Mentor Blogs

Since the period when I added 13 countries in four years to my “new placed visited” map, my professional life has calmed down somewhat with respect to a frenetic pace of business travel. Very recently I made my first intercontinental business trip for a while. To Germany. Germany has changed a little in the last decade since I visited. Some new sights around Frankfurt Airport. My rental … Read More

Customers, LCable, Capital, Training

Here’s something new in this blog – a post I’ve mostly not written. Below is a response from Russell Forsyth on the subject of the how to get that “time to value” in an implementation which I addressed last time. He’s a Senior Consultant with Mentor Consulting Division Americas. We’ll try and keep this under 20,000 words by not going through Russ’ successes and accolades.   Russ has the view competent … Read More

Outsourced Integrated Electrical Systems Software, methods, pilot projects, Capital, CHS Tips and Tricks, Best Practice, Process Model, jumpstart engagements, Mentor Consulting, Training, Deployment, Implementation Projects

All-Stars Occasionally in these blog postings I have highlighted contributions from team players who make Capital a pathway to business efficiency for their companies.   They were … (click blue for link)  Librarians: Without the underpinning of a complete, comprehensive and accurate electro-mechanical library your automation of engineering processes is diluted.  Product Managers at Mentor Graphics: Capital … Read More

Mentor Consulting, Integrated Electrical Systems, Product Manager, Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design, Capital, Application Engineers, Training, Expertise, Implementation Projects, CHS, Electrical Distribution System

I highlighted the powerful influence of customer lbrarians in delivering automation in the design of electrical systems’ interconnects using the capital suite of programs. Librarians get proficient initially through the ministrations of a trainer to guide them through the concepts of the software and how these apply to their working lives. I’ve also singled out the product management staff … Read More

Wiring Harness, Capital, Capital Harness XC, Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design, Electrical Interconnect Design, Training, CHS, Customer Support

Would you set foot on an electric-powered or hybrid aircraft? It may be some time before that happens, but it is getting closer every day. If engineers at GE Aviation have anything to say about it, electric aircraft will be flying sooner rather than later. I learned that GE Aviation is creating an Electrical Power Integrated Systems Research & Development Center (EPISCENTER) near Dayton, Ohio, to focus … Read More

Prius, Mentor, Airlines, American, Mentor Graphics, Mentor.com, Ohio, Aerospace, Dayton, Electronic, Design Automation, EPISCENTER, GE, Hybrid, Electric, Electrical Power, Safety, Training, vehicle, Toyota

 From time to time it looks like too much. All those things you should just know about Capital can be a little bit daunting.  But you join the little pieces of knowledge with the bigger ones until you become an expert. One of the customers I deal with has staff who guide designs all the way from concept and architectural studies, through systems design in detailed optioned logical drawing to Capital … Read More

Capital Integrator, CHS, Capital Harness XC, Harness, Training, CHS Documentation, CHS Tips and Tricks

Anticipation Now for the future. The last blog began by a glance over the shoulder to the past. This week, the perspective is forward looking.  And a new departure - a European location from which to make a posting.  I’m in the Mentor Graphics office in Newbury, England and earlier in the week spent some time in the office in Altrincham farther north.  Preparations are in full swing for the release … Read More

Capital Integrator, CHS, Capital Harness XC, Training, CWS, Great Britain

Recently the subject of training has come up in the context of some work discussions. Training in relation to an extensive software product like Capital has quite a few facets. For example there is the distinction between knowing the technical details (which buttons to press, which places to look at to make the programs do what you came to them to make them do) and then there is the other matter, not … Read More

Deployment, Support, CHS, Training