The CIMdata administered group provides research and guidance on the top PLM issues impacting aircraft manufacturers, major defense OEMs, and Tier 1 suppliers.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 25 April 2019—Representatives from eleven major aerospace and defense companies recently held their annual meeting in Montreal, Canada to discuss and review the status and findings of the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) PLM Action Group’s working teams and to set priorities for the Group’s sixth business year. This year’s meeting was co-hosted by Group members, Bombardier and Pratt & Whitney Canada. The A&D PLM Action Group, which is administered by CIMdata, is an industry-specific PLM advocacy group whose mission is to:
- Set the direction for the aerospace & defense industry on PLM-related topics that matter to members
- Promote common industry PLM processes and practices
- Define requirements for common interest PLM-related capabilities
- Communicate with a unified voice to PLM solution providers
- Sponsor collaborative PLM research on member-prioritized industry and technology topics
The Group is currently sponsoring collaborative research on a diverse set of prioritized industry and technology topics, including Model-Based Definition; Multiple View Bill of Materials; PLM Technology Obsolescence Management; Global Collaboration; and Model-Based Systems Engineering. As an outcome of these investments, the Group has developed a series of direction statements and position papers that are freely available for downloading from its website at www.ad-pag.com.
During the meeting, A&D PLM Action Group representatives defined plans for working with various stakeholders in the global PLM ecosystem and, in collaboration with several leading PLM solution providers, reviewed progress being made on the Group’s prioritized industry and technology topics.
James Roche, CIMdata A&D Practice Director, stated, “Since its founding in February 2014, the Group’s mission has changed little, but the members’ goals have matured and evolved year over year. In the first year the focus was on research into common pain points. In year two, members began inviting solution providers, as colleagues, to contribute content and review project work products. This engagement evolved to annual joint sessions to discuss strategic topics such as Digital Thread and protection of intellectual property within the OEMs’ supply chains. In year three, the members invited select tier 1 suppliers to participate as full members of project teams, including joint workshops, on topics such as multiple view bill of materials. Beginning this year, the members have opened the Group with an Associate Membership for tier 1 suppliers to facilitate OEM-supplier collaboration on remediation of PLM pain points through separate but mutually supportive agendas.”
Consistent with the Group’s mission to engage proactively within the PLM ecosystem and advocate for common direction and positions, there will be report outs on several of the Group’s projects at the PLM Road Map & PDT North America 2019 conference in Washington D.C. on 29th & 30th of May 2019.
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