Fred Thomas
Author's details
Name: Fred Thomas
Date registered: July 27, 2010
URL: http://www.apriso.com
Biography
Fred Thomas is our industry director for discrete manufacturing. Fred covers aerospace & defense, automotive and industrial machinery & equipment. Likes include big metal objects, engines and horsepower, especially when there are four wheels involved. Dislikes: recalls and people who doubt the US can compete globally.
Latest posts
- The Digital Factory: Bridging the Gap between Planning, Design & Execution — April 9, 2013
- Time to Move Beyond “Check-the-Box” Traceability (Part 1) — June 28, 2012
- Product Traceability: Beyond WIP to Ship — April 3, 2012
- How do you Improve Production Throughput Capacity? — February 15, 2012
- From the Detroit Auto Show: What’s Next for the Industry in 2012? — January 11, 2012
Most commented posts
- Why the Japanese Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis will Shift More Manufacturing to the US — 2 comments
- The Growing Complexity in Automotive Manufacturing — 2 comments
- From the Detroit Auto Show: What’s Next for the Industry in 2012? — 2 comments
- The Digital Factory: Bridging the Gap between Planning, Design & Execution — 1 comment
- How do you Improve Production Throughput Capacity? — 1 comment
Author's posts listings
The factory of the future embraces “digitization” or virtualization to better connected planning, design and execution
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2013/04/the-digital-factory-bridging-the-gap-between-planning-design-execution/
It is time to move beyond a “check-the-box” mentality when evaluating your global traceability requirements
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/06/time-to-move-beyond-%e2%80%9ccheck-the-box%e2%80%9d-traceability-part-1/
The costs and benefits of global product traceability should be evaluated beyond WIP to ship
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/04/product-traceability-beyond-wip-to-ship/
AGCO improved production capacity while increasing quality, visibility and process consistency with a single investment
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/02/how-do-you-improve-production-throughput-capacity/
Automotive manufacturing continues to be impacted from its global transformation … expect a continuation into 2012
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2012/01/from-the-detroit-auto-show-whats-next-for-the-industry-in-2012/
The latest challenge now facing the automotive industry is constrained capacity while remaining agile … new Lean methodologies coupled with advanced manufacturing execution systems have helped with this transformation.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/09/squeezing-lemonade-from-the-automotive-lemon/
Technology requirements for new cars have put a burden on automotive manufacturers to perfectly deliver new product introductions.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/08/the-growing-complexity-in-automotive-manufacturing/
Impacts from the Japanese tsunami and nuclear crisis will shift manufacturing more towards being closer to where end users reside, including the US
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/05/why-the-japanese-tsunami-and-nuclear-crisis-will-shift-more-manufacturing-to-the-us/
A transformation is now underway in the automobile manufacturing industry to utilize a platform-based approach to manufacturing. Common platforms can be used to build many different automobile models, helping to improve efficiency, agility and responsiveness to change.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2011/03/for-auto-makers-platform-based-manufacturing-is-here-to-stay/
There was an article yesterday that did a great job highlighting something we’ve all come to recognize in the automotive manufacturing business. Discrete manufacturing and materials like metals and plastics are no longer king of the hill in cars. For the Chevrolet Volt, 40% of product development involved 10 million lines of code.
Permanent link to this article: http://www.apriso.com/blog/2010/11/chevy-volt-more-computer-than-car/
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