In this week’s IpX True North Podcast episode, Paul Powers, Founder/CEO of Physna, breaks down the inception of Physna, an advanced technology analyzing and actionizing 3D data, with IpX President Joseph Anderson. Paul and Joe discuss:

• The role of Physna as an enterprise solution that empowers other platforms by fully utilizing previously untouched intelligence and data within a company and creating a model’s physical DNA 
• How the technology comprehensively, geometrically understands parts and 3D data to foresee issues in manufacturing and throughout the organization  
• Creating faster and more effective engineering by cutting down on cost of procurement, identifying parts in the field, optimizing inventory management, and maintenance
• The importance of speed and security when dealing with an organization’s CAD models, 3D data, intellectual property, and how Physna’s detection of changes physically in a model allow it to act as a data protector. 
• Thangs, the free and fastest growing 3D community in history allow users to search, store, and collaborate, and its future with Thangs Workplace 

Learn more about Physna and the unique community of 3D collaboration at Thangs.com.

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This week’s IpX True North Podcast episode features Eric Pettes, Director of QA/RA for Bose Health, as he shares with IpX President Joseph Anderson the Bose journey of expansion into the medical device industry with their development of the world’s first direct to consumer hearing aid. Eric and Joe discuss:

• Building a quality management system and Bose’s enterprise-wide commitment to quality as a  process-based approach 
• Bose’s growth into Class 1 and Class 2 medical devices, the challenges of meeting regulatory states’ requirements, and receiving approval for a Class 2 device
• The innovation from an over-the-counter hearing aid device that provides freedom, privacy, affordability and functionality for those in need with the support of a user-friendly application 
• The dedication behind launching a new product with a 90-day implementation period and 15 workstream teams while simultaneously entering a new market with the support of Bose’s unique system for traceability and senior executives
• The Bose shared vision for the future and commitment to making a difference for its workforce and consumers

Learn more about Bose and their products by visiting their website.

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This week Envision RISE’s Staci Hegarty and Michael Benning, IpX Vice President of Organizational Change Management (OCM) illustrate how Envision RISE was born from IpX’s 30+ years of experience as a leading enterprise transformation company whose passion for people of the people, processes, and tools framework grew into its own practice. Michael and Staci describe:

• How weak OCM creates disconnect and disengagement between leadership and staff and what successful OCM looks like
• How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are less representation and more the celebration of backgrounds, ideas, and thoughts to drive problem-solving and innovation by making the workforce feel valued, heard, and respected
• How concepts and approaches within IpX translate to Envision RISE 
• The financial, cultural, and resource impact of improving DE&I in an organization 

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Don’t miss this week’s IpX True North Podcast episode with Neil Olivier, NuScale Power’s Director of Corporate Services, as he and IpX President Joseph Anderson discuss Nuscale’s revolutionary nuclear technology and their journey to complete enterprise ecosystem traceability.

Neil shares:

• Challenges experienced in design, certification requirements, and maintaining configuration management in an industry with thousands of requirements 
• NuScale’s vision for defining, management tracking of, and associating requirements to the actual product components and the systems 
• How training his team in and using the CM2 methodology as well as implementing a CM2-based PLM system laid the foundation for an integrated change control process with dynamic traceability of requirements to their highest level
• How communication of a change and regulatory requirement is made more visible to vendors, suppliers, and the operator owner using the CM2 change process
• The future possibility of nuclear as a paperless industry

Learn more about how NuScale Power is changing the nuclear industry: https://www.nuscalepower.com/.  

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In this second part episode of the True North Podcast, IpX Director of MBE, Max Gravel and Senior Technical Program Manager, ASML, Arnaud Hubaux continue their discussion on the challenges of maintaining the physics model in AI/ML with rapidly changing datasets. 

Arnaud describes the need for an enterprise-level AI/ML framework that considers the complete lifecycle change to expand beyond niche use-cases and realize the dream of a fully automated product line. Max and Arnaud discuss where to start when implementing AI and the role of CM in maturing the adoption of AI in a manufacturing environment. Hear more on:

• The need for the impact analysis to stretch beyond the walls of the company into the environment where it will be running.
• The perceived unpredictability of AI/ML and the reluctance to deploy in a manufacturing environment.
• The importance of building in safety mechanisms to prevent financial loss in case of AI/ML failure.
• How CM establishes gates and checks when releasing a change to make sure the proper qualifications are implemented.
• AI/ML sustainability and the need to look beyond short-term benefits into the complete lifecycle of a product.

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