Industry Summary Articles

 PDF Key takeaways: Leading global enterprises are rapidly expanding their strategic use of virtual prototyping and simulation in product development, requiring a re-assessment of their annual engineering software and IT investments and associated ROI Public cloud solutions such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) are rapidly maturing to meet the unique…

 PDF Key takeaways: Effective Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) can generate significant revenue and improve customer satisfaction, but an effective implementation requires clear vision, roadmap, and execution processes SLM includes many complex processes such as marketing and planning, sales and distribution, service parts management, and after sales support that must operate…

 PDF Key takeaways: Three transformational forces affect all industries—data (the what), cloud (the how), and engagement (the why) An important value of the Internet of Things is found in gaining insight that leads to action The Internet of Things generates a new scale of challenges—such as trusted devices and the…

 PDF Key takeaways: ESI provides a vision of a “virtual prototype” that is comprehensive and includes manufacturing ESI is a leader in the capabilities of its solutions for manufacturing simulation End users are looking to ESI for simulation capabilities that include “as-manufactured” material properties and accurate representations of welding, bonding,…

 PDF Key takeaways: Oracle’s Value Chain Summit offers an appropriate, right-sized venue for learning more about enterprise value chain systems Oracle is committed to enabling parallel capabilities for Oracle Agile PLM (for on premise and cloud use) and Oracle Product Value Chain Cloud, which is a new, PLM offering in…

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes’ continues to evolve and clarify their 3DEXPERIENCE Platform message to the SolidWorks user community Dassault Systèmes’ announced a multi-dimensional solution delivery model for SolidWorks users—one that continues the desktop delivery of design capabilities, one that delivers new capabilities via the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, and one that…

 PDF Key takeaways: All products produced, sold, used, and supported are a result of transforming the virtual into the physical Product lifecycle management software has proven its ability to enable aerospace companies around the world to meet complex and evolving challenges Siemens offers a broad portfolio of aerospace-specific capabilities, and…

 PDF Key takeaways: PLM technology advancement and greater focus on real world use cases are making collaboration easier and more secure Enterprises are trying to enable more freeform input and communication during the product lifecycle to improve their products and services while new software technologies and mobile devices are making…

 PDF Key takeaways: About 25% of all Enterprise IT applications support product development, a far greater number than traditional CAD and PDM applications where organizations typically focus their IT efforts Industry segments such as automotive, aerospace, high tech & telecom, and industrial machinery all have unique challenges, and all have…

 PDF Key takeaways: Smooth product launches require early identification and resolution of manufacturing, assembly, serviceability, quality, and cost issues, well before production Design for eXcellence[1] is a strategy successfully used to ensure that products meet customer requirements such as manufacturing cost, quality, reliability, and serviceability Companies are using Geometric’s DFMPro…