manufacturing systems, such as those for purchasing or CAM programming. “We found that was the largest benefit in managing digital tooling data—providing our customers with CAM ready 3D digital data with 2D,” Speidel said. “Especially valuable was including feeds and speeds, cutting conditions, and collision data,” explained Speidel. He also noted the move to the cloud, with TDM software that runs on a computer, laptop, phone, tablet—anything with an Internet connection. These solutions are now changing how companies organize their work. “Most companies still have different silos of information. Silos are bad. Purchas- ing has their own silo, CAM has their own silo, toolcribs have their own silo,” Speidel said. He believes a centralized system is the most efficient, effective way to spread the tooling information across the organization. “Standards are great. ISO 13399, GTC, and MTConnect-compatible


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