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AWS re:Invent 2022 - Toyota and CFS speed up engineering and design with AWS (MFG205)

Summary

Walker Stemple leads the Engineering and Design Industrial Manufacturing Innovation Unit at AWS and introduces the session focused on modernizing engineering and design with AWS tools.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), represented by Nate O'Farrell, and Toyota North America, represented by Phil Reuter, share their experiences with AWS.
AWS is investing in integrating product lifecycle management processes and harnessing company data to improve product development.
Complexity in manufacturing and product development is a significant challenge that AWS aims to mitigate.
Digital engineering and model-based approaches are accelerating product development, with AWS providing the necessary cloud infrastructure and services.
CFS, a fusion energy company, leverages AWS to run large-scale simulations, reducing computation time from months to days and improving the fidelity of their models.
Toyota North America uses AWS to enhance remote work capabilities for engineers, improving data access and reducing file opening times from hours to minutes.
AWS has launched solutions like Integrated Digital Engineering to support engineering modernization and leverage higher-order services like machine learning.

AWS's strategic investments in product lifecycle management and digital engineering are aimed at breaking down silos between critical processes and leveraging unique company data.
The complexity of products and manufacturing processes poses risks and costs that AWS services help to mitigate, enabling companies like CFS and Toyota to innovate and remain competitive.
CFS's use of AWS for high-performance computing (HPC) demonstrates the cloud's ability to handle demanding engineering tasks and the importance of scalability and flexibility in infrastructure.
Toyota's experience highlights the importance of user experience and the impact of cloud solutions on employee satisfaction and productivity.
The session underscores the trend of traditional industries like manufacturing and energy embracing cloud technologies to solve complex engineering challenges and improve operational efficiency.
AWS's partnership with industrial software companies and the release of open-source architectures like the Open Industrial Data Architecture facilitate the adoption of cloud services in engineering and design.
The success stories of CFS and Toyota serve as case studies for other companies considering cloud adoption for engineering workloads, showcasing the tangible benefits of AWS services.