CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
7 February 2008
CIMdata News
The Impact of the Emergence of Large Enterprise Suppliers on the PLM Market to be Addressed at the CIMdata 2008 PLM Vendor Forum
Consulting and research firm CIMdata will address the impact of the emergence of large enterprise suppliers on the PLM market at its 2008 PLM Vendor Forums. These international one-day events will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA on March 27th, in Stuttgart, Germany on April 17th, and in Tokyo, Japan on April 23rd, 2008. The CIMdata Vendor Forum provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for PLM solution providers to come together to examine the industry’s performance, gauge its progress and set the vision for its future.
Recognized for many years as the best source of comprehensive and accurate insights into the evolution and directions of the PLM industry, CIMdata will unveil its annual PLM Market Analysis at these Vendor Forums. CIMdata will present and discuss the 2007 PLM Market Analysis, including 2007 PLM market revenues from various perspectives. These include a review of industrial investments in various key PLM functional domains, major industries, and geographic regions. In addition to market investments in various sectors, CIMdata will provide an analysis of the revenue performance of major PLM suppliers.
CIMdata will also present the current state of the PLM industry, with particular emphasis on trends and issues critical to suppliers of PLM technologies and services. Special attention will be on the impact of the emergence of large enterprise PLM suppliers and the challenges and opportunities this has created for all suppliers competing in the market. CIMdata will analyze the drivers for the emergence of large enterprise suppliers, identify these suppliers, and discuss their perspective on PLM and other enterprise solutions.
In addition, CIMdata will examine the impact of large enterprise PLM suppliers on the industrial companies that are deploying or planning to adopt PLM and the resulting impact on PLM suppliers of all sizes and types. Issues to be addressed include the impact of these suppliers on the buyers and buying process, the required organization and operational structures, the adoption of PLM across the enterprise, and the relationship of PLM investments to other business and IT investments. Other topics to be discussed include the impact of previous commitments to other large enterprise suppliers, PLM investments, pressures for platform consolidation, and continued debate over “best of breed” versus homogeneous solutions. There will also be a discussion of strategies for suppliers of all sizes for successful sales, delivery, and support as PLM becomes a more fundamental component of enterprise investments.
With the advent of large enterprise PLM suppliers and the changes they are creating in the PLM market, one must ask, “Has PLM reached a major business inflection point?” The emergence of the large enterprise PLM suppliers is creating new pressure on all PLM competitors, including small and medium suppliers, systems integrators, and other PLM-related competitors. It is important to understand that opportunities are also being created in the market in new industries, geographies, domains, and companies of all sizes. The increased visibility and importance of PLM is attracting additional enterprise competition, some from traditional sources but also from suppliers that have not previously had any substantial commitment to the PLM market. These and other changing industry dynamics will be discussed as well as the potential acceleration of market growth, business opportunities, and strategies for success in this evolving market.
What is PLM?
PLM is a strategic approach that applies a consistent set of business solutions in support of the collaborative creation, management, dissemination, and use of product definition information. It spans the extended enterprise from product concept to end-of-life—integrating people, processes, business systems, and information. Leading solution providers recognize the importance of PLM to business, and major industrial firms are already reaping significant benefits from their PLM implementations, in sectors ranging from aerospace and automotive to consumer packaged goods and petrochemical.
PLM ties together design, manufacturing, field service, purchasing, marketing, suppliers, customers, and other organizations and disciplines throughout extended intercompany supply chains. PLM allows companies to maximize their investment in resources, supply chain participants, and current and future IT technologies. It enables companies to unleash their past investments in multiple IT solutions, while maximizing their return-on-investment.
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