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Centric Software®, the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader, now offers next-generation solutions for consumer electronics brands and retailers. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Traditional engineering PLM solutions cover an important but limited portion of the end-to-end product concept-to-launch process. Traditional PLM is not designed to incorporate critical aspects of product commercialization such as financial target plans, retail and assortment planning, product what-iffing and costing, SKU rationalization, product portfolio management (PPM), quality (QMS), sustainability and channel management. Consumer electronics brands and retailers often resort to spreadsheets, shared files and emails creating information silos and causing a disconnect between product and go-to-market teams. Time is wasted entering data into different tools, information quickly becomes out of date and errors

ModuleWorks announces the 2022.12 release of its digital manufacturing software components with new and enhanced features across the company’s entire CAD/CAM/CNC portfolio, including a new deburring preview, new cycles for rotary and turn milling, multi-regions for fused deposition modeling, and simulation and post processing for U-Axis turning operations. Deburring: Preview of Sharp Edges For multi-axis subtractive machining, there is a new option to preview the automatically detected deburr edges before calculating the toolpath. Users can also include/exclude drive curves in/from the toolpath calculation to speed up programming Rotary Machining and Turn Milling The rotary machining component now offers a floor finishing cycle to complete the ModuleWorks basic finishing portfolio of wall and floor finishing. In addition, users can now use the cusp height to adjust the stepover on rotary and turn milling operations. It works for all supported tools and incorporates the axis offset to eliminate complex manual calculations. Machine and Cutting Simulation The ModuleWorks Machine Simulation

The shift to hyperMILL® Release 2023 makes the CAD/CAM suite from OPEN MIND Technologies AG even more powerful and introduces innovative functions. Not only does the software load faster, but the calculation time of tool paths was able to be accelerated as well. In addition, the “General Transformation Pattern” function assures that you save time when machining recurring geometries. The new back boring machining strategy attains the highest degree of convenience and safety via its use of VIRTUAL Machining technology. OPEN MIND has equipped hyperMILL® 2023 with a machining strategy for back boring. Programming the controller for the tools used to deburr and mill a countersink on the inaccessible back side of a hole can now be done with incredible ease. Because collision control is carried out using a 3D model of the tool in the virtual machine, damage created when inserting and retracting tools is safely avoided. Automatically transform any function Up to now, standard features such as pockets and

RedTeam Software, a leading construction management software provider, announces an integration partnership with Acumatica, the world’s fastest-growing cloud ERP company, along with a title of Acumatica-Certified Application (ACA).  Acumatica is a comprehensive, browser-based cloud ERP solution optimized for ease of use, adaptability, mobility, speed and security. The ACA title highlights outstanding development partners whose applications have met the highest standards set for Acumatica integration and functionality. The RedTeam Flex and Acumatica integration’s enterprise-wide workflows connect construction teams across a project, ensuring all stakeholders have real-time access to the critical financial and field information to support data-based decision-making and optimal operating efficiency.  “RedTeam and Acumatica share a commitment to providing solutions that make a meaningful impact to our clients’ businesses,” said Jim Atkinson, CEO of RedTeam Software. “Our technology solutions help drive measurable results for contractors of every size. Integrating with Acumatica’s proven AI-powered ERP platform gives contractors a powerful tool to further enhance

 PDF Key takeaways The food & beverage (F&B) industry is facing many challenges affecting the ability to bring new products to market and drive growth and margins, notably inflation, fear of recession, risk of reinstated COVID measures, new regulations, and continuing supply chain disruptions for all materials from raw ingredients to packaging materials. Continuing pressure on national brands from competitively priced private brands is driving product innovation, complicated by the emergence of new food categories, and changing consumer preferences. At the same time, opportunities are being created for local brands to gain shelf space at large retailers. Processes for developing new F&B products require efficient cross-functional internal and external collaboration, adherence to best-practice workflows and management of critical information. Technology enablement and digital transformation represent a significant opportunity for both start up and large F&B companies; local or national or even international. But many companies still run off of spreadsheets—a way of working which has

Happy New Year! Engineering.com has published the next article in Peter’s series on the Top 12 Trends and Enablers of Digital Transformation. This time he covers Data Governance, which is good timing as we are currently promoting an internal survey on this topic. If you would like to share with your contacts and within your social media here is the link to the article - https://www.engineering.com/story/data-governance-establishing-and-maintaining-trust-in-information The full set of articles to date can be found at https://www.engineering.com/profile/PeterBilello The digital transformation survey is available at https://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=f300e4c9-fc37-47cb-b927-4e5335cac8df for any of your contacts that might be interested in completing it. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for engineering.com on CIMdata.com

Moritz is a seasoned manager with a wealth of experience in software development and a focus on augmented and virtual reality. He led the development team at RE’FLEKT GmbH from 2016 to 2022 and had a key role in the company’s strategy. Earlier, Moritz worked as a developer, journalist, and media producer in multiple industries from automotive to computer games. Cortona3D, since 2000, has developed into a world leader in 3D visual communication and publishing software and provides proven tools for transforming design data into effective 3D product maintenance, training, and customer support technical documentation. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Cortona3D on CIMdata.com

Following the acquisition in March 2022 by PDSVISION Group AB (PDSVISION), Sconce, Inc. (Sconce) has announced it will merge with sister company Boundary Systems, Inc. (dba PDSVISION) and collectively change the name to PDSVISION US, Inc. and adopt PDSVISION’s branding effective January 1, 2023. The name change streamlines PDSVISION’s market presence and further unifies its global software sales, support, certified training, and consulting services as one entity. The companies have similar history, strong PTC partnership, and operate in the same eco-system. Their respective IPs, industry specific solutions, apps, SaaS offerings, and customer base complement each other. Operating under one consolidated brand will better represent the global organization and its collective expertise. PDSVISION was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. By combining best-in-class software solutions, technical support and professional training, with divisions located across the globe, they have achieved the reputation of being the leading and trusted advisor within the

Stratasys Ltd., a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Eitan Zamir, is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat at the 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York, NY, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time. The event will be available as a live webcast and archived for 180 days at https://wsw.com/webcast/needham128/ssys/2315530. It will also be available as an archive only at https://investors.stratasys.com/news-events/ir-calendar. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Stratasys on CIMdata.com

HEXPOL TPE is a global group specializing in thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) for applications in consumer products, medicine, packaging, automotive, and construction. Having been able to deliver high-quality products with consistent and predictable properties for a long time means that HEXPOL TPE is today a respected name on the market. Therefore, it was not unexpected when HEXPOL TPE also became the first TPE manufacturer in Europe to achieve ISO 13485 certification.  Situation and needs analysis HEXPOLTPE’s Swedish plant has been manufacturing thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) since the 1970s. Over the years, the system landscape for production-related IT has become increasingly fragmented, which led to an unnecessary amount of manual handling of production data and an obstacle to flexible and efficient continuous process development. Furthermore, when certain parts of the system landscape had reached the end of their useful life, a collaboration with Roima was initiated to create a new digitalization strategy for the factory.  Roima analyzed existing system landscapes together with HEXPOL TPE based on the current situation