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New consulting services partnership strengthens the ability to deliver broad and deep industry expertise in systems modeling and simulation to help industrial enterprises, as well as software solution providers address market opportunities and challenges. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 December 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, and SMS_ThinkTank™ LLC (SMS_ThinkTank), an industry leading resource providing system modeling and simulation expertise to develop and improve engineering business practices for innovative product development, today announced a strategic partnership to help manufacturers and PLM software providers address the challenges associated with the design, development, and lifecycle operations of innovative products, processes, and their systems. Significant global product development trends are making multi-domain, multi-physics, multi-scale, systems-level virtual prototyping, and performance simulation capabilities an indispensable element in enabling the transformation to model-driven product development, especially for complex cyber-physical systems. These major business trends include: Digitalization of engineering overall, across all

Attendees will be the first to learn about CIMdata’s analysis of 2016’s PLM market results. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 December 2016 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm, announces its international 2017 PLM Market & Industry Forum schedule and program. Approaching their twenty-seventh year, these one-day events will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA on March 30; Stuttgart, Germany on April 6; Bangalore, India on April 10; Beijing, China on April 14; and Tokyo, Japan on April 19. CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forum is designed exclusively for PLM solution providers, PLM service providers, PLM systems integrators, and PLM channel partners of all sizes. Forum attendees will explore the challenges currently facing the PLM market. Presentations will offer insights into the current economic climate, leading trends, and their effects on the PLM economy. There will be a detailed look at the state and trends of current and

2017 schedule will kick-off in Ann Arbor, Michigan in March. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 December, 2016 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that the first CIMdata PLM Certificate program of 2017 will take place at the Kensington Hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan from March 6-10. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering. The three- or five-day program prepares PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. The program is facilitated by a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and are invited to join CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community. The program, which is available to industrial companies that are considering or are already implementing PLM, and

Free educational webinar will share a framework for assessing cloud solution providers and will offer key information for developing a coherent and sustainable cloud strategy. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 7 December 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Connecting the Clouds in AEC & EPC—Where to Start?” The webinar will take place on January 12, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Nearly every major solution provider serving the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) markets has introduced cloud-based products and services. In many ways, AEC and EPC are ideal targets for cloud delivered software solutions, but key questions such as data ownership, security, liability, and the ability to technically integrate multiple cloud solutions remain. This webinar will address these questions, provide a framework for assessing cloud solution providers, and share key information needed to develop a coherent and

An in-depth look at Tebis’ manufacturing solutions and business program. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 December 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of a program review of Tebis’ manufacturing solutions and business. Tebis software is used by toolmakers to design and build made-to-order mold and die tooling primarily for the automotive sector, and for component manufacturers in the aerospace and mechanical engineering sectors. With a mix of direct sales and distributors throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas, Tebis AG and its subsidiaries serve major markets worldwide. While many may recognize Tebis software as being a superior NC programming solution for producing high quality Class A machined surfaces; the real strength of the current Tebis offering lies in its ability to provide a wide range of innovative solutions and services for many important steps within a customer’s manufacturing process chain. This, coupled with a new