Current Openings at CIMdata Senior Consultant CIMdata’s Senior Consultants are assigned to a specific project and are responsible for the day-to-day interaction with the client once the project commences. View Full Job Description Apply Now Industry Practice Manager CIMdata’s Industry Practice Managers lead the development and delivery of CIMdata’s consulting offerings for industrial clients within a target market and provide marketing support for lead generation and sales support for business development within the target industry. View Full Job Description Apply Now Project Manager CIMdata’s Project Managers are assigned to manage the delivery of a specific project. They are responsible for the overall management of a project in conjunction with client project leads. View Full Job Description Apply Now Lead Consultant for Solution Providers CIMdata’s Lead Consultants for Solution Providers are the consultants assigned to CIMdata’s PLM Solution Provider accounts. They take care of the day-to-day client service responsibilities. View Full Job Description Apply Now Market Research Analyst - Asia-Pacific The Market Research Analyst - Asia-Pacific supports CIMdata’s globally

PLM Road Map™ 2013 The Evolving PLM Paradigm - Toppling the Status Quo PLM Road Map™ 2013 is the must-attend event for industry executives and PLM practitioners globally – providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends, experiences, and relationships critical to the industry germinate and take root. Over the last decade, product lifecycle management (PLM) has risen as a strategic business approach to mediate between the many stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle, applying the appropriate technologies to support often complicated processes. Recently, new technologies, processes, and expectations have emerged or matured that threaten this dominant paradigm with extinction. The push towards sustainability has caused many organizations to realize that product development isn’t just about getting a product to market, but also about its use, service, and disposition. The increasing number of social-savvy workers, and who are always on, are demanding and expecting new forms of collaborative processes and supporting technologies. Simulation for component

 PDF Key takeaways: The AVEVA World Summit drew a global audience of senior leaders and decision-makers from the AEC and shipbuilding industries AVEVA announced several interesting new products, including their first ever mobile application, AVEVA E3D Insight, and the AVEVA Activity Visualization Platform, which relies on gaming technology to deliver advanced visualization capabilities Visualization and visual decision making are central to AVEVA’s strategy and offerings, and their early solutions show they are off to a strong start CIMdata was pleased to attend the AVEVA World Summit in Boston, MA on October 30 to November 1, 2013. AVEVA is one of the AEC market leaders tracked by CIMdata in our annual PLM Market Analysis Report. The AVEVA World Summit is a business meeting focused on influencers and decision-makers, with presentations by AVEVA and selected customers. This Summit attracted over 340 delegates; more delegates were from Asia-Pacific (36%) than from the Americas (33%). All were treated to

This free educational webinar, dedicated to exploring the benefits of PLM, will take place on December 11, 2013 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 7 November 2013 – CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “How to Claim the Benefits of PLM for Your Business.” Join CIMdata on December 11 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) to find out how to harness the benefits of PLM and capture greater success for your business. Based on CIMdata’s 30 years of experience in the PLM industry, our experts have identified the potential pain points associated with PLM implementations: the lack of current organizational PLM plans; the ability to determine if PLM is making a difference; the failure of PLM in the past; or that engineering is plagued with delays, confusion, and a lack of success. The webinar will be presented by Jim McKinney, CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Practice Manager. “Understanding

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A Solution for Enterprise Validation and Review ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 October 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a new white paper examining PTC’s enterprise solution for validation and review, PTC Creo View. Once the private domain of design and manufacturing engineers, digital data content has become an essential factor in the interactions and decision-making of a broad range of enterprise-wide product contributors. PTC Creo View technology, which is the basis of a comprehensive Enterprise Validation and Review solution, supports visualization of and interaction with product models. It delivers a scalable visual collaboration and digital mockup capability for product data that can be deployed throughout the enterprise. Dr. Versprille states that “Product visualization gives all stakeholders access to the product’s single source of truth.” CIMdata reviews the capabilities of PTC Creo View and its ability to pair mechanical and electronic product data for full product

CIMdata’s complimentary Educational Webinars provide an opportunity for those interested in PLM to learn more about selected topics. Our Webinars are applicable to all, irrespective of where you are on your PLM journey. PLM’s Expanding Footprint: Enabling Innovation ​A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar September 10, 2014 11:00 am EDT | 8:00 am PDT | 5:00 pm CEST Register About our Speaker More Information How to Properly Plan Your PLM Implementation ​A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar March 26, 2014 11:00 am EST | 8:00 am PST | 5:00 pm CET Replay Webinar View Slides More Information How to Claim the Benefits of PLM for Your Business ​A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar December 11, 2013 11:00 am EST | 8:00 am PST | 5:00 pm CET Replay Webinar View Slides More Information  

CIMdata’s complimentary Educational Webinars provide an opportunity for those interested in PLM to learn more about selected topics. Our Webinars are applicable to all, irrespective of where you are on your PLM journey. How to Properly Plan Your PLM Implementation ​A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar March 26, 2014 11:00 am EST | 8:00 am PST | 5:00 pm CET Replay Webinar View Slides More Information How to Claim the Benefits of PLM for Your Business ​A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar December 11, 2013 11:00 am EST | 8:00 am PST | 5:00 pm CET Replay Webinar View Slides More Information  

 PDF Key takeaways: Companies developing products across a wide range of industries face increasing complexity in their products and value chains Meeting material-focused product and supplier compliance regulations is a difficult problem for companies seeking to compete in global markets Section 1502 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires companies to understand their exposure to “conflict minerals,” levying new assessment, analysis, and reporting requirements The PTC Materials Compliance Solution offers a proven platform that can help companies quickly meet these evolving requirements, while positioning themselves to address a wide range of compliance management issues The products that we know and love are no longer simple forcing industries like automotive and aerospace to develop much more complex products, using increasingly complicated supply chains to address global markets. In fact, the product development requirements in these industries helped lead to the emergence of product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and solutions, focused on helping companies

How to Claim the Benefits of PLM for your Business A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar December 11th, 2013 11:00 am EST | 8:00 am PST | 5:00 pm CET Replay Webinar View Slides About our Speaker Do any of the following statements sound a little too familiar? PLM has failed us in the past We don't have a current plan for PLM PLM is installed, but no one knows if it is making a difference Engineering is plagued with delays, confusion, and a lack of success   Based on CIMdata's over 30 years of experience in the PLM industry the answer is probably a resounding YES! Over the years many companies have tried to harness the benefits of PLM with varying levels of success. Join CIMdata's Jim McKinney for this one hour complimentary webinar which will cover some of the benefits of PLM and will explain how you can capture greater success for your business. The answer is PLM! What will we cover? The potential benefits of PLM An introduction to