Spring 2025 Digital Enterprise Center Symposium
Connecting the Digital Thread between Design, Production, and Inspection
Symposium will be held May 7, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Address: Indiana Manufacturing Institute, 1105 Endeavour Avenue, Suite 100, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Connecting the digital thread across a manufacturing enterprise is critical when trying to leverage the benefits of Industry 4.0 and digital twin methodologies. Without a digital product and process data thread, organizations are left to rely on human intervention and translation of disparate data forms to support communication. An important building block for this capability is the model-based product definition, and its ability to support the lifecycle stages of design to production to inspection. Elements of standards, communications processes, human/machine interaction, connectivity, and data exchange all must come together to enable this portion of the digital thread, and it is the intersection of these elements which we will explore in this symposium.
Current Agenda:
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8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast and Registration |
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9:00 – 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome, DEC Updates and Meeting Theme & Objectives Dr. Nathan Hartman – Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Digital Enterprise Center Director |
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9:15 – 10:15 a.m. |
Panel 1: What is the current state of connecting the digital thread from design to production to inspection, and why do we care?
Samuel Yang – Model-based Digital Thread, RTX |
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10:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Presentation 1: How do we demonstrate business value and ROI from of connecting the digital thread from design to production to inspection? Jan de Nijs – Lockheed Martin Fellow, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics |
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10:45 – 11:15 a.m. |
Break and Networking |
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11:15 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. |
Presentation 2: How do we transform organizational culture to connect the digital thread from design to production to inspection? Andrew Pierce – Senior Dimensional Control Engineer, GE Appliances – a Haier Company |
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11:45 – 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch and Presentation 3: How to create effective model-based definition (MBD) to support downstream use? Evan Kessick – Director of Model-based Initiatives, Elysium |
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1:15 – 2:15 p.m. |
Panel 2: How do we operationalize the digital thread from design to production to inspection?
Daniel Campbell – President, Rubypoint |
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2:15 – 2:45 p.m. |
Break and Networking |
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2:45 – 3:15 p.m. |
Presentation 4: What types of standards are useful to aid in connecting the digital thread from design to production to inspection? Samuel Yang – Model-based Digital Thread, RTX |
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Presentation 5: What kinds of technologies and architecture are necessary to connect the digital thread from design to production to inspection? Daniel Campbell – President, Rubypoint |
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3:45 – 4:00 p.m. |
Concluding Remarks and Forward Look Dr. Nathan Hartman – Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Digital Enterprise Center Director |
