Manufacturing and Quality disciplines consume data and publish data to the digital thread. What data should be included for optimizing the various interactions between Manufacturing and Quality? Learn how Manufacturing can benefit from Quality data, and how Quality can benefit from Manufacturing data. When you know Manufacturing operation details from CAM and inspection details and results from MBE, the inputs and feedback to machines and software can be more comprehensive and correct. This yields higher throughput, better quality and optimized costs. We will discuss the following tools and processes for maximizing on the Manufacturing and Quality digital thread data that is available through Model Based Enterprise (MBE) practices. • Simulating Manufacturing Data in the Design Phase to inform proper GD&T • Using Manufacturing Datum and Setup Information from CAM in inspection • When to use STEP vs QIF for Digital Thread Standardization • Determining Feedback from Part Inspection to Manufacturing Tools to Control Processes o Traditional Tolerancing vs GD&T o Single Part vs MultiPart SPC • Iterating on Manufacturing Setup Operational possibilities to yield optimized functional requirements and GD&T characteristic results. • Quality input differences between Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing • Using Quality data in Casting operations.