As engineering organizations start their digital-transformation journey, they are challenged to integrate what have traditionally been siloed operations. Process information tends to be passed between disciplines on a need-to-know basis, with little heed to how that information was derived. At best, that information resides in static, file-based repositories. At worst, it resides in an engineer’s head and leaves the organization when the engineer leaves. The good news is that there has been a lot of progress made in overcoming the technical hurdles to this challenge. New data standards, APIs, tools and digital development processes are now emerging that help break down the silos so information is more broadly available through what is often referred to as the Digital Thread. This innovation is being driven by organizations that have an established Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) function within their design process. Given that MBSE is typically the first step in the process (for example, creating requirements, architecture, and functional definitions), the teams that support this are emerging at the epicenter of digital transformation innovations, and are better prepared as new projects come on-stream. Maplesoft has been closely involved with many MBSE teams to help connect project stakeholders more seamlessly with the systems engineering process, and within the industry there is greater collaboration on new capabilities for integrating engineering calculations, analyses and simulations. By extending the information exchange beyond mere sets of variables and test data, engineers can now access deeper analyses which can be dynamically updated. These “knowledge assets” provide their core mathematical value through the digital thread. This presentation will provide an overview of the technology landscape that is helping to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, with particular focus on the emerging SysML® 2.0 standard that has direct applications to the way systems architects and design engineers work with each other. Developed through the collaboration of many stakeholders from the user community and tool vendors, the SysML 2.0 specification addresses many of the shortcomings of the current release of SysML. This next generation release emphasizes the importance of capturing analysis semantics, where information sources can be turned into reusable assets. Using this technique, it is easier to create - and potentially automate - many engineering analyses and information feeds. A variety of new use-cases have come to light as a result of combining available advanced equation-handling technologies with smoother access to the semantics in the systems model. Engineering analyses and simulations for design verification, trade studies, and optimizations can be performed using design data from multiple sources through the digital thread. Prototypes are now available, and this presentation will include a demonstration of some of these in action.