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Delivering Complex Products Faster and Accurately ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 28 January 2025—Today, CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, published a new eBook focused on Aras’ Configure-to-Order solution. This eBook describes Configure-to-Order (CTO), a product and sales strategy that efficiently defines and manages customer demand through the use of product variants. Aras’ approach enables common variability definitions across the lifecycle, from sales to product development to manufacturing and finally to service. This ensures consistency while leveraging a low-code approach to support maximum product configurability. Aras has developed a comprehensive enterprise CTO solution that enables manufacturers to engineer, produce, and service complex configured products while effectively managing change and satisfying both a product’s designers and producers and the varied needs of their end customers. According to Mr. Tom Gill, CIMdata Principal Consultant, “The Aras Innovator platform provides the technology base upon which companies can develop and produce configurable products

 PDF The Design and Make Conference—Transforming today, reinventing tomorrow. Key Takeaways Autodesk is establishing itself as a leader in driving AI-powered automation to help users save time and enhance efficiency across its entire portfolio. Autodesk is advancing its goal of seamless data connectivity across domains and disciplines through enhancements in Autodesk Platform Services and AI-driven improvements. Customers showcased their use of Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Fusion Manage to cover the entire spectrum of organizational workflows from requirements management, BOM management, change management, and project management to quality, and supplier management. Autodesk presented Project Bernini, an AI, paradigm-shifting research project that creates 3D models in minutes and which shows the potential of someday augmenting the work of designers, engineers, and creators. CIMdata attended Autodesk University: The Design and Make Conference, held from October 15 through 19, 2024 in San Diego, CA, and attended by nearly 12,000 global industry professionals.[1] CIMdata was excited to hear about and

Addnode Group announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire Congere IT-Konsult AB (Congere), a supplier of digital solutions to the defence industry. Congere is based in Västerås, Sweden, has 22 employees and net sales of SEK 25 m. Congere has developed, innovated and improved systems and applications for the defence industry for over 25 years. With its solid experience, the company has established long-term customer relationships with, among others, the Swedish Armed Forces, FMV (The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) and SAAB. ”Our subsidiary Stamford, in the Process Management division, already has a successful collaboration in place with Congere, which now makes it extra exciting to welcome them to Addnode Group. With their expertise in system development and their extensive experience from the defence industry, Congere will be able to contribute to our work in supporting the development of a democratic society – something that is of utmost importance in the

Emerson and Aspen Technology, Inc. (“AspenTech”) announced that they have reached an agreement under which Emerson will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson for $265.00 per share pursuant to an all-cash tender offer. The transaction values the minority stake being acquired at $7.2 billion, and values the total company at a fully diluted market capitalization of $17.0 billion with an enterprise value of $16.8 billion. Emerson currently owns approximately 57% of AspenTech’s outstanding shares of common stock following Emerson’s 55% majority investment completed in 2022. Upon the closing of the transaction, AspenTech will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson. The transaction was unanimously recommended for approval by a special committee of the AspenTech Board of Directors composed of three independent and disinterested directors (the “Special Committee”), which, as announced by AspenTech on November 20, 2024, was formed to consider the non-binding proposal

GoEngineer, a leading provider of engineering design solutions, has officially announced the acquisition of CAD MicroSolutions, a prominent Canadian reseller of SOLIDWORKS, 3D printing technologies, and engineering services. This strategic move strengthens GoEngineer’s presence in North America, further enhancing its ability to deliver exceptional design and manufacturing solutions to a growing customer base. “We are excited to welcome CAD Micro into the GoEngineer family," said Ken Coburn, President and CEO of GoEngineer. "Their dedication to customer success and technical expertise aligns perfectly with our mission to empower innovators. Together, we will continue to deliver industry-leading solutions and unparalleled support to engineers and designers across North America.” CAD MicroSolutions, a well-established Canadian company, has a long-standing reputation for providing exceptional customer service and delivering innovative solutions to clients across various industries. With a focus on Dassault Systèmes products, including SOLIDWORKS, 3DEXPERIENCE, DraftSight, and Cadence, CAD MicroSolutions has built a strong foundation of trust and loyalty

CoreLogic®, a leader in global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions, announced a new strategic alliance with Vexcel Imaging, a global leader in aerial imagery.  Vexcel will provide CoreLogic with aerial imagery from the U.S., Canada, Western Europe and Australia, including post-disaster (Gray Sky) imagery captured after wildfires, hurricanes and tornadoes. This imagery is part of CoreLogic’s broader roadmap for the implementation of AI-driven analysis and measurements. Vexcel refreshes its imagery library annually, covering more than 90% of the U.S. population, with urban areas refreshed up to three times a year. This will allow CoreLogic to consistently provide clients with up-to-date, high-resolution imagery. “Bringing Vexcel’s imagery to CoreLogic’s solutions will be a game changer for the industry, matching unparalleled property intelligence capabilities with high-resolution imagery that is trusted by governments and industries worldwide,” said Garret Gray, CoreLogic’s president of Global Insurance Solutions. “This relationship will help CoreLogic continue to provide solutions that

LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, announced that the Board has decided to appoint Mr. Venu Lambu as the CEO (Designate) & Wholetime Director based out of London with immediate effect. This strategic decision marks a significant milestone in the leadership succession plan and reinforces our commitment towards profitable growth & stakeholder value creation. Over the coming months, Mr. Venu Lambu will work closely with Mr. Debashis Chatterjee, CEO & MD, LTIMindtree, to ensure a smooth and seamless transition. This period will allow him to gain deeper insights into the current operations, yearly budget and strategic plans. Mr. S. N. Subrahmanyan, Chairman, LTIMindtree commented that “This move reflects our dedication to fostering a seamless transition in leadership, preserving the company’s legacy, and positioning us for future opportunities. Venu is a bright leader who has amazing solution providing capabilities and a phenomenal networker. We are confident that Venu’s home coming to

Bridgit, the leader in construction workforce planning software, announces the launch of Bridgit Experience Tracking. Built in response to common workforce planning challenges such as: Who in our company has experience with this project type, delivery method, or this specific owner? What team members would make the most compelling team to win the job? Do we have the required experience to bid on this project? Experience Tracking transforms construction companies’ employee experience data into a strategic asset to answer these very questions. Designed to empower operations leaders to build high-performing teams based on employees’ relevant project experience, these new capabilities also improve job satisfaction and retention, driving superior project outcomes and enhanced client satisfaction. The launch of Experience Tracking reaffirms Bridgit’s commitment to leading innovation in workforce planning and helping construction companies adopt a people-centric approach to their workforce planning strategy.  “With Bridgit Experience Tracking, we’re enabling construction leaders to make informed

We are excited to announce that the legendary Doom is now available as a plugin block for our cloud-based collaborative engineering platform, pSeven Enterprise. Our users can now play Doom while their automated multidisciplinary simulation and optimization workflows are executed in the background. But if we put jokes aside, the idea behind this is that the cloud nature of pSeven Enterprise allows you building a truly flexible environment thanks to: Server-side execution and environment extension: pSeven Enterprise with its cloud architecture is deployed on customer premises or in a private cloud, allowing users to launch resource-consuming multidisciplinary engineering workflows server-side, while seamless attachment of Windows machines enables integration of any solver or tool into those workflows. Customizable block library: Users can configure virtually any type of block with embedded 3rd party software or in-house tool, execution logic and even with a custom runtime environment. Then publish those blocks to make them available for

FARO® Technologies, Inc. has entered a new category of handheld scanning with the launch of FARO Leap ST®. The new handheld solution expands the company’s product portfolio, making FARO one of the few companies offering customers a complete range of portable 3D metrology devices. It strengthens FARO’s presence across the manufacturing sector, where speed, accuracy, and throughput are key. FARO paired this launch with an update to its FARO CAM2® Software, for a simple and effective way to scan parts. “We wrapped up 2024 with a series of exciting new product launches, and we’re kicking off 2025 with the same momentum,” said FARO President & CEO Peter J. Lau. “Leap ST underscores our dedication to the manufacturing sector and 3D metrology, the backbone of FARO Technologies for over 40 years. Along with our updated CAM2 software, we’re confident that Leap ST will significantly impact our customers and the wider industry.” Leap ST features five