COmmEnTary STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE TRADITIONAL (STATIC PDF) * Copy and paste or manually enter to update or share knowledge * Limited tracking capabilities * Updates unknown * Must search through multiple documents to find relevant information * Data is siloed How does digitization benefit the mobility industry when creating and referencing standards? DIGITAL STANDARD * One library of knowledge with expandable data points and linked information * Interfaces with each stage of product development * Automatic notification of updates in revised standards * Easy query on design constraints * Audit trails and change management tracking remains elusive. In the standards world, this becomes complicated when you are following multiple standards, sometimes from different origins that reference other documents. Standards also tend to be of different types depending upon industry norms, data styles and types and user expectations. Digitizing them all to make them seamlessly integrated with industry ERP or design and engineering systems is a multi-dimensional challenge. However, it is entirely worth it when you consider the rewards. When combining digital UPDATE requirements from standards with other requirements, you can build a digital twin, or a digital representation of your system that shows the history of how you have gotten to the final point of product development. You can't do that with the static PDFs of the past. When done manually, there is risk of errors in transferring information across