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The event presents PLM Industry Trends, 2017 Global PLM Market Growth, and Major Research Topics.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the successful completion of its 2018 North American PLM Market & Industry Forum—the first in a series of five global events. This year’s North American Forum was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 5 April 2018. There were 45 PLM industry participants representing 23 leading global PLM software and service providers.

CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forums represent the world’s premier event for software and service providers focused specifically...

Thought leadership will be provided on the topics of Additive Manufacturing and Generative Design.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 March 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is pleased to announce that Dr. Keith Meintjes, Executive Consultant, and James White, Director for Additive Manufacturing Strategy, will be in attendance at the Congress On the Future of Engineering Software (COFES) which will take place in Scottsdale, AZ from April 12-15.

Dr. Meintjes will lead a briefing titled, “Beyond Generative Design.” The briefing will show how Generative Design is just one step in the transition from CAD to Human-Aided Design....

The CIMdata administered group provides research and guidance on the top PLM issues affecting aircraft manufacturers, major defense OEMs, and Tier 1 suppliers.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 29 March 2018—Representatives from nine major aerospace and defense companies recently met in Paris, France to discuss and review the status and findings of the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) PLM Action Group’s working teams and to set priorities for their fifth business year. The A&D PLM Action Group, which is administered by CIMdata, is an industry-specific PLM advocacy group whose mission is to:

• Set the direction for the aerospace & defense industry on PLM-related topics that...

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Key takeaways:

• Increasingly, engineering designs comprise procured-in components and whole sub-modules from external companies.
• Today, final manufactured products are designed and built by a diverse distributed network of individuals and teams.
• Development of products involves a diverse Product Stakeholder Network of people who collaborate on ideas and content, and who make decisions that influence the final product.
• The Product Stakeholder Network determines final product definition, including procured-in content, and is especially prevalent in industries such as traditional manufacturing, consumer goods, and mechatronics.
• In this new age of global collaboration, organizations face internal impediments due to the way they’re...

Complimentary webinar will show the importance of developing a realistic ROI for gaining executive support for PLM.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 March 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Tom Gill, Practice Manager for PLM Enterprise Value & Integration, will participate in a webinar, titled “ROI for PLM Deployments in the Food and Beverage Industry.” The webinar will be broadcast twice on April 11 & 12, 2018.

Sponsored by SpecPage, the webinar will show how the use of PLM by food and beverage companies to address speed-to-market, product cost, traceability, and regulatory compliance issues can...

The presentation will explain how to introduce more agility and speed into PLM delivery processes.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 22 March 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Mr. Antoine Scotto d’Apollonia, Vice President of Information Management Develop at Airbus, will make a keynote presentation at PLM Road Map North America 2018. This two-day event will be held in collaboration with PDT North America. Both events will take place May 15-17 at the Marriott Hotel, Tysons Corner, VA which is near Washington D.C. The theme for this year's event is “Charting the Course to...

This popular and proven PLM education program with over 400 graduates will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in June.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 March 2018-CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to the Mercure Hotel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 11-15 June.

Recognized as the PLM industry's most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering, with over 400 PLM professionals certified to date, the program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based program includes a personalized classroom...

Changing How We Engineer, Validate, Market, and Operate our Products

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 March 2018-CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of an eBook titled "Digital Twins," how they are changing the way we engineer, validate, market, and operate our products. The physics-based Digital Twin plays a key role in the business transformations needed to meet the increased complexity of cyber-physical products and their IoT-enabled operating environments, which demands thinking beyond traditional stage-gate oriented engineering approaches.

Being competitive in the modern fast-paced business environment means applying the latest principles in organization, process, and...

This educational webinar will look at what standards exist and what needs to mature to support a model-based enterprise strategy.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 March 2018-CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, "Model-Based Enterprise & Standards." The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Many companies are adopting Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) as a fundamental business practice. In doing so, these companies enter some uncharted waters concerning how to create a model that can become the base for their product...

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Key takeaways:

• One of SOLIDWORKS' stated "big ambitions is…to be the Amazon for your ideas and dreams to design and make."
• Dassault Systèmes' continued investment in SOLIDWORKS illustrated its strategic commitment to add value for SOLIDWORKS' users and ensure that SOLIDWORKS remains a design platform of choice.
• SOLIDWORKS and its partners continue to emphasize additive manufacturing as a major area of investment, development, and enablement.

The 20th annual SOLIDWORKS World conference was held February 4-7, 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California. A large and enthusiastic crowd of more than 5,000 SOLIDWORKS users attended...