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 PDF Key takeaways: Traditional PLM often has low user adoption rates while cloud-based PLM solutions tend to ramp up quickly once selected Cloud-based PLM solutions incorporate technology to support mobile devices, enabling access to PLM anywhere PLM solutions of the future will leverage some aspects of cloud-based technology - Autodesk is doing it today The tools that most companies use for PLM have been around for many years. However, today there are still many companies that have not been able to successfully implement a complete end-to-end PLM solution. Why is this true? Some companies have implemented several different flavors of PLM and have ended up with a maze of solutions with limited integration. Others have implemented one common standard for most of their organization, but user acceptance rates are often low. There are still others that have avoided PLM altogether. One of the reasons for this limited success is that most companies have not been
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Inforum 2014 (Commentary)

 PDF Key takeaways: Infor has established a partnership with Aras and will rebrand and sell the Aras Innovator suite to provide expanded PLM capabilities for discrete manufacturers  Infor will now be able to provide PLM solutions tailored to individual customer requirements regardless of company size and product complexity Infor continues to develop and expand the use of a common, context sensitive user interface across all of their products to provide a consistent user experience CIMdata recently attended Inforum 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana—a global event with attendees interested in all of Inforʼs business lines. Infor stated that over 7,000 people attended the event. Overall, CIMdata was pleased with the continued evolution of Infor’s product suites and the introduction of both a new PLM solution for discrete manufacturers and their CloudSuite portfolio. Infor’s Hook & Loop internal creative group is continuing to design a user interface paradigm for all its products that should be much more
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 PDF Key takeaways: The AVEVA World Summit drew a global audience of senior leaders and decision makers from the AEC and shipbuilding industries AVEVA has made great progress on their AVEVA Everything 3D™ (E3D) offering, and now claim over 170 customers AVEVA also demonstrated exciting new cloud and mobile technology to help their customers build and leverage their “Digital Asset,” a central concept in AVEVA’s vision, messaging, and offerings CIMdata was pleased to attend the AVEVA World Summit in Berlin, Germany on October 16-18, 2014. AVEVA is one of the AEC market leaders tracked by CIMdata in our annual PLM Market Analysis Report series. The AVEVA World Summit is a business meeting focused on influencers and decision makers, with presentations by AVEVA and selected customers. This Summit attracted over 300 delegates; 61% from EMEA, 29% from Asia-Pacific, and only 10% from the Americas. Nearly 80% were managers or higher level, so key stakeholders and decision
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 PDF Key takeaways: Increased product complexity and better enabling-technology creates an intersection where businesses have new opportunities to transform operating models and develop new revenue streams Accenture’s Digital PLM Network enables customers to improve business performance by leveraging state-of-the-art technology across the enterprise and applying new and more interconnected processes The Digital PLM Network leverages Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies to deliver a robust platform to enable better business outcomes and product decisions Introduction Increased product complexity is a given in today’s business environment. In addition to the increasing levels of mechanical, electronics, and software integration within a product, complexity is also driven by regulatory requirements, competition, cost pressures, and customer needs and wants. Thriving and sometimes surviving in this environment requires a business to continually adapt and invest in strategic enabling capabilities. Companies have to improve customer interaction and satisfaction to sustain profitability while developing and growing new revenue streams. Companies have been addressing
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 PDF Key takeaways: Wipro held their 2014 Analyst and Advisor Day in Boston, MA, an event bringing together over 200 Wipro staff and key influencers from across a range of industries TK Kurien, Wipro’s CEO, updated the crowd on the big changes afoot in IT that lead to changes in his business Leading customers are facing those same trends; using Wipro for some IT services allows them to focus on delivering applications that provide differentiating value Wipro Ltd (NYSE:WIT) held their 2014 Analyst and Advisor Day in Boston, MA on September 24, 2014. The event drew analysts from a range of firms covering the wide variety of industry segments that Wipro supports. Wipro is a global information technology, consulting, and outsourcing company with over 147,000 employees serving clients in 175+ cities across 6 continents. The company posted revenues of $7.3 billion for the financial year ended March 31, 2014. Their PLM business fits within their
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 PDF Key Takeaways A sustainable PLM solution is one that can meet current and future business requirements with an acceptable return on investment (ROI) via incremental enhancements and upgrades  A sustainable PLM solution minimizes risky, complex, and expensive “Rip and Replace” projects CIMdata’s PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Knowledge Council has done research on the topic of PLM investment sustainability and developed a model that can be used to assess the sustainability of PLM solution implementations within industrial companies Introduction CIMdata defines a sustainable PLM solution as one where the complete PLM solution (i.e., the software, processes enabled, and support service) is meeting the company’s business needs now and well into the future via continuous and cost effective improvements rather than a series of discontinuous, high-intensity, and costly PLM replacement events. CIMdata has developed a model and process to assess the sustainability of a PLM solution implemented at industrial companies. As a part of its PLM Enterprise
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