Action Engineering

09/02/2025

Exciting updates in August! Welcome our new team members and check out our upcoming events.


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04/14/2025

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12/13/2024

We are excited to kick off 2025 at PTC/USER Global Summit as a Platinum Sponsor.

This year, come jazz up your knowledge, innovate in harmony, and transform tomorrow at the PTC/USER Global Summit 2025 in New Orleans from January 27th to the 30th. Join us for inspiring keynotes, productive workgroups, educational training, valuable networking, and what’s new across the digital thread. From roundtables to product demos to Technical Committee Content, there is something for everyone.

Stop by our booth to visit Jennifer Herron, Karen Wylie, Dan Feighery, Mel Harvey and Jamie Ulmer.

Dan and Mel will be co-presenting on Leveraging Standard Development Organization for Value in Model-Based Implementations.

Leveraging Standards in the Digital Enterprise offers tremendous potential benefits for data reuse, process optimization, and automation for 3D MBD business implementations. However, given its importance, how do we ensure Standards Development Organization (SDO) strategies align in the complicated ecosystem of product realization? Do authoring standards synergize with data standards, and do those integrate with process standards?

This presentation will describe Action Engineering’s approach to championing alignment of the SDO ecosystem and present a real-life example of maturing and aligning authoring standards and data and process standards for mechanical hole representation data.

And take $200 off of your regular attendee price with our special code (DM us and we will send it to you).

10/08/2024

Action Engineering is pleased to announce that we have officially joined PDES, Inc. as the first organization in the Industry and Consulting category.

PDES Inc. has worked to implement and standardize data exchange for participant companies for almost 30 years. PDES, Inc. members represent leading manufacturers, U.S government agencies, universities, and software vendors. They support the Digital Enterprise through the development and implementation of information and product exchange and data standards.

“We are thrilled to join PDES, Inc. to work with CAX-I/F subject matter experts to turn prototype ideas into scalable, production-ready and interoperable ex*****on methods. This partnership marks a significant milestone for Action Engineering as we continue to champion the adoption of Model-Based Enterprise standards across the industry. Collaborating with PDES, Inc. aligns perfectly with our mission to empower organizations, and we are excited to deepen our engagement within the standards community to drive innovation and excellence in Model-Based Definition.” – Jennifer Herron, CEO, Action Engineering.

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Pictured from left to right: PDES, Inc., Secretary Allison Barnard Feeney, NIST, PDES, Inc.; CFO, Kenneth Swope, Boeing; Action Engineering CEO, Jennifer Herron, Action Engineering; PDES, Inc. CEO\Board President, Dr. Michael Jahadi, Lockheed Martin & PDES, Inc. General Manager; Brian Chiesi, PDES, Inc. (Boeing retired)

09/20/2024

📣 Please join us to welcome Melissa Harvey to our growing team at Action Engineering as a Model-Based Definition Interoperability Implementation Coach.

Melissa specializes in to neutral data formats, enabling factory and supply chain interoperability and automation. She develops and teaches courses on best practices to achieve lossless data exchange. Melissa is a self-avowed data nerd and loves in-depth problem-solving.

We are VERY excited to have her on our team!

Learn more about Melissa: https://buff.ly/4dfWBFM

09/09/2024

We are excited to be heading to IMTS today and would love to meet up.

Or join us at the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium meeting & mixer on 9/10 at 5:30 pm (details in the link below).

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08/28/2024

⏱️ T minus 12! Let's meet up at . Jennifer Herron, Founder & CEO of Action Engineering, Karen Wylie, 3D Engineer & Instructional Designer & Jamie Ulmer, Director of Marketing/3D CIC Organizer, will be at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2024 in Chicago, IL – September 9-11.

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06/26/2024

Leadership often pays too much attention to the Return on Investment (ROI) of avoiding creating drawings and not enough attention to the direct automation opportunities within 3D CAD models authored with MBD.

The good news is that any company seriously pursuing MBD knows that the real ROI is in the consumption of MBD.

Therefore, companies successful with MBD focus on the re-use of models rather than eliminating 2-Dimensional (2D) drawings.

Read How Model-Based Definition (MBD) was the missing link to maximizing the ROI of a digital quality initiative – a case study to learn more →

Learn how Model-Based Definition (MBD) was the missing link to maximizing the ROI of a digital quality initiative in this case study.

06/25/2024

In today's dynamic business landscape, effective product management is essential for navigating challenges and capitalizing on opportunities. Agile methodologies provide a data-driven, iterative approach that aligns perfectly with MBD and MBE workflows.

Our very own, Hanna Zarour explains the benefits. Join the conversation (link) to learn more!

To fully harness the potential of MBD and MBE, an effective product management approach such as Agile methodologies are crucial.