CIMdata Blog

Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, Wicked Kitchen. Wicked Kitchen, a vegan, plant-based food company founded in the UK with Tesco as their customer, has taken their recipe for success and launched in the US. Based out of Minneapolis, MN, Wicked makes dishes that emphasize flavor, texture, and taste first. The vegan aspect is a commitment the company has made to a changing marketplace, bringing healthy options to busy, yet discerning, consumers. With introductions of 25 SKUs in six months, the US business is accelerating at a blistering pace, requiring excellent data management of product, formulation, labeling, packaging, and certifications. “There’s a ton of information that is managed currently in multiple different places and by various different people. And sometimes is not updated as quickly as we need it to be updated,” says Registered Dietician and Director of Quality at Wicked Kitchen, Jess Kolko. Not

iBASEt, the company that simplifies how complex products are built and maintained, announced that iBASEt solutions are now featured in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Microsoft Azure. iBASEt customers can now take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and HITRUST security of Azure for a more streamlined purchase and deployment experience. “Being listed in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace is an important step forward of our vision to simplify how complex manufacturing processes are performed,” said Naveen Poonian, CEO of iBASEt. “We are excited to be part of this marketplace to drive greater awareness of our manufacturing SaaS solutions, the value they provide, and our ability to accelerate company growth.” The iBASEt Solumina iSeries can digitally transform how manufacturing, quality, and sustainment/MRO operations are performed. With a digital framework to view, control, and optimize complex operations, manufacturers can achieve higher operational excellence and greater business resilience to

Alessandro Ceresto wrote a blog post for Siemens detailing the newest update to Opcenter Execution Semiconductor. The new features are: RESTful API enhancements HPE framework extensions for single item tracking features Lot Start enhancements Carrier operations extensions Read the full post on the Siemens Blog here: https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/opcenter/whats-new-in-opcenter-execution-semiconductor-8-8/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Siemens on CIMdata.com

The tragedy inflicted on Ukraine and its people continues to shock and sadden the international community. As we stated earlier, Graphisoft has suspended all new business activities in Russia and Belarus and for all sanctioned organizations and individuals and has disabled access to our commercial services in these countries. We want to help as best we can — we are already coordinating and matching donations to associated charities, giving our colleagues paid time off to help or engage in charitable activities, and helping our employees and partners in the region. We also want to help our customers and the Ukrainian community of architects, designers, and engineers whose livelihoods have been so dramatically disrupted. More than 3 million people have fled Ukraine as of mid-March and the numbers will continue to rise. From our contacts in the region, we know that many architects and designers have had to flee or are currently working

CIMdata’s education offerings will be available in North America and Europe during the second quarter of 2022. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 22 March—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces that it will offer two in-person PLM Certificate Programs during the second quarter of 2022. The programs will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, from 16-20 May and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 20-24 June. These programs prepare PLM professionals to address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation allowing them to help their organizations realize the benefits of PLM and its enabling technologies. The assessment-based program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and evaluations of achievement. A team of CIMdata experts facilitates the program. Successful completion of the program and assessments leads to a Certificate of PLM Leadership. Drawing on CIMdata’s nearly 40 years of experience guiding industrial companies in successfully

Ansys customers will have automatic cloud access to the latest 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology, available on Microsoft Azure HBv3 VMs. Ansys Cloud, the managed cloud service provided by Ansys and enabled on Azure, will automatically upgrade to offer the ability to use the latest AMD chips today. Designed specifically to accelerate computer-aided engineering (CAE) workflows, the new Azure HBv3 VMs with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology produce unprecedented performance boosts for technical computing workloads. In early testing by Azure, the company saw up to 80% improvement in large-scale computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and up to 50% improvement in explicit finite element analysis (FEA) crash tests. This means that Ansys Cloud customers can solve CAE problems much faster, leading to better design decisions in a shorter amount of time. “There is more demand than ever for high performance computing. At AMD we continue to look

Graitec, as a global software editor in the Design, Structural, Fabrication, and Data Management arena, organizes an international contest dedicated to structural engineers and design offices. The award is for the best practical use of Advance Design in Steel / Timber / Concrete design projects. This contest is open to customers who want to showcase their experience and technical knowledge through a project executed in Advance Design software. A professional jury will judge the projects. The final nominees and the winning projects will be made public to a wide audience through extensive marketing, including social media. Award Calendar: 3.2022 Contest launch - Project submission opens 8.2022 Entries close - Deadline for project submission 9.2022 Project Confirmation - Confirmation and announcement of projects accepted 10.2022 Jury Deliberation - Selection of winners 10.2022 Announcement of Results - Announcement of winners at the Advance Design User Summit 2022 Contest criteria: The independent contest jury will gather in October 2022 to evaluate the projects. The

L&T Technology Services Limited, a leading global pure-play engineering services company, released its first Sustainability Report for the year 2020-21, with a roadmap to achieve carbon and water neutrality by 2030. LTTS’ Sustainability Report covers its various ESG initiatives which are built on the pillars of transparency, accountability, responsibility, compliance and trust, to drive an ethically progressive and reliable business model, robust enough to meet emerging challenges. The report, conforming to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), presents LTTS’ sustainability efforts across its key elements for fiscal 2020-21. LTTS has identified Sustainability as one of its six ‘Big Bets” on emerging technology areas and one that cuts across the other 5 Big Bets comprising Electric Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (EACV), 5G, MedTech, AI& Digital Products and Digital Manufacturing. LTTS’ Sustainability Practice is building engineering services-based innovative digital solutions that aligns with the customers’ sustainability roadmap. LTTS has embraced net-zero as a core sustainability focus and will leverage

SAP SE announced that the Supervisory Board has agreed with Luka Mucic, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member, that he will depart the company on March 31, 2023. The Supervisory Board has initiated the search for a successor. Mucic will continue in his full capacity as CFO until March 31, 2023. “We are incredibly grateful to Luka for his 26 years of service and dedication to the company,” said Hasso Plattner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP SE. “During his tenure as CFO, SAP’s cloud revenue has risen from €1 billion to more than €9 billion. Luka and his leadership team have been a cornerstone of SAP’s successful cloud transformation and I know they will continue to execute excellently throughout this transition.” Mucic is the third CFO in the company’s 50-year history. He took up the position in 2014, when he was also appointed to the Executive Board. Mucic started his career at

Sandvik has the pleasure to invite investors, analysts and financial media to its Capital Markets Day on May 17, 2022. The event will be held at Epicenter in Stockholm and the presentations will also be broadcasted live on home.sandvik/investors with the opportunity to join Q&A sessions through conference call and online questionnaire. The Capital Markets Day will focus on Sandvik’s Shift to growth strategy. Presentations will be held by Stefan Widing, President and CEO and Cecilia Felton, CFO as well as by business area management. Agenda in short 12:00–17:15 PM CEST: Exhibition Presentation Sandvik Group: Stefan Widing and Cecilia Felton Presentation Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions: Henrik Ager Presentation Manufacturing and Machining Solutions: Nadine Crauwels and Christophe Sut Presentation Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions: Anders Svensson Q&A Mingle The exhibition consists of recent acquisitions and innovations from each business area with a special focus on our Shift to growth strategy. It will be accessible to visit from 12:00 PM CEST. The day will conclude