May 14, 2024

Unleashing the Power of Visual Work Instructions

In our mission to redefine manufacturing processes, Anark has bridged the gap between conventional practices and future methodologies through visual work instructions. This integration proves crucial...

May 13, 2024

Revolutionizing Manufacturing with Digital Work Instructions

At Anark, we've dedicated ourselves to transforming the manufacturing landscape through the power of digital work instructions. Our software solutions are designed to move manufacturers away from the...

May 1, 2024

How to Streamline VA/VE Processes

Any manufacturer who’s ever faced the challenge of reducing costs while maintaining or even increasing quality will be familiar with VA/VE. Short for Value Analysis/Value Engineering, the VA/VE...

February 27, 2024

The Link Between Supplier Collaboration & Customer Satisfaction

Whether you’re talking about collaboration on the supplier side or customer side, its importance is nothing new. Modern manufacturers have long measured themselves by how closely they can promote...

September 29, 2023

Avoiding the PLM Collaboration Gap

Manufacturing has long been the backbone of industrial progress, driving economies and innovation worldwide. In the 21st century, however, the digital landscape of manufacturing is changing rapidly....

September 20, 2023

Collaborative Technical Data Portals, The New TDP

Editors Note: This blog post comes from Anark’s presentation at GPDIS 2023. In the opening keynote of the GPDIS 2023 event, Adam Marshall of Boeing stated the importance of focusing on the people and...

May 25, 2023

4 Takeaways from PTC Liveworx 2023

What a week at Liveworx 2023! Customer discussions, partnership opportunities, Boston's seaport district, a Dierks Bentley concert, and a brilliant closing keynote with Alex Honnold and Jimmy Chin....

November 16, 2022

3 Things I Learned About Supplier Collaboration at PTC/USER

August 10, 2022

Contextual Collaboration - Easier Than Fixing Your Sink and More Valuable

By Patrick Dunfey If you have ever tried to do something yourself (change your car’s oil, home repairs/renovations, tuning your bike, sell your house, sizing a new market for product launch) you know...

July 11, 2022

10 Barriers to Supply Chain Collaboration

Do your people excel at making technical files and data accessible and usable to all parties across the value chain?

July 5, 2022

Are Your Competitors Quietly Moving Toward Supply Chain Collaboration?

Are your competitors aiming to plug the gaps in their value chain and work more strategically with partners? You bet they are.

June 23, 2022

3 Common Barriers to Managing and Sharing Data

Inside discrete manufacturers, a complex mix of disconnected files and data need to be made accessible, usable, and maintained for internal and external users across the value chain.

June 17, 2022

3 Things I Learned at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium

Now, before I get to the 3 Things, I must confess, this post is looking at the supply chain world through the lens of the discrete manufacturing industry. While it is a half a trillion-dollar...

June 13, 2022

The Five Levels of Technical Data Collaboration: A Maturity Model

The Technical Data Collaboration Maturity Model shows the progression from file-centric to data-centric collaboration, and the business and people benefits that accrue as you move from technical data...

February 10, 2022

Five Requirements to Connect Your Supply Chain to Your Digital Thread

The ultimate goal of a digital thread strategy is to provide access to traditionally difficult to share technical and knowledge-based data. However, because it is a strategy or framework, not a...

January 7, 2022

The Secret to Unlocking Digital Thread Value – Technical Data Packages (TDP)

The goal of a digital thread is to connect everyone across the enterprise to the full array of technical data that is traditionally difficult to share or access. When done well, this transforms...

October 4, 2021

Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) Promised ROI. What Am I Missing?

Your manufacturing enterprise has been through the agony, pain and fatigue of implementing CAD, ERP, PLM and other systems. Your teams are now aligned and you think that everything is working but you...