2026 PLM Status, Trends, and the Path to Value
A Complimentary CIMdata Educational Webinar with Peter Bilello, President & CEO, CIMdata
14 May 2026
11:00 EDT | 08:00 PDT | 17:00 CEST
Do any of the following statements sound familiar?
- We are planning to implement PLM but don’t know what to focus on.
- We are looking to expand PLM but don’t know what to do next.
- We are concerned about the future of PLM and would like to understand major trends.
- We are trying to break out of PLM as an engineering system, but don’t know where else PLM can be applied.
- We are having a difficult job trying to convince management to move forward with an enterprise PLM initiative.
- We are uncertain if our digital transformation initiative is covering all the required elements.
This webinar will provide insight into CIMdata’s annual global PLM Status & Trends research survey results. The research aims to deepen the global PLM community’s collective understanding of the status, drivers, and preconditions necessary for companies to derive value from their PLM investments. The main topics to be covered include spending trends, implementation foci, value perception, and processes being enabled, to name a few. Additionally, we will describe and provide comments on some of the key potential PLM industry disruptors, including a brief review of CIMdata’s Critical Dozen digital transformation elements.
Is your PLM strategy delivering the competitive advantage you expected? Every year, the global PLM community looks to CIMdata’s PLM Status & Trends Research to separate industry hype from operational reality. This webinar provides a first look at the 2026 survey results, offering a data-driven roadmap for leaders who need to optimize their investments, justify spending, and navigate the next wave of digital disruption, including a brief update on CIMdata's Critical Dozen digital transformation element-Augmented Intelligence.What We’ll Cover:
- Real-World Spending Trends: See where industrial firms are actually putting their money.
- Implementation Foci: Identify which initiatives practitioners are prioritizing today—and which are being sidelined.
- The Value Perception Gap: How do industrial users really feel about their PLM ROI? We share the industry's perspective on whether PLM is living up to its promise.
- Process Enablement: Discover which specific processes—from sustainability compliance to cross-functional collaboration—are being successfully enabled by your peers.
- About "Augmented Intelligence": As part of CIMdata’s Critical Dozen, we provide a 2026 update on AI. Learn how industrial users are moving from experimental Generative AI to practical Augmented Intelligence that supports the human-in-the-loop.
What will I learn?
- You will gain an understanding on how PLM is being used.
- You will gain an understanding of what processes are being enabled by PLM.
- You will gain an understanding of the drivers & preconditions necessary to derive value from PLM.
- You will gain an understanding of where corporate executives perceive value in PLM.
- You will gain an understanding of the main focus areas of leading companies.
Who should attend?
Executives responsible for PLM initiatives, those responsible for digital transformation, PLM team leaders, PLM team members, PLM users, product managers, IT leadership, solution providers, or anyone else wishing to understand the trends and status of the global PLM industry.
During the webinar you’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions about the topics discussed.