Upchain is driving Innovation. Everyone strives for innovation. All product developers are innovative yet they often struggle to convert their ideas into actual product features. Innovation is also aspirational, and who doesn't aspire to design and [...]
Simplify, Collaborate, Integrate and Innovate are four ordinary verbs. They are also the four foundational tenets of Upchain that make us different from any other traditional PLM solution out there. We will explain these four unique tenets in a series of posts to highlight how UpChain helps product stakeholders Simplify, Collaborate, Integrate and Innovate better in their ordinary work. In this, the [...]
Summary: Upchain Inc., a cloud-based provider of Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management systems, received a Companies-to-Watch award. The award spotlights emerging companies that exhibit strong growth and show potential to be a future candidate for the Technology Fast 50 award. TORONTO, Nov. 7, 2019 /CNW/ - Upchain Inc., a cloud-based provider of Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management systems, [...]
About IpX ConX19 If you attended IpX ConX19 conference in San Diego, you probably went home with loads of information. ConX19 was filled with informative presentations, breakout sessions, and opportunities for attendees to connect and share their enterprise transformation experiences. Attendees learned best practices for tangible organizational change and cultural change that deploy sustainable continual improvement throughout the organization. Speakers presented lessons [...]
We just got back from the 4th annual Smart Industry 2018 Manufacturing Technology Conference, where we learned all about the state of digital transformation in manufacturing. Here's our 5-point summary. 1. Digital transformation in manufacturing doesn't have to be hard One consistent theme was that digital transformation, IoT, Industry 4.0 — they don't have to be clunky, multi-million dollar projects. It [...]
By John Laslavic Welcome to Upchain! We’re a cloud-based PLM platform that’s designed to bring the power of collaborative product lifecycle management to the entire value chain. At Upchain, our vision is a world where data is integrated and interconnected across different organizations and structures, and everyone has access to mission-critical files. We want to make it so that collaboration drives [...]
