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Dassault Systèmes announced their acquisition of Gemcom Software International (Gemcom), a leader in mining software solutions, and the creation of a new Dassault Systèmes brand to support modeling of the planet and natural resources — GEOVIA. Gemcom, a global company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, provides software and services for mining customers to discover, measure, design, plan and manage their mining operations from exploration to exploitation.

The objective of the GEOVIA brand is to develop and deliver products to model and simulate the planet. GEOVIA will provide tools for resources managers including geologists, botanists, ecologists,...

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CIMdata was invited to attend and speak at Autodesk’s One Team Conference (OTC) 2012 in Las Vegas during the week of March 11. Over three thousand Autodesk global partners and employees attended this annual event, which was greatly anticipated following a recent series of important Autodesk® announcements targeted at the manufacturing industry. These announcements included “Everything Changes,” from Autodesk University last November, and the launch of Autodesk PLM 360 in February. At OTC 2012 CIMdata led two half–day Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) training classes that were attended by several hundred channel partners and employees...

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In todayʼs fast–paced world, controlling product cost and getting to market on time are keys to business success. If you cannot deliver quality products profitably you will not stay in business. In the highly competitive food and beverage industry, formulated products range in price from less than a dollar to a few dollars. When you think about the cost of the package, the weight of the product, and the transportation and handling costs to get it from the factory to your grocery bag, itʼs hard to imagine there is room for any of the...

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Transit companies face many of the same issues of companies in other industries. They need to improve the productivity of their people, their processes and their capital investment (i.e., infrastructure, rolling stock, etc.), they want to provide better service to their customers, they need to improve their top and bottom lines, and they need to be able to rapidly adjust to changes in market demand. At the same time, they are dealing with aging infrastructures that require higher levels of maintenance and (good news) increase ridership.

Most transit companies have used traditional paper-based (or now...

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Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management Summit 2012

Oracle held its 2012 Agile PLM Summit in February. This user-targeted event was similar in concept to past Agile customer conferences, known as Agility and attracted Agile PLM users from diverse business segments. The 2012 Agile PLM Summit had a number of themes for life sciences, high-tech electronics, and companies that design products using mechanical CAD systems. Over 200 users attended from more than 100 companies.

One important concept presented by Mr. John Kelley, VP of PLM Product Strategy, and illustrated in the following figure, was that the reality...

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Autodesk used the occasion of Autodesk University 2011 in Las Vegas on 29 November to introduce Autodesk 360, its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution suite that has been foreshadowed by the “Everything Changes” campaign of 2011. Previous to Autodesk 360, Autodesk provided workgroup-level data management capabilities for its CAD products through its Vault offering. While Autodesk Vault is part of their new PLM solution suite, Autodesk 360 expands on those capabilities in significant ways.

In the past, Autodesk has eschewed PLM, claiming that it is much too difficult to implement and derive benefit from current...

With the press of a button, a myriad of computerized technology activates beneath the inlaid wood and leather lined dashboard. The driver has just set in motion the results of thousands of hours of sophisticated engineering to execute a semi-automated parallel park. Programmed sensors; power steering; traction control and power, anti-lock brakes; computerized suspension; and voice instructions that indicate when to brake and when to shift; all smoothly interplay to deliver customer satisfaction—and park the car. Each system has been designed and manufactured by automotive specialists through the mechatronics interplay of mechanical, electric, and software control components.

The world’s automotive industry...

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On November 8 through 10, Dassault Systèmes held the Dassault Systèmes Customer Conference (DSCC 2011) at Caesars Palace, on the Strip in Las Vegas, NV. The glamour and glitz outside were more than matched by the high wattage firepower on the main stage. Most of the top Dassault Systèmes executives were front and center, cheering on their leading customers like Johnson & Johnson, Bell Helicopter, and Benetton. The wide range of industries represented by these customers is indicative of the shift at the company over the last several years to broaden their traditional strengths...

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At the recent Oracle OpenWorld 2011 conference in San Francisco, CA, customer presentations offered solid evidence of progress in the application of Oracle’s product lifecycle management (PLM) product suite in both emerging and traditional industries. Oracle also reported substantial enhancements to their PLM offerings, actual and planned, within the context of a framing vision that Oracle calls the “Product Value Chain,” which they say offers value beyond Product Lifecycle Management. This vision is consistent with Oracle’s concentration and success outside the traditional core of PLM—mechanical CAD work-in-process data management, and the traditional industries of...

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On November 9, 2011, Siemens PLM Software announced their acquisition of Vistagy, Inc., known mainly as a leading provider of composites design and manufacturing solutions. Vistagy has been a long-time partner of Siemens PLM Software, providing solutions to enhance the ability of their NX offering, to help customers more effectively design and manufacture composite structures. Vistagy also offers engineering services, and has expanded their product line in recent years to include other specialty applications.

Most notably used in aerospace applications, composites use is spreading across many industries, and thus, composite design solutions are growing in...