Visualization Technologies
At Aplomb Digital we empower organizations to connect engineering, manufacturing, quality, and inspection, through a trusted digital enterprise. Through advanced vision and inspection systems, intelligent automation, and wearables we transform disconnected processes into connected, measurable outcomes.
Leveraging data from ALM, PLM, MBD, MBSE, ERP, MES, and other enterprise systems we ensure that engineering intent, product definitions, requirements, configurations, and operational data flow seamlessly across the organization to improve productivity, quality, safety, compliance, and decision-making. Our software sits on top of your existing systems.
NEXUS i2i is the decision-enablement layer that allows digital twins, digital threads, enterprise systems, human expertise, and operational data to work together. NEXUS i2i and Odyssey close the digital thread, creating a unified source of truth that connects design intent to verified execution and sustainment. The result is complete visibility, traceability, and actionable intelligence across the entire product lifecycle.
EY US surveyed 57 leaders from Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) member organizations and conducted eight in-depth executive interviews to understand how digital thread is being applied in practice. The respondents are primarily from US-based companies with annual revenues exceeding $100 million and at least three years of investment in digital thread initiatives.
Digital thread is no longer a technology problem. It is an execution problem. Organizations see value in pilots, but without enterprise level governance, performance measurement and data standardization, that value never scales to impact delivery, capital efficiency or risk.
Key findings in the study include:
- Despite years of investment in digital thread, 56 percent of A&D organizations remain in pilot or limited implementation phases.
- Execution, ownership and data readiness are the biggest barriers to enterprise impact.
- Fewer than half (45 percent) of leaders surveyed say their organization has a clear strategic vision and sustained commitment for digital thread.
- Data readiness is a critical constraint to digital thread implementation, with only 29 percent of respondents saying their enterprise data is standardized, governed and accessible, limiting organizations’ ability to connect workflows across the lifecycle and apply analytics and artificial intelligence (AI).
- While 71 percent of leaders expect the greatest future value from digital thread will come from predictive analytics and AI enabled insights, the research reinforces that these outcomes depend on a mature digital thread foundation.
Read the full report to understand key barriers and opportunities for digital thread in A&D here.