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CIMdata joins forces with REVOLUTION™ in Simulation & Digital Engineering 24/7 to showcase this industry-critical topic.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA – 5 September 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces its co-hosting of an industry roundtable titled “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cutting-Edge Simulation.” The virtual event, presented in collaboration with REVOLUTION in Simulation and Digital Engineering 24/7, takes place on Wednesday, 27 September, at 11:00 AM EDT.

A panel of experts from leading industry and end-user companies will delve into three areas...

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Allowing humans and nature to exist in productive harmony

Key Takeaways

• Siemens Digital Industries Software has recognized the growing emphasis on sustainability across their broad client base and has heightened their attention on providing NX users with productive tools in support of sustainability.
• NX Sustainability Impact Analysis brings valuable environmental impact assessments to the early stages of the design process.
• NX Performance Predictor enables users to simulate parts they are designing in real-time, while exploring different design and material choices.
• NX Molded Part Designer provides users the ability to create, manage, and validate their molded part design features...

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Key Takeaways

• As Independent Software Vendor’s (ISV’s) continue their march to SaaS platforms, industrial company adoption of the cloud continues to grow.
• Cloud first strategies are becoming common, but companies still struggle to integrate and support the heterogenous mix of applications required for their product R&D.
• Managing applications, integrations, and licensing is complex, technically and legally beyond the scope that any single ISV or platform provider can support but easily falls within the scope of top tier systems integrators.
• HCLTech’s xLMCloud builds on the success of the earlier solution provider-agnostic 1PLMCloud offering by expanding the range of...

Fifth Module of the 2023 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 22 August 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Analysis Report, the fifth of five modules of the CIMdata 2023 Market Analysis Report (MAR) Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis of the worldwide PLM market during 2022. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM solution providers; and revenue analyses for geographic regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

“The PLM market grew to...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 17 August 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the appointment of Alan Mendel as its Chief Revenue Officer reporting to President & CEO, Peter Bilello.

Over his 36-year career, Alan has served in various management roles at Aras Corporation, LeverX, CIMdata, Schlumberger CAD/CAM, Groupe Bull, and Adra Systems. He’s developed and implemented world-class PLM/CAD/CAM software, consulted and assisted international organizations to establish PLM and digital transformation initiatives, select solutions and service providers, and has driven business benefits generating...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 17 August 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of a new eBook, Seamless Collaboration Accelerates EV Engineering. The eBook describes vehicle electrification engineering challenges met using Siemens Digital Industries Software’s (Siemens) integrated and cross-discipline approach of their Xcelerator solutions. Siemens introduces Collaborative Virtual Development Ecosystem to provide OEMs with the needed platform for cross discipline and cross domain collaboration. Siemens, a proven provider to the automotive industry, is keeping pace with the emerging electric vehicle automotive engineering and manufacturing challenges.

According to Mr. Craig Brown, a CIMdata Executive...

This webinar will show how a group of A&D OEMs reached a consensus on this industry-critical topic.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 15 August 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Developing an A&D Digital Twin/Digital Thread Position – a Lesson in Consensus Building.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 14 September 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

The Aerospace & Defense (A&D) PLM Action Group is moving toward an industry-specific product lifecycle...

Infor Nexus™, the leading global supply chain platform and a division of Infor^®, the industry cloud company, today announced that EFL Global will implement the Infor Nexus platform and join its logistics service provider (LSP) community. EFL Global, an international logistics and supply chain industry leader, will leverage the machine learning and predictive analytic capabilities of the Nexus platform to enhance its supply chain operations and better serve its clients.

Infor Nexus, a single-instance multi-enterprise business network platform, optimizes the flow of goods, information, and capital from source to delivery and payment. It empowers businesses to boost their overall supply chain...

One of the world’s most diverse textile and ready-made garment manufactures, Aster Textiles, has selected Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan solution to digitally transform its manual planning processes by connecting more accurate planning and forecasting data across departments, in a bid to improve efficiencies, optimise its On-Time Delivery Performance (OTDP) and significantly reduce lead times. Aster Textiles was founded as a family business in 1993, in Istanbul, Turkey and has grown rapidly to become one of Turkey’s top 10 exporters of textile and ready-made garments. Still headquartered in Istanbul, Aster operates four large, state-of-the-art production facilities in Turkey and Serbia which manufacture...

The EMO exhibition is back after a 4-year break and will be held in Hannover, Germany from September 18 to 23, 2023.

The highly anticipated European premiere of the 17th version of SprutCAM X, a CAD/CAM system, and SprutCAM X Robot, an offline robot programming (OLP) software, will captivate visitors at EMO 2023, the world’s leading trade fair for manufacturing technology. SprutCAM Tech invites industry professionals, enthusiasts and the press to experience the latest innovations firsthand at booth E06 in hall 9.

The new features will be demonstrated live: The showcase promises to be an immersive exploration of the new features and...