Beyond simply improving products, manufacturers must focus on refining the buying experience across the awareness, consideration, and decision-making stages.

We recently received an excellent white paper from Harvard Business Review and Autodesk, "Product Life Cycle Management: A Catalyst for Business Transformation". I had the opportunity to share the white paper with John Kuta at KETIV, and then get his insights on how this PLM story aligns with his extensive experience in value engineering in our field. Here’s how the conversation unfolded.

As manufacturing companies grow and their product offerings become more complex, many find that their homegrown or legacy Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ) tools can no longer keep up.

It’s no surprise the global cloud computing market is booming (from $219 billion in 2020 to $791 billion in 2028.) The kinks and security issues associated with cloud data management have been ironed out, and companies of all types are reaping the benefits. For building product manufacturers, the benefits of cloud computing services include enhanced […]

The partnership will enable end-to-end digital transformation for design and manufacturing companies while providing first-class implementation and support services  CHICAGO and STOCKHOLM, December 8, 2021 – Tacton, a global leader in Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) solutions for manufacturers, today announced their new partnership with KETIV, a full-service solutions provider for design and manufacturing companies […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BREA, CA, December 1, 2021 – Eagle Point Software’s Pinnacle Series has announced a partnership with KETIV, a U.S.-based firm that delivers end-to-end solutions to American manufacturing companies. “We are very excited to partner with KETIV and expand our reach in the manufacturing space,” shared John Biver, President and CEO of Eagle Point Software. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BREA, CA, November 9, 2021 – KETIV, a premier engineering solutions provider, has announced its partnership with Design and Software International Inc. (DSI), a consultancy specializing in advanced manufacturing. KETIV and DSI will work together to provide technology consulting services that enable manufacturers to connect data from every part of their organizations, automate […]

Improving Product Capabilities, Efficiency and Preventing Failures The Hollywood view of innovation is that it’s a ‘light bulb’ moment when someone instantly comes up with an idea that rapidly materializes into a world-changing product. Reed Hastings is massively overcharged for his movie rental, so he starts Netflix and begins shipping DVD’s by mail with no […]

Innovation is key to driving sustainable, profitable growth. Enabling greater innovation is one strategy to assist in winning new contracts and retaining existing customers. Many businesses find it difficult to balance the need to innovate with the day to day demands on people and resources. Further, some businesses have not invested in technology and tools […]

A productivity study detailing the differences between basic AutoCAD and the Plant 3D toolset The AutoCAD Plant 3D toolset, included as part of the AutoCAD specialized toolset offering, help plant designers create and edit Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and to generate and modify process plant models, which they use to produce piping isometrics and […]