Discover how Automatic Systems, Inc.—a frontrunner in the automotive and industrial machinery sectors—has transformed its operations with the power of data and process management strategies using product lifecycle management (PLM). This presentation will take you through the company's transformative journey, highlighting how it's moved from time-consuming manual tasks and disconnected business systems to an integrated ecosystem with connected data management, PLM, and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Learn how the company has achieved greater efficiencies by ensuring up-to-date data and visibility across departments. Through the company's experiences, you'll gain key insights and considerations for your own digital transformation journey. Learn how your business can emulate Automatic Systems' success, using connected data and processes to drive innovation and efficiency. This session is part of the PLM Summit, a dedicated learning pathway and networking experience on Tuesday, October 15. To see all related sessions select the "PLM Summit" track filter. To request attendance at the private luncheon and reception, please email plmsummitau@autodesk.com.

We'll explore the challenges and strategic solutions associated with our company's shift from SolidWorks software to Inventor software, as well as our simultaneous implementation of Vault software. This transition involved overcoming substantial technical and operational hurdles. We'll provide insights into the specific issues we faced during the integration process, such as legacy data compatibility, custom property migration, and user adoption. And then we'll share how we addressed these issues in order to achieve the company's goal of 10% year-on-year growth.

Managing both the product lifecycle and the manufacturing execution system is crucial for businesses looking to streamline their operations and improve overall efficiency. Fusion Manage and Fusion Operations, two powerful tools from Autodesk, allow businesses to do just that. In this session, we will explore how integrating Fusion Manage (a product lifecycle management tool) and Fusion Operations (a manufacturing execution system) can provide a unified view of the product lifecycle and manufacturing processes. We will delve into how the integration of these two platforms can facilitate seamless data exchange, enhance real-time visibility, and improve decision-making. We will explore meaningful connections between these systems such as BOM and operations management and machine lifecycle management.

In support of the IMI North Star, we’re delivering a connected data environment between IMI engineering, production, and all key business functions—which provides the control, data, and analytics required to continue to drive revenue growth and margin improvement. Learn about IMI’s success with Autodesk Fusion Manage PLM software as it is adopted by more than 2,500 users across 28 sites globally—scaling to 46 sites and 4,000 users by 2027. IMI’s mission continues to be breakthrough engineering for a better world. We’ll explore how integration of these various systems produces increasing amounts of more-accurate data to be collected and shared across the organization in a digital environment. With added workflow efficiency, we see accelerated product development, improved collaboration, and lower operating costs to optimize our organization.

Discover how Sensio (dba Made by Gather)—the company behind America’s fastest-growing kitchen brands—moved from time-consuming manual and semiautomated tasks and workflows to an automated and integrated (Autodesk Fusion Manage Extension and ERP) ecosystem, supporting their collective of visionaries, movers, and shakers who make super-premium design and innovation accessible to the world. This presentation will take you through the company’s transformative journey—highlighting how they’ve successfully integrated with their ERP and continually evolved their product development, change management, and supply chain Automation, Integration, & Customization to take full advantage of continual enhancements that Autodesk has made to these respective processes and workflows. Through the company’s experiences, you’ll gain key insights and strategies for transforming your business with connected data and processes.

Start your PLM Summit experience with a high-impact welcome from Srinath Jonnalagadda, Vice President of Data at Autodesk. In this opening session, Srinath will share insights from conversations with global business leaders about the growing importance of data, connected processes, and Management. Discover how Autodesk is aligning its strategy to help customers unlock value through modern product lifecycle management, with a special focus on the transformative role of AI. This session sets the stage for a dynamic day of learning, discussion, and innovation.

Jam out with us as we explore how Avnet has amplified the music industry and is revolutionizing design workflows across all industries, powered by the free Avnet Add-in for Autodesk Fusion. Enjoy a live performance by Rogelio (AKA Kello) Gonzalez, Applications Engineering Manager at Avnet, and internationally acclaimed bass guitarist. From the stage to space, Avnet is pushing boundaries, innovating, and delivering what’s next. Don’t miss this dynamic showcase of creativity and technology.

Get a greater understanding of how businesses can unlock the full potential of Autodesk Fusion Manage Extension Product Lifecycle Management in our immersive hands-on workshop designed for those who are eager to enhance their knowledge of what PLM can offer. This workshop aims to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the powerful Fusion Manage Extension features and tools, enabling you to streamline your workflows and optimize your business processes. In this introduction to Fusion Manage Extension, you’ll gain a comprehensive overview of Fusion Manage Extension and its key functionalities. This workshop is ideal for those who want to learn more about the power of PLM or want to get hands-on with the technology.

This session will delve into the transformative journey of African manufacturing, focusing on resilience, innovation, and sustainability. We will explore how Autodesk's digital tools, including BIM workflows with Revit, have empowered African manufacturers to overcome challenges, innovate their processes, and thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape. Additionally, we will highlight the critical role of sustainable practices in ensuring long-term success for manufacturing in Africa.

Autodesk Fusion Manage software helps users make data-driven decisions by keeping data consistent and enforcing processes. With all the data that Fusion Manage can track, we need a way to see what the data means and what's happening. Fusion Manage has built-in reporting features, but they may not always show the data the way you want or need. You can use Microsoft Power BI with your Fusion Manage tenant to get more options for how to display your data and who can access it. In this session, we'll show you how to use Autodesk Platform Services and R script to get data from all your Fusion Manage workspaces and create reports and dashboards for different users in your company. The R script we use in this class came from a previous AU presentation for BIM 360 software, but we've updated it for Fusion Manage and V2 authentication.

In this session, we'll present a study showing the process for implementing Vault Professional software with Autodesk Fusion Manage software with bidirectional integration. See what went well, and what didn't go well and why. Discover what lessons we learned. Explore how much can be implemented at one time for users to absorb, understand, and gain ROI from.

We annually enhance the Vault product with new features. This session is designed to unveil these features and explore their applications. Following the introduction to the latest additions, we'll explore the Vault road map, and discuss how you can contribute to shaping its future.

In this session, we'll discuss the journey of implementing Autodesk Fusion Manage software. We'll cover all the challenges we faced implementing product lifecycle management (PLM) for a global group at the same time the enterprise resource planning (ERP) was implemented. Discover what strategies we tried and used—which was a success, and which was a failure. We'll also touch upon cultural differences and lessons learned when it comes to having more than 150 users adopt the system at once. We'll also showcase all the value Fusion Manage has provided to Vow ASA over a four-year period.

Are you interested in Autodesk Fusion 360 software's cloud infrastructure, common vulnerabilities, and long-term compliance road map? Join this session to learn about Fusion 360 software's security best practices, emerging trends and methods in cloud security, and the compliance standards that are top priority across the industry. Gain insights from case studies of how Fusion 360 has helped customers protect their data in the cloud and adjusted their postures in security strategy. Let's lift the fog and demystify cloud security.

Join us for an energizing start to Day 2 of the PLM Summit learning pathway and networking experience. Derrek Cooper, VP of cloud data and PLM at Autodesk will share insights about data and process management strategies from working with numerous customers and product management at Autodesk.

Join us for Day 3 of the PLM Summit with a warm welcome from Autodesk data management expert Younes Yammouri, Director of Product Management at Autodesk. Younes will bring his expertise in data and process management to this session to start your day with new understandings from his years of experience working with customers.

PLMConnect provides an easy-to-use connection between Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain to unlock the full potential of your product lifecycle management (PLM) and product data management (PDM) software. Moreover, PLMConnect Enterprise provides a connectivity option to Vault and downstream to enterprise applications such as ERP. By combining the capabilities of both Fusion 360 Manage and Upchain, companies can improve collaboration, streamline workflows, and reduce costs by eliminating the need for disconnected systems and processes. Join vdR Group, a long-time Autodesk partner, as we explore the various use cases of PLMConnect and learn more about implementation, related engineering change best practices, and PLMConnect Enterprise extensions that support broader connectivity into Vault, as well as the enterprise, for consumers of released product data across ERP, MES, CPQ, MRO, and more.

Take a walk through the Autodesk Fusion 360 connected data platform, from product design to manufacturing. Tour a seamlessly connected process that goes from Fusion 360 to Upchain to Fusion 360 Manage and finally to Prodsmart. The Team D3 rock stars for these products will be on stage presenting a coordinated role-based demo of product data passed through each primary product in the Fusion 360 cloud-based platform, powered under the hood by Team D3's ForgeFlow integration, existing Autodesk in-product integrations, and open-source tech sales demonstration tools such as Sven Dickmans' manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM) tool. We'll focus on the product experience and proof of the convergence use cases from beginning to end in the design-to-manufacture lifecycle. This session will focus on the Fusion 360 cloud products used for product design (Autodesk Fusion 360), product data management (Upchain), product lifecycle management (Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage), and manufacturing execution (Prodsmart), as well as a connected data pathway between them all.

At the outset of a Revit project, it is crucial to define a clear process and workflow. This should encompass several key elements, such as accurately determining the building's location, shared coordinates, geodetic elevation, building design, and the materials to be represented. As we prepare to tackle the sustainability challenges of 2030 and 2050, it is imperative to integrate these factors into our workflow from the outset. Moreover, it is recommended that firms incorporate these processes and workflows into the creation of families intended for use in sustainable projects, ensuring that sustainability is woven into every aspect of the project. By doing so, we can ensure that we are setting a strong foundation for designing, constructing, and managing buildings that are in line with our sustainable goals.

Wahoo Fitness chose Upchain cloud PDM/PLM solution to speed up their time to production. This session will cover the decision making process for selecting Upchain, challenges and solutions for go-live implementation, working closely with the Upchain (Autodesk) team to adjust,t weak, and improve workflows and processes for efficient integration of the hardware engineering team. We will also cover how the system was expanded to benefit the wider product management, quality, and non technical teams for ensuring everyone can access the required information.