White Paper

Structuring Your Material Data for Smarter Decision-Making

Discover how to streamline decisions, traceability and innovation.

Challenges of Material Selection

In modern industrial environments, material selection relies on complex technical data sourced from systems such as CAD, simulation, PLM, ERP, and test reports. This information frequently remains fragmented and dispersed across departments. Engineers spend substantial time locating data, verifying its reliability, and ensuring it reflects the latest updates before performing any analysis.

  • The Reality of Information Silos: According to industry data, 83% of organizations face data silos, and 97% of executives report a negative impact on overall business performance.
  • Reliance on Individual Expertise: Without centralized material intelligence, decisions depend heavily on individual engineers’ personal experience. This reliance on tacit knowledge introduces variability into technical choices and creates significant operational risk when key experts leave the organization.

Quantifying the ROI of Centralized Material Intelligence

Unstructured material data creates severe operational bottlenecks for industrial leaders, driving up development costs and extending time-to-market. Disconnected property records lead to redundant physical testing, higher product non-conformance risks, and lost competitive advantage.

Managing Material Selection Workflows

Evaluating and selecting technical materials requires balancing numerous interconnected variables beyond basic cost and performance metrics.

Structured Management of Complex Material Variables

  • Conflicting Material Properties: Balancing mechanical, thermal, and chemical requirements requires specialized analysis tools to determine optimal engineering trade-offs.
  • Simulation Accuracy and Data Quality: Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and simulation outputs depend directly on input data precision. Incomplete or uncontextualized material properties introduce critical discrepancies between virtual models and actual physical behavior.
  • Capitalizing on Physical Test Data: Laboratory characterization data frequently remains underutilized due to poor traceability and inadequate documentation, forcing redundant testing in subsequent project lifecycles.

Importance of Traceability and Compliance

Evolving global regulations like REACH, RoHS, PPWR, and North American TSCA standards require industrial teams to embed compliance directly into early-stage material selection. Verifying technical choices with traceable data—including material origin, batch records, and certified test protocols—has become a core operational necessity worldwide.

FAQ: Why Digitalize Your Technical Knowledge?

How can we reduce data re-entry rates?

Better knowledge management and centralized material datasheets reduce data re-entry by nearly 15% annually.

An isolated property value provides little insight. TEEXMA links every measurement to its real-world conditions (test protocol, geometry, environmental factors), ensuring reliable comparative analysis.

By natively connecting material data across enterprise software—from CAD and simulation tools to PLM and ERP systems.

TEEXMA for Materials: Your Single Source of Truth for Decision-Making

Developed by BASSETTI GROUP, a pioneer in industrial digitalization for over 30 years, TEEXMA for Materials structures your data end-to-end.

Turn complexity into a competitive advantage:

  • Secure Repository: Centralize test results, simulations, and supplier data within a unified, shared environment.
  • Advanced Analysis & Comparison: Evaluate technical alternatives in context to minimize uncertainty.
  • Traceable Decisions: Validate technical choices, maintain full version history, and preserve your teams’ collective knowledge over time.

By adopting TEEXMA for Materials, your material data moves beyond static documentation to become a dynamic decision support system—accelerating development cycles while safeguarding innovation.

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