Author: Jennifer Herron, CEO/Founder The leadership at these small shops was better than the leadership I’ve seen at large companies. In a follow-up webinar for IMTS “Taking the Shop Floor Digital”, Gary V (panel moderator) asked what was the catalyzing moment that began their change to digital. I was so impressed by their articulation of […]
Taking a Practical View of Model-Based Definition
It’s always a pleasure to talk with our friends at CoLab. From the CoLab Peer Check Podcast: There’s a lot of talk about Model-Based Definition (MBD), which means there are also a lot of different opinions out there. It’s one thing to paint a picture of some future vision for a Model-Based Enterprise—but how can […]
Jennifer Herron Presents at QIF Tech Series Coffee Chat
Jennifer Herron, Founder & CEO of Action Engineering presented at the June QIF Tech Series Coffee Chat presented by DMSC. Learn How to Use the Bill of Characteristics (BoC) as Your Digital Twin Catalyst Highlights Use QIF (Quality Information Framework) to establish digital traceability even through a revision Creo MBD in action Digital Bill of […]
From 10 hours to 10 minutes: A MBD Approach to PPAP
From 10 hours to 10 minutes: A MBD Approach to PPAP Do PPAPs cost you significant time? Learn a digital thread technique to save up to 80% of your quality planner’s time, even if you receive an engineering change. Highlights: • Creo MBD • QIF in action • Digital Bill of Characteristics • Automatic updates when engineering is revised Model-Based Definition […]
ZEISS and MBD: Reducing measurement planning time by 75%
Learn the digital workflow for CMM and X-Ray systems using Creo MBD, QIF and MBDVidia Model-Based Definition (MBD) is 3D CAD data that is digitally authored to be used automatically by manufacturing and quality engineers and planners to speed up fabrication and inspection. Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, the leading consulting firm for enabling MBD transformations, […]
Updating Skillsets for an MBE Workforce
Rethinking the skills engineers need in the Model-Based Enterprise Join Mark Morreale of CoLab Software and Jennifer Herron of Action Engineering MBE experts for a conversation about where today’s skill development should be focused—so that both experienced and up-and-coming engineers make the most of new ways to work together in an increasingly model-based world.
What are Digital Twins Video Interview with CADENAS PARTsolutions
The digital twin interview is with Jennifer Herron, Founder & CEO, Rhiannon Gallager, former Chief Social Scientist, at Action Engineering and Joseph Lewin of CADENAS PARTsolutions. What is a digital twin? A digital twin in a cross-industry sense is a digital representation of a thing. Digital twins can be anything from a digital representation of a building to […]
Understanding the Challenges of Today’s Digitized Supply Chain
It seems that the pandemic has presented more challenges to the supply chain than we’ve ever seen before, but why? To help unpack the challenges of today’s supply chain, today Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome Jennifer Herron, founder and CEO of Action Engineering. Jennifer works to help manufacturers build resilient futures centered on connected, […]







