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Dassault Systèmes' Director for Asia Pacific South comments on 2016

Benjamin TAN, Director of Professional Channel, AP South,

Dassault Systèmes

We have seen digitalisation happen across industries. In manufacturing, digitalisation is bringing cost and time savings and reducing risks from product conceptualisation to development. In 2016, we will see businesses continue to embrace 3D technology in the manufacturing process, as more decision makers realise the need for an all-encompassing platform that allows users to create, simulate, publish, and manage their data.

More manufacturers will be testing their products for design and functionality needs and gaining insights on their product right at conceptualisation tapping on 3D technology. This is already opening up a new world where manufacturers are able to craft, simulate and implement a product with ease, all through virtual means, removing the cost and time required to produce a product for physical testing.

Additionally, a new generation of products will bring a host of technological requirements including process performance and simulation analysis. We live in a time where we want immediate outcomes and look to our tools to provide these instant results. With technological advancements, we are able to produce our desired product faster and with fewer errors. This is possible as 3D technology offers manufacturers the flexibility to easily modify products to fit specific needs.

It took 70 years for hand-crafting to be replaced by mass-produced goods, but just a decade for today’s technologies – including 3D printing – to threaten mass production. These technologies change existing processes and build more dynamic and sustainable production models, like additive manufacturing and manufacturing-as-a-service.

Furthermore, business decision makers are now tapping on 3D technology to see and feel what their customers are experiencing, and are taking steps towards embracing new digital concepts that allow them to do so. Manufacturing is truly moving towards the age of experience.

This is why at Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS, we aim to deliver compelling and connected experiences for our customers, as well as for our customers’ customers. We believe that the world needs cohesiveness and innovation and we are heading towards a future in manufacturing with an experience that fires the imagination – a type of experience that is all-embracing and easy to share.

Digitalisation in manufacturing has allowed for more innovations that have created countless opportunities, including 3D solutions for all stages of the product development process that contains design, simulation and communication amongst others. This is empowering businesses to go to market faster and more cost-effectively, with significantly less safety risks – allowing them to focus on innovation.