As Steven Covey noted in 7 Habits of Highly effective people you should begin with the end in mind. When starting a direct materials data cleansing project, you need to ask yourself, what is the goal of improving the direct materials data? Cost...
It may seem like a scary proposition to send your data outside your organization to be improved. Who do you send it too, what do you provide them, how much is it going to cost, how do you know if the data is correct, how can you make it successful....
I had the opportunity to participate in PTC’s LiveWorx annual conference in Boston this past week at the Boston convention center located in the up and coming Seaport district (June 6-8). It was an exciting event highlighted by PTC’s rebranding –...
With over two decades of experience working with large Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) landscapes including the Siemens Teamcenter solution, the Convergence Data team is a proud Siemens partner. We help organizations with classification and...
When your company is under pressure to deliver new products, internal data can help you identify trends and make good decisions. Two of the most important data sets to review are your sales analytics and spend analytics.
But why exactly are...
Duplicates and near duplicates add costs throughout a products lifecycle, so it sensible to standardize on parts and avoid creating redundant or duplicate parts. Identifying duplicates and near duplicates is a cost effective exercise...
