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The new website brings the work of the group into the public domain.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 29 November 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the creation of a new website to promote the work being undertaken by the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group.

The Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (A&D PAG) is an association of aerospace & defense companies that functions as an advocacy group to sponsor research and set the direction for the industry on PLM-related topics such as; obsolescence management, product lifecycle integration, and global collaboration. Since its founding in February...

Popular PLM education program will be available via a series of publicly offered classes.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 November 2017 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces its CIMdata PLM Leadership Certificate Program schedule for 2018. The CIMdata PLM Leadership Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership—the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education offering for today’s PLM professionals.

The program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations...

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Key takeaways:

• SAP is rapidly moving from an on-premise company to one focused on the cloud.
• Technologies like the Internet of Things, big data, analytics, machine learning, and blockchain are transforming industries and the global economy.
• SAP Leonardo helps bring business solutions to companies that leverage these technologies in combination with SAP best practices and existing SAP offerings.

In early 2017 SAP announced the branding of their Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio as SAP Leonardo, and their plans for their first global SAP Leonardo event for SAP customers in Frankfurt in July 2017. After the success of...

Educational webinar will ask if industrial companies are ready to implement additive manufacturing into mainstream production.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 November 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Industrializing Additive Manufacturing to make practical end-use products.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

The days are gone when Additive Manufacturing (AM) was limited to making one-offs, prototypes, and your favorite Disney character. Now, with advances in materials, AM machines, and software, it is possible to make practical everyday...

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Key takeaways:

• CIMdata believes that Mevea offers a exceptional end-to-end solution approach (from inception to in-service operation)—enabling effective digital twin solutions for its customers.
• Digital Twin as a technology, even though relatively young, is developing rapidly. It is the required foundational technology to enable cognitive behavior in real life in the future.
• Mevea’s digital twin approach should allow its customers to not only achieve competitiveness, but sustainable product and process innovation.

Manufacturing OEMs and their suppliers need to remain globally competitive. Unfortunately, this is becoming a significant challenge for most companies in today’s rapidly changing, globally competitive...

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Key takeaways:

• The 3DEXPERIENCE platform has elements that support uses well beyond traditional PLM solution activities in product development—including life sciences and urban planning.
• Dassault Systèmes continues to expand the platform’s breadth and depth.
• The POWER’BY service promises to streamline integration of older CAD solutions.

CIMdata recently attended Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Forum—North America in Florida. One of the main themes of the Forum was the continuing evolution of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM product innovation platform. In the opening keynote, Dassault Systèmes Mr. Bruno Latchague, Senior Executive Vice President, Americas, welcomed the attendees and introduced Mr. Dean Marsh, the...

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Altair Engineering, one of the pioneers of the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software market, recently completed a highly successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Altair sold 12 Million Class A shares in the IPO which represent a minority interest in the company. The stock opened at $13/share on November 1 and then surged to end the first day up 41%, closing at $18.31/share. It now trades under the ticker symbol ALTR.

Best known for its flagship finite element (FE) modeling and simulation software, HyperMesh, Altair has significantly expanded its HyperWorks multi-physics...

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Key takeaways:

• Rapid changes in technology, such as the evolution of smart, connected products and the Internet of Things, are making product development efforts more complex, reducing companies’ returns on R&D investments.
• Many company’s problems are exacerbated by ongoing changes in the engineering workforce and the introduction of disruptive business models from nimble “digital native” competitors.
• As a result, many companies find their engineering teams are spending much less time on innovating new products and technologies and they struggle to keep up with the technical and developmental clock speed required to compete and win in this...

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Ten years ago, Siemens acquired UGS. At that time, the acquisition clearly set a new agenda for the entire PLM industry. Customers across manufacturing and process industries could envision the benefits of integrating the physical world, such as through Siemens AG’s leading automation design and production technology, and the virtual world, through UGS’s leading factory design, product design, and digital collaboration software.

Since then that vision has become a reality in many different forms (i.e., virtual commissioning, simulation, and test; IoT and simulation). Once again that vision is realized with Siemens PLM Software’s Additive...

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On September 6, 2017, at a Siemens PLM Software gathering for industry analysts, Mr. Bob Haubrock, Senior Vice President, Product Engineering Solutions offered early looks at the strategy and content of NX 12, Siemens PLM Software’s flagship CAD solution. Targeted for commercial release at the end of October 2017, NX 12 showcases three major technical thrusts into areas of high industry interest. The release contains major enhancements for generative design, additive manufacturing, and multidiscipline design. CIMdata views all three directions as important and timely advances.

CIMdata defines generative design as a collection of tools...