CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
9 October 2013
CIMdata News
PLM Road Map 2013
CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the successful start of its 2013 PLM Road Map™ conference in Chicago. The theme of the conference is The Evolving PLM Paradigm - Toppling the Status Quo. Attendance grew by about 15% over the 2012 event to 330 attendees. Sponsorship booths totaled 31.
The two-day program features keynote and breakout sessions. CIMdata’s Stan Przybylinski, VP Research, is the PI Congress chair. Highlights of this year’s event are the keynote speakers. The first-day speakers included Adrian Micu, CES Group (PLM as a Key Transformational Tool in Engineering Excellence); and Peter Bilello, CIMdata President (Exploring the Evolving World of Social Product Development); and LTC Nathan Weidenman, DARPA (Compressing Development Timetables for Complex Defense Systems: DARPA’s Adaptive Vehicle Make). These were augmented by four tracks of more detailed discussions by PLM users and panel discussions on Social Product Development & Collaboration, Digital Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, and PLM Integration and Sustainability.
About CIMdata
CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM-enabling technologies.
CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and providers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CIMdataPLMNews, or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA, Tel: +1 734.668.9922. Fax: +1 734.668.1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0) 495.533.666.
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