CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
April 2004
CIMdata News
CIMdata in the News (Visualizing the Virtual Factory)
"Defined as a subset and a key component of PLM systems, digital manufacturing or manufacturing procession management (MPM) typically are deployed predominantly by major manufacturers to help manage the vast amounts of critical engineering data in the manufacturing pipeline (see the article "Digital Manufacturing Taking Hold" in the January 2003 issue of Manufacturing Engineering).
According to PLM industry researcher CIMdata Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI), major digital manufacturing suppliers include the partnership of Dassault Systèmes (Paris) and its subsidiary Delmia Corp. (Auburn Hills, MI), EDS' subsidiary UGS PLM Solutions (Plano, TX), and Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. (Herzlia, Israel). CIMdata estimates that the market for digital manufacturing/MPM services reached about $300 million in 2002, but the market is expected to swell to $1 billion or more in the next few years as manufacturers realize the value of compressing product development and manufacturing lead times." For the full article, please visit: Visualizing the Virtual Factory, (Manufacturing Engineering, April 2004), By Patrick Waurzyniak
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