SDM Technology
Simulation Data is most meaningful if it is managed in the context of the processes used to create it. SDM is a structured information systems technology which provides for the management of data objects, metadata and inter-relationships at all levels of granularity and abstraction, including design and analysis parameters, requirements, and results. SDM solutions may be integrated with other systems and databases that manage engineering and product data. SDM systems are available for managing and executing a wide range of modeling and simulation data and processes, across the breadth of engineering disciplines, supporting a heterogeneous analysis environment. Integration of design, test, and manufacturing data with modeling, simulation and analysis is widely supported.
SDM solutions are also known as Simulation Process and Data Management, Simulation Process Management and Simulation Lifecycle Management. Vendors offering such solutions will present the state of the art at the conference, allowing delegates to see the progress that has been made since the first systemswere deployed.
NAFEMS SDM Working Group
Most manufacturing companies now have an urgent need to get their simulation data under control and improve their Simulation processes and productivity. NAFEMS has responded to these challenges for its members by creating the Simulation Data Management (SDM) Working Group.
The SDMWG conducted a survey to determine user needs and is developing a White Paper to provide engineering management and simulation methods leaders with an understanding and an ROI framework for communicating the critical enterprise-level business benefits to be derived by investing in SDM//SPDM/SLM/SPM technology over the next 1-3 years. Representatives from the SDMWG will report on these activities to the conference, to help members decide when and how to invest.
NAFEMS North American SDM Symposium
Join NAFEMS’ Simulation Data Management Working Group and CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Council for two unique one-day events that will explore, in-depth, the latest thinking and practice relating to the critical issues facing members of the simulation and analysis community.
NAFEMS North American SDM Symposium
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Presented by NAFEMS’ SDM Working Group and hosted by GE
NAFEMS’ Simulation Data Management Working Group will present this one-day conference with the aim of helping participants to better understand the benefits gained from implementing a Simulation Data Management system such as increased efficiency, reduced development costs, and improved time-to-market.
Registration
To Register for this event
Please note that if you wish to attend both the NAFEMS and CIMdata events, you must register for the CIMdata event separately at the link here
If you are going to attend both events, please select option 2 below to receive 10% off the NAFEMS fee. NAFEMS Members with available seminar credits can attend the NAFEMS event for free*
SDM Symposium - 1 day registration (attending NAFEMS event only)
Members Price:£187 | $295 | €232
Non-Members Price:£251 | $395 | €3102 May 2012
SDM Symposium - 1 day registration (ALSO attending CIMdata event)
Members Price:£168 | $265 | €208
Non-Members Price:£225 | $355 | €2791 May 2012
*subject to having 2 remaining seminar credits available per registration - otherwise, discounted NAFEMS member price applies
Agenda
May 1 2012
Join NAFEMS and CIMdata for a welcome hamburger and beer from 5:00pm to 8:00pm Blue Goose at 11060 Reading Road, Cincinnati.
May 2 2012
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8:00am
8:10am
8:55am
9:40am
10:25am
10:35am
11:20am
12:05pm
12:55pm
1:40pm
2:25pm
3:10pm
3:20pm
4:50pm
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REGISTRATION OPENS
Greetings/Opening John Bloomerg (GE), Rod Dreisbach (Boeing) & Laura Michalske (P&G) NAFEMS White Paper: The Business Value of Simulation Data Management – A Decade of Production Experience Mark Norris (Infosys) & Peter Bartholomew (MDAO) Simulation Data Management Challenges in the Aerospace Industry – Embraer Experience Rodrigo Britto Maria (Embraer) “SDM Backbone” as an Alternative Approach to SPDM Joe Walsh (IntrinSIM USA)
BREAK
Simulation Life Cycle Management- A Game Changer in a CAE World Frank Popielas (Dana Holding Corporation) Simulation and CAE Data Management – The Ford Experience Kyu Sohn & Ram Thirunavukkarasu (Ford Motor Company)
LUNCH
Simulation Data and Process Management at Petrobras, Brazil Guilherme Pimentel (Petrobras) & Regis Ataides (ESSS) Global Collaboration Strategy for CAE Data John Bloomerg & S. Muruga (GE) The Design, Development, and Testing of an Open Standards-Based Simulation Data Management and Archival System Keith Hunten (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.)
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Vendor Panel Discussion Altair - Venkat Parameshwaran ANSYS - Shantanu Bhide Autodesk - Bob Williams 3DS SIMULIA - Matt Macias ESI North America - Mike Bloor LMS - Paul Weal MSC Software - Leo Kilfoy Phoenix - Scott Woyak Siemens - Narenda Kondragunta
Closing Discussion – Q&A
Symposium Ends |
The Event
Vendor Panel Discussion
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The Simulation Management Challenge
Faced with competitive and regulatory pressures, many manufacturers wish to take advantage of the falling cost of computer hardware and simulate much more to evaluate, optimize and validate their products in the virtual world and so minimize physical testing.
In order to increase their simulation capacity, companies need to increase the productivity of their analysts and disseminate simulation best practices to enable non-specialists to carry out simulations successfully. And companies need to find a way to manage the ever increasing avalanche of Terabytes of Simulation Data generated by more and more complex simulations.
Technology leaders share experiences
Visionary companies have embraced the new technology of Simulation Process and Data Management up to a decade ago.They have achieved breakthrough improvements in simulation throughput, analyst productivity, product performance and information traceability. Such companies will share their experiences,lessons learnt and benefits obtained at this landmark conference.
Why should I attend?
This landmark conference addresses the break through technology of SDM and will help participants better understand the benefits gained from implementing a Simulation Data Management system and how to save time, reduce development costs,and improve time-to-market.
Who Should Attend?
These events will be of interest to:
- Program Directors
- Top Designers
- Expert Analysts
- Engineering, CAE, and Design Managers
- Engineering IT Leaders
- CAE Solution Providers
CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Council Workshop
CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Council Workshop
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Presented by CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Council and hosted by GE
In the first workshop on May 1, join CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Council and leading-edge users to learn how they created a competitive advantage by deploying simulation for conceptual design, product development, and manufacturing.
The workshop will focus on two critical areas:
Simulation Governance: The management, deployment, oversight, and accountability of engineering simulation performed as a core business and technical competence for strategic competitive advantage.
As companies continue to move towards total digital product development, making more and more decisions without physical testing, their ability to achieve reliable simulation of product performance becomes a crucial asset and competitive differentiator. As simulation tools become more widely deployed risk must be managed and contained.
The objective of Simulation Governance is to provide a governing framework of internal policies, standards, processes, resources, rules, metrics, and best practices which influence and determine a company’s capacity for simulation-based decision making. Simulation Governance supports the capability to leverage simulation as a key company strategy, and it ensures the reliable application of simulation by a wide range of users in product development and manufacturing.
Learn more about:
- Why simulation competence should be a strategic capability for your company.
- How simulation can be made more effective and reliable.
- Ways in which simulation can be democratized for users who are not simulation experts.
Simulation-Driven Design: The effective use of simulation during the ideation and concept phases of product development.
Simulation has long been used as an analog of physical testing, to assess and validate the performance of completed designs. That aspect remains extremely important. However, following the incredible advances in computer hardware and software over the past five decades, simulation can now be applied earlier and earlier in the product development process, impacting not only the product itself, but also product concepts and architecture.
This phase of product development is the left side of the systems engineering “Vee”. Since detailed design of components for manufacturing has not yet begun, strategies must be in place to develop geometry for simulation. Key decisions are being made, decisions that will be impossible or extremely expensive to revisit later on. Applied effectively, simulation has a huge impact at this early stage, improving product quality, time-to-market, and ultimately a company’s financial performance.
Learn more about:
- Which key technical breakthroughs will enable simulation-driven design.
- Why multi-discipline analysis is so important.
- What the role of systems engineering and requirements management is in up-front simulation.
Attendees at the CIMdata Simulation & Analysis Workshop will have plenty of time to discuss these critical areas and will learn answers to some of the following questions through a series of formal and informal discussions:
- What are the strategies for successful implementation of simulation and CAE for product development and manufacturing?
- Why should my company be implementing CAE data management or a simulation framework to manage simulation projects, processes, and resources?
- How do I develop a strategic case for implementing a simulation framework?
- What are the cultural and organizational barriers to implementation and how can I get beyond them?
- What are the requirements to integrate simulation with other engineering and business applications and data in the PLM ecosystem?
- What can I learn from the experiences of other companies dealing with similar problems to the ones I face?
CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Workshop provides an opportunity for attendees to network with CIMdata's Simulation & Analysis Council, which will meet at this event to review progress in targeting critical issues. At this meeting you will experience a lively forum in which to discuss the real issues. You will also have the opportunity to have your voice heard and your opinion on this topic counted. There will be plenty of time built in to the agenda for open (and private) discussions.
Click here to register for the CIMdata event
Details
Event Type: Seminar
Location: Cincinnati, OH USA
Date: May 2, 2012
EVENT LOCATION
GE Learning Center
One Neumann Way
Evendale, Ohio 45215
HOTEL/SLEEPING ROOM RESERVATIONS
Click here for a list of hotels close to GE's Evendale Learning Center.
FLYING IN?
Cincinnati Airport is the closest airport to the GE Learning Center (about 25 miles away) but sometimes you can get a cheaper fare by flying into Dayton, Ohio which is about 50 miles away from our event location.
Register for this event
Please note that if you wish to attend both the NAFEMS and CIMdata events, you must register for the CIMdata event separately at the link here
If you are going to attend both events, please select option 2 below to receive 10% off the NAFEMS fee. NAFEMS Members with available seminar credits can attend the NAFEMS event for free*
SDM Symposium - 1 day registration (attending NAFEMS event only)
Members Price:£187 | $295 | €232
Non-Members Price:£251 | $395 | €310SDM Symposium - 1 day registration (ALSO attending CIMdata event)
Members Price:£168 | $265 | €208
Non-Members Price:£225 | $355 | €279
*subject to having 2 remaining seminar credits available per registration - otherwise, discounted NAFEMS member price applies
Cancellation Policy
Please note NAFEMS cancellation policy for all North American events is as follows:-
- Cancellation up to 3 weeks before the event date: free of charge;
- Cancellation up to 1 week before the event date: 75% of registration fee non-refundable;
- Cancellation up to 1 week before the event date: all seminar credits non-refundable;
- No show at the event: 100% of registration fee non-refundable;
NAFEMS will discuss the possibility of transferring to an alternative event/course, however an administration charge will be applicable.
This policy is subject to change.