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Autodesk expands on 2023 study, going longitudinal

Key Takeaways

• Autodesk launched their 2024 State of Design & Make global research study in New York City on 10 April 2024.
• Nearly 5,400 industrial practitioners from around the world responded to the 2024 version, of what will now be an annual research effort.
• The formal program featured a lengthy one-on-one between Mr. Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk President & CEO and Mr. James Cameron, a major filmmaker and long-time Autodesk partner.
• Prior to the formal event, Autodesk senior executives provided a detailed update on their strategy, licensing evolution, customer success,...

The event known as “DICE” is organized by the Idaho National Laboratory.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 10 April 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Aerospace & Defense Practice Leader, James Roche, will be featured as a speaker at the upcoming DICE event. The event will take place in Idaho Falls, Idaho, from April 30 through May 1.

CIMdata, in collaboration with the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) and multiple PLM solution providers, conducted extensive industry research on the digital thread. This concept is a strategic opportunity in aerospace and defense...

This educational webinar will share CIMdata’s 2024 global PLM status and trends survey results.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 9 April 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “2024: PLM Status & Trends.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 16 May 2024, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

This eagerly awaited annual webinar will provide insight into CIMdata’s global PLM Status & Trends research survey results. The research aims to deepen the global PLM community’s collective understanding of the...

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Key Takeaways

• Speed of innovation for manufacturers in regulated product industries like automotive, aerospace, and medical devices is quickly becoming a key value driver.
• Competitive innovation means accelerating all aspects of the business: agile processes, digital solutions, and creating an ecosystem of partners that can match a manufacturer’s speed.
• One example of a major lever of acceleration is the “Software Defined Vehicle” in automotive, where cars now contain millions of lines of code, and features and functions are often provided through only software. This requires a major rethinking of how a traditionally hardware focused...

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Key Takeaways

• As product complexity increases, organizations need quality and compliance management techniques applied across the complete lifecycle–this requires organizations to refine roles and governance within PLM in the context of product lifecycle quality.
• Quality Management Systems (QMS) must expand beyond a narrow focus of managing manufacturing repeatability and customer usage complaints.
• Exploring quality from the very start of a new idea, in the context of a trusted digital twin while comprehending sustainability requirements, changing consumer usage patterns, and evolving manufacturing practices, will be the hallmark of leading products companies.
• Siemens Xcelerator enables the digital thread and...

CIMdata’s flagship education program will be available in Amsterdam in June.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 2 April 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm focused on PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and the digital transformation it enables, announces that it will offer its industry-standard PLM Certificate program in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 17-21 June.

This unique program prepares PLM professionals to address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and evaluations of...

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Key Takeaways

• China's PLM market continues to rapidly expand, exceeding US$3.62 billion in 2022, up 7.5% from 2021. While the global PLM market grew by 10.0% and reached US$66.6 billion in 2022, China's PLM market share decreased slightly, from 5.6% in 2021 to 5.4% in 2022.
• World-class manufacturers require accurate, traceable product information to meet innovation, as well as efficiency requirements and a Product Innovation Platform is a best-in-class approach to enabling end-to-end sustainable PLM that meets those requirements.
• JWI’s PLM platform, developed in China for China, is based on a modern microservice architecture...

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CIMdata had the pleasure of attending 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024, held in Dallas, TX, from February 11 to 14, 2024. While 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023^[1] was a live, in-person event in Nashville, TN, the 2024 session brought more of the energy one expects from a larger crowd dominated by SOLIDWORKS enthusiasts.^[2] According to Dassault Systèmes, the event included over 4,700 live participants from over 30 countries, with another 10K+ consuming the live stream. “Imagine” was the overall theme again this year.

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This presentation is part of CIMdata’s educational webinar series.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 12 March 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “How Software & Electronics are Transforming Product Engineering.” This insightful webinar will take place on Thursday, 11 April 2024, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Products of all kinds are becoming much more complex. This is characterized by increasingly intricate autonomous operations and the need to improve environmental impact. The integration of electronic components is driving...

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Electronics industry solution provider expanding multiphysics systems design and analysis solutions portfolio

On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BETA CAE Systems International AG, a leading computer-aided engineering (CAE) platform provider of multi-domain, engineering simulation solutions. Cadence has built its engineering simulation solutions portfolio through acquisition over the last several years. It recently announced the release of their Millennium™ Enterprise Multiphysics Platform, a dedicated hardware/software acceleration platform leveraging graphics processing unit (GPU) and central processing unit (CPU) computing, underlining its...