Building the Digital Thread with PLM

Product information rarely lives in one place. Design files sit in CAD and PDM, requirements may live somewhere else, manufacturing depends on ERP, and quality and service teams generate their own records. The result is often a fragmented history of the product rather than a connected one.

In this KETIV Virtual Academy session, we’ll explain the idea behind the digital thread and how PLM provides the structure needed to connect product information across its lifecycle.

You’ll see how a connected digital thread can trace information from requirements and design through bills of materials, manufacturing, quality, and service. We’ll also look at why that traceability matters when investigating field failures, managing compliance, or simply making decisions with a more complete view of the product.

Finally, we’ll explore the role Autodesk Fusion Manage can play as the PLM backbone connecting these processes and information sources.

• What a digital thread actually means
• Where product information becomes disconnected
• Connecting requirements, CAD, BOMs, manufacturing, quality, and service data
• Using traceability to improve root-cause analysis and compliance
• The role of PLM in creating and maintaining the digital thread
• How Autodesk Fusion Manage connects product data across the lifecycle