Description: Jarod Schultz, MasterGraphics.aec Director of Specialized Services, BIM and Technology Blog
Had a great time the Advancing Prefabrication Conference in Phoenix this year. Many self-performing contractors are starting to hump on the band wagon of productization. This year I spoke about Product Data Manager (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), once you create products you need to start to track those products with a connected data strategy. The construction industry is starting to adopt a manufacturing mindset and PDM and PLM is part of the strategy. Had a lot of firms stop by the booth to
Continuing from our Part 1 conversation , the Venn diagram includes a Communication layer that builds upon the previous design and data convergence. In our earlier conversation, we talked about having multiple connection points to different software solutions and looking at that data through dashboards and reports. Still, we need to expand on this further.
We also need to look at the convergence of communication in this environment. As we work with any one of these industry projects and the many disciplines that come with it, there’s a ton of communication going on.