CIMdata Discusses the Future Direction
of the PLM industry in its 2003 PLM Vendor Forum
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, February 12, 2003 — Consulting
and research firm CIMdata announces the schedule for its 2003
PLM Vendor Forum.
These international one-day events will be held in Detroit and
Paris on April 10, and May 21, 2003 respectively. CIMdata will
also hold this event in Tokyo the week of May 26th, 2003. The Forums
are designed to provide critical market and business information
to technology and service suppliers of Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) solutions.
According to Ken Amann, Director of Research
at CIMdata, “The
focus of our 2003 PLM Vendor Forum is to investigate how we as
an industry are able to effectively take PLM to it next level.” He
added, “We hope to bring together the PLM solution suppliers to
discuss the PLM market, look back at its performance in the past
year, and set the vision for its future. We will provide the participants
critical information that will enable them to meet industry challenges
and expand their opportunities.”
The participants at the CIMdata 2003 PLM Vendor Forum will:
Understand the CIMdata view of the evolving PLM industry and
its future direction and how this impacts their businesses.
Gain an understanding of the PLM market dynamics in 2002 and
what drove the investment decisions.
Learn how industrial companies invested geographically and
by industry in 2002, as well as the forecast for 2003.
Gain an insight into developing complementary technologies
that may provide an opportunity to expand the value of their
offerings to the end user companies.
Receive the initial results of the CIMdata 2002 End User ROI
study which will provide additional insights into the value that
users are receiving and perceiving from their PLM solutions.
For more program and registration information, please visit the
CIMdata website at www.CIMdata.com.
PLM is much more than data management and CAD. It 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—integration
your 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, 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.
CIMdata, a leading and independent worldwide
strategic consultancy is dedicated to maximizing an enterprise’s
ability to design and deliver innovative products and services
through the application
of PLM solutions. CIMdata
works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies
and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy.
CIMdata helps industrial organizations establish effective PLM
strategies, assists in the identification of requirements and selection
of PLM technologies, helps organizations optimize their operational
structure and processes to implement solutions, and assists in
the deployment of these solutions.
For PLM solution suppliers, CIMdata helps define business and
market strategies, delivers worldwide market information and analyses,
provides education and support for internal sales and marketing
teams, as well as overall support at all stages of business and
product programs to make them optimally effective in their markets.
CIMdata provides 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 including
product data management (PDM), visualization, collaboration, digital
manufacturing, computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM), and
numerical control (NC). CIMdata also provides expertise in the
integration of PLM with other business solutions such as customer
relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), and
enterprise resource planning (ERP).
In addition to consulting, CIMdata provides industry education
through international conferences in the US, Europe, and Japan
that focus on PLM. The company also conducts research, provides
PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial
publications. CIMdata serves clients worldwide from locations in
North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit
our website at www.CIMdata.com or
contact CIMdata at:
3909 Research Park Drive,
Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA.
Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922.
Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957
