Unlocking Efficiency: Managing Part Proliferation to Reduce Costs and Complexity
In the manufacturing industry, the design and introduction of new parts are necessary to foster innovation and meet market requirements. At the same time, each new part increases complexity and incurs costs. For this reason, part proliferation needs to be managed to...
Leveraging PLM Systems to Drive Sustainability: A Pathway to Data-Driven Environmental Stewardship
In an era where environmental concerns are at the forefront of corporate agendas, businesses are actively seeking strategies to enhance...
Product Lifecycle Management – Core Discipline for digitalized Companies
For JMBC, Product Lifecycle Management includes the processes, methods, software solutions, and organizational structures along the...
Global Structure Concepts – A success factor for products in a volatile market environment
Recent developments state a challenge for globally oriented enterprises. Necessary measures like Product relocation and changes in supply...
Public access to SCIP database entries
As of 15.09.2021, access to the entries in the SCIP database is open to the public. Background Since January 5th, 2021, companies in the EU are required to register their products in the SCIP database of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) if they contain certain...
Trend toward the substitution of lead
The European Union has started banning consumer products from the market which contain lead for some time now – for a reason. Lead is a...
Sponsored article by JMBC for the Association of German Industrial Engineers
JMBC has contributed a sponsored article about the new SCIP database for the blog of the Association of German Industrial Engineers (VWI...
Inclusion of supplier’s substance declarations in your product data
The declaration of substances of concern to downstream users has been common practice at least since the REACH Regulation became...
Focused supplier management is the basis for material compliance
Today, manufacturers of complex products often find themselves in the middle of a volatile and branched supply chain. In this position,...