Configuration Management and Company Resiliency

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are the main differences between companies that have struggled and those that have continued to thrive over the last year?  Today Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome Chief Engineer at the Institute for Process Excellence and Digital Enterprise Society board member Scott Wertel to examine the critical importance of configuration management and company resiliency.  Join in as they cover a variety of key topics, from the importance of employing configuration management to avoid unnecessary costs to the value of combining digital and human engineering to maximize productivity, and how to remain resilient during the pandemic. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p><strong>The importance of configuration management </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tooling is an expense that every manufacturing company has to incur. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Configuration management is a highly effective tool to help avoid financial, brand image and opportunity costs. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Configuration management is needed for better quality control.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Combining digital and human engineering</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The speed of drawing and simulating models cannot replace human time to comprehend a model. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Visualization is an essential component to effective digital engineering. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Improved software needs to include a human element of processing. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Is generative design