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Key takeaways:

• Oracle Corporation is fully committed to the cloud, and is generating strong growth and an increasing percentage of total revenues from the cloud
• Oracle PLM Cloud is evolving rapidly to fully enable the enterprise product record, demonstrating Oracle’s growing support for a “digital thread”
• The Applications Unlimited philosophy informs their product development strategy and plans, and provides flexibility for customers to move to the cloud when they are ready
• Oracle is extending their portfolio to support both the Internet of Things (IoT) and advanced analytics, key elements of Industry 4.0 and digitalization

CIMdata attended the Oracle...

Founding sponsors among leading PLM solution providers.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 23 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the initiation of a multi-sponsor collaborative research program on the use of cloud-based solutions to enable product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and processes in industrial companies.

The initial research program will focus on the collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) segment of PLM, defined by CIMdata as, the category of data and process management solutions at the core of most industrial PLM implementations. In 2015, CIMdata estimated the cPDm segment at over US$5.4 billion, up more than 9.1%...

A CIMdata eBook in Partnership with Dassault Systèmes

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 21 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, released a new eBook focused on strategies and technologies to reduce risk and improve business outcomes for capital projects in the oil and gas, chemical, and power industries.

Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) firms and owner-operators alike face challenges complying with project schedules and budgets as project complexity continues to increase. Incomplete integration among multi-disciplinary design teams and with project management processes results in problems surfacing late in project execution.

This eBook presents CIMdata’s perspective on the use of...

Educational webinar will present a framework to simplify enterprise network management and enable more effective and efficient collaborative innovation.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Digitize Your Enterprise Network Management for Competitive Advantage.” The webinar will take place on March 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

According to research undertaken by the Wharton School of Business, the Network Orchestrators, that is businesses based on digital platforms and virtual networks, are two to four times more valuable and significantly more...

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The morning of February 7, 2017 brought news that Carl Bass was resigning from Autodesk effective February 8. This seemingly sudden announcement is the culmination of years of transition at Autodesk, marked by an accelerated pace over the past few months. Mr. Bass acknowledged as much in a blog post, where he commented that he has been in discussions with the board related to this change “for the past couple of years.”

Mr. Bass is only the third CEO in Autodesk’s history, having taken the helm from Carol Bartz in 2006, who succeeded Autodesk...

The workshop, sponsored by three of CIMdata’s knowledge councils, will take place on June 6 & 7 in Chicago, Illinois.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 7 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it will offer a workshop on the topic of “Driving Manufacturing Innovation with Digital Design & Simulation: Challenges, Strategies, and Best Practices for Business Success.” The workshop will take place at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) in Chicago, Illinois on June 6 & 7.

The workshop will start during the afternoon of June 6 and will end on June 7....

Enabling improved manufacturing practices to enable clients to have a higher understanding of their processes and products – delivering enhanced customer satisfaction and increased brand equity.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the expansion of its Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) Consulting Practice. This consulting practice focuses on bridging the flow of data and integrating processes between manufacturing and the design, fabrication, and operation of facilities and infrastructure to improve processes and products through the product lifecycle. The MSE practice will concentrate on new and emerging technologies, including the Internet...

Discussion will take a look at what optimization is and why some engineers are anxious about it.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 26 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata’s Practice Manager for Simulation and Analysis, will join a roundtable discussion that will consider the outlook for Optimal Design Technology. Dr. Meintjes will be joined by Advanced Engineering Solutions’ Dr. Andreas Vlahinos.

Historically, engineers have been able to rely on industry knowledge, expertise, and aesthetics to decide how a product looks. Now, they have an alternative path available—one that involves generative design,...

Presentation will include a discussion on the challenges and opportunities associated with the “single digital thread” vision.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 25 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is pleased to announce that Don Tolle, CIMdata’s Director for Simulation-Driven Systems Development Consulting Practice & Knowledge Council, will make a presentation at the INCOSE International Workshop which takes place in Torrance, California from January 28-31. Mr. Tolle will make his presentation titled, The intersection of PLM, MBSE, SMS: What’s next, on Sunday, January 29 as part of the MBSE Workshop: SE Transformation & MBSE Initiative.

The large...

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According to the Aras Corporation (Aras) web site, the company had a very large win at the end of 2016. They closed a 50,000 seat deal at General Motors to support enterprise change management, vehicle bill of materials (EBOM & MBOM), variants and options, and other lifecycle processes. The implementation is underway now.

CIMdata believes that Aras was selected because of its technical capabilities, business model, and the architecture’s ability to support complex configuration management, which was an important use case. CIMdata has...