{"id":28639,"date":"2016-02-19T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=28639"},"modified":"2016-02-20T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T21:28:57","slug":"mbd-implementation-dos-donts-pilot-one-manufacturing-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/02\/mbd-implementation-dos-donts-pilot-one-manufacturing-document.html","title":{"rendered":"MBD Implementation Dos and Don’ts: Pilot with One Manufacturing Document"},"content":{"rendered":"

My last blog post \u201cDon\u2019t Overlook MBD over the Web<\/a><\/strong>\u201d concluded the second aspect of Table 1 on Process. From our first MBD Implementation blog post\u00a0last<\/a><\/strong> October to today, this series of Model-Based Definition (MBD) Implementation 10 DOs and 10 DONTs has run\u00a0over the last five months. I\u2019m glad that I didn\u2019t give it up despite so many competing priorities, even if it means writing on weekends.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your interests, support, comments, and sharing in the past five months. You are the reason behind this series. MBD topics have gained strong attraction in recent years: each blog post in this series has organically reached tens of thousands of viewers on average.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s carry onto the last aspect: Product, focusing more on specific product design and manufacturing issues. This is the meat for us designers and engineers, or hands-on doers: exciting! First suggestion is to pilot with one manufacturing document. Again your comments below are always welcomed.<\/p>\n

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In a product lifecycle, there is an ocean of manufacturing documents. In an initial MBD implementation, don\u2019t try to boil that ocean or test\u00a0MBD everywhere. Instead, let\u2019s focus on one case to ignite a spark that\u00a0can shed inspiring light and set up the foundation for future expansion. Breakthrough always happens at the weakest spot of an obstacle, so our job is to identify this spot.<\/p>\n

Then how do you pick a favorable breakthrough point in an MBD implementation? In general, I think we want an angle where:<\/p>\n