CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 July 2008
CIMdata News
CIMdata Hosts PLM-Focused Event at the AMB International Exhibition for Metal Working: Special Attention on the relationship between PLM & Automation and PLM & Mechatronics
CIMdata will host a PLM-focused event during the AMB International Exhibition for Metal Working on the10th, 11th, and 12th September, 2008 at Messe Stuttgart, in Stuttgart, Germany. The event will be comprised of three sessions which are focused on critical and timely aspects of PLM as an enterprise-wide initiative that will enable more collaboration throughout the entire product development lifecycle. Special attention will be given to the relationship between PLM and Automation as well as PLM and Mechatronics.
The PLM sessions are open to all AMB participants including members of the press at no additional costs.
The CIMdata PLM Sessions
The PLM sessions will be held on the mornings of the10th, 11th, and 12th September from 10:30-12:00. They will combine presentations by CIMdata experts and panel discussions with leading solution suppliers.
Day 1, Wednesday 10 September 2008
State of the PLM industry: A CIMdata presentation
This session will provide an overview of the status of PLM industry with a focus on the scope of PLM, how it is used within industrial companies, trends in the market, and a review of the various types of PLM solutions that are being provided by PLM suppliers. This session is designed to provide a better understanding of PLM, the evolution and growth of the PLM industry, how PLM can be used to improve and sustain your company’s ability to more quickly and efficiently develop and deliver competitive products, and the role that it can provide for your company.
Day 2, Thursday 11 September 2008
PLM, Digital Manufacturing, and Automation: A panel discussion
The growing relationship between PLM and Automation has been highlighted recently by a variety of visible industry activities. The evolution of PLM and development of closer ties to the factory floor through Digital Manufacturing and other initiatives has accelerated as the value has been more widely recognized and PLM suppliers have more aggressively targeted this area for support. This discussion will focus on the value and evolution of the integration of PLM and Automation and how it can provide a significant impact and business advantage for a company.
Day 3, Friday 12 September 2008
PLM and Mechatronics: A panel discussion
Products continue to become more complex, and have begun to include a range of mechanical, electronic, and embedded software components. Successful PLM environments must provide solid support for product definition and management in this environment and must be able to handle the full product definition. This panel discussion will focus on the importance of managing the complete product definition, successful approaches taken by industrial companies, and the impact on their ability to deliver more competitive products and services to their customers.
About PLM
CIMdata defines PLM as a strategic business approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information across the extended enterprise from concept to end of life—integrating people, processes, business systems, and information. PLM forms the product information backbone for a company and its extended enterprise.
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