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    Geoff Foulds

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    Origin/DASI Event : Sept 25-26-27, Tips for Faster Inspection Planning, Better Results

    Posted on Tue, Jul 10, 2018

    Don't miss this opportunity to see demos of how your company can speed up inspection planning from days to minutes and eliminate arguments due to correlation errors. Dates and times are listed below:Credit: Mihajlo Maricic

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    Topics: Origin, CheckMate for SOLIDWORKS, Dasi Solutions, Inspection Planning

    NIST Summit Takeaway 3 of 3 -- The Elephant in the MBE/MBD Room: Training

    Posted on Tue, May 29, 2018

    Our final takeaway is a theme that emerged early in the event: the training gap.

    In the Q&A after one of the Day One presentations, an attendee asked “how are we going to be able to implement model-based enterprise when our people need to be re-skilled, new hires are lacking key skills and there aren’t nearly enough qualified people to do the teaching?

    In the drawing-based workflows that have predominated for years, designers were not expected to devote much attention to inspection. That ch

     anges in the model-based enterprise. Designers are involved with marking up GD&T on CAD.

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    Topics: origin international, SolidWorks, MBD, MBE, CheckMate for SOLIDWORKS, NIST

    NIST Summit Takeaway #2 -- Model Based Enterprise Payback Is Tricky, Systemic Approach Required

    Posted on Fri, May 18, 2018

    Hadi Jafari of GE Baker Hughes shared his experiences implementing model-based enterprise and the surprises he encountered along the way.

    In Jafari’s experience, model-based design (MBD) is a tool that can be confused 

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    with the goal. The goal is to reduce lead time and costs in the design-manufacturing cycle. MBD is simply tools and processes to achieve this goal.

    Working out the ROI is tricky when costs and benefits cut across organizational lines. That is, between the OEM and its supply chain partners. When costs and benefits are shared unequally, this adds to the challenge of introducing model-based enterprise.

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    Topics: origin international, Origin, MBD, MBE, NIST

    Three Takeaways From NIST Model-Based Enterprise Summit 2018 - Part 1

    Posted on Fri, Apr 20, 2018

    Here’s an unscientific summary of the most important themes from NIST’s 2018 Model-Based Enterprise Summit in Gaithersburg MD, April 2-5.

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    Topics: Model Based Enterprise, CheckMate for SOLIDWORKS, NIST

    New Origin CMM Translators eliminate the programming bottleneck

    Posted on Tue, Nov 21, 2017

    New Origin CMM Translators eliminate the programming bottleneck which can make the cost to move legacy parts to facilities with excess capacity prohibitive

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    Topics: origin international, CheckMate, DMSC, Origin, CheckMate for SOLIDWORKS, Origin APPS

    Origin's New Web Site is Live

    Posted on Tue, Apr 24, 2012

    To read the news release summarizing the highlights of Origin's new web site please click the document icon.

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    Topics: manufacturing engineers, LaunchRite, CheckMate, quality professionals

    Origin Celebrates 20 Years of Service

    Posted on Tue, Apr 24, 2012

    This year Origin marks its 20th anniversary. To read the news release describing some of Origin's more noteworthy achievements over the past two decades, please click the document icon.

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    Topics: LaunchRite, CheckMate, point cloud metrology, flexible gauge

    Origin releases unique SPC color maps

    Posted on Sun, Aug 28, 2011

    Only CheckMate performs multiple fits on multiple features simultaneously -- and now you can see all the SPC data you need presented as color maps. See full details in Point Cloud Metrology.

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    Topics: manufacturing productivity innovation