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The road to product launch can be bumpy, and, with all the fast-moving parts involved in development, simple alignment won’t do. You and your organization must be in sync, must be integrated, must be a well-oiled machine. From ideation to launch, teams that can leverage integration to manage their operations will increase their chances for a smooth, successful delivery.  Too often, however, [...]

Here at Upchain we are delighted to announce that we have made an exciting decision to join Autodesk to accelerate our goal/mission to revolutionize the PLM market. Since we founded the company our goal has been to delight our customers and build a lasting and iconic company. After careful consideration we decided that the best way to accelerate this goal was to [...]

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 [...]