CIMdata Blog

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 19 April 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is saddened to announce that Kenneth J. Versprille, Ph.D., passed away on 18 April 2024 after a short illness. Ken was a respected colleague and a pioneer in the global mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) market.

Ken received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of New Hampshire and earned his Master of Science and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Syracuse University. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on Non-Uniform Rational...

Leading solution providers to sponsor product lifecycle management (PLM) conference.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & STOCKHOLM, Sweden 19 April 2024—CIMdata, Inc. and Eurostep AB announce the sponsors for the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT North America 2024 event. The participating sponsors are the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group, Altium, Aras, Collaboration Synergies Inc., Configit, Dassault Systemès, DxP Services, ESI, Modular Management, PTC, Razorleaf, SBE Vision, and Sinequa. The event will take place at The Marriott Tysons Corner on 8 and 9 May.

"We are excited to have these key solution providers choose to sponsor our PLM Road Map and PDT...

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Leveraging a Digital Thread between Digital and Physical

Key Takeaways

• Asset and service data can provide a wealth of valuable insights to help improve design, reliability, uptime, customer experience, and quality—yet it is often unavailable or not readily accessible.
• Greater product complexity, such as smart products, is driving renewed interest in gaining better access to service information to unlock new business models, such as those based on output.
• Manufacturers should extend digital thread initiatives to field service operations to unlock this data to make it more easily accessible and actionable as part of a digital...

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Key Takeaways

• Presentations on the digital thread by customers and partners highlighted the strength of Aras Innovator’s architecture and applications, which have been enabling digital thread creation for over 20 years. Additionally, updates from past ACE presenters revealed the growth of Aras Innovator’s digital thread deployments and the additional value they provide.
• SAIC, a platinum Aras partner, presented their ReadyOne SaaS platform that uses Aras Innovator as its backbone. ReadyOne enables rapid deployment and one-stop shopping for complete end-to-end top-to-bottom PLM environments that adhere to the DoD’s strategic Digital Engineering initiative.
• For many, migrating...

He will also be on hand to teach a master class on digital transformation.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 16 April 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Chairman, John MacKrell, will deliver the keynote presentation at the 2024 COExperience. The conference will take place from May 13-16 in Dallas, Texas, at the Sheraton Dallas.

In today’s digital world, processes, systems, and smart connected products generate huge amounts of data that become part of an organization’s digital web, but to become usable, search and find capabilities must be made available. Fortunately, leading solution providers are...

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Autodesk expands on 2023 study, going longitudinal

Key Takeaways

• Autodesk launched their 2024 State of Design & Make global research study in New York City on 10 April 2024.
• Nearly 5,400 industrial practitioners from around the world responded to the 2024 version, of what will now be an annual research effort.
• The formal program featured a lengthy one-on-one between Mr. Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk President & CEO and Mr. James Cameron, a major filmmaker and long-time Autodesk partner.
• Prior to the formal event, Autodesk senior executives provided a detailed update on their strategy, licensing evolution, customer success,...

The event known as “DICE” is organized by the Idaho National Laboratory.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 10 April 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Aerospace & Defense Practice Leader, James Roche, will be featured as a speaker at the upcoming DICE event. The event will take place in Idaho Falls, Idaho, from April 30 through May 1.

CIMdata, in collaboration with the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) and multiple PLM solution providers, conducted extensive industry research on the digital thread. This concept is a strategic opportunity in aerospace and defense...

This educational webinar will share CIMdata’s 2024 global PLM status and trends survey results.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 9 April 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “2024: PLM Status & Trends.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 16 May 2024, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

This eagerly awaited annual webinar will provide insight into CIMdata’s global PLM Status & Trends research survey results. The research aims to deepen the global PLM community’s collective understanding of the...

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Key Takeaways

• Speed of innovation for manufacturers in regulated product industries like automotive, aerospace, and medical devices is quickly becoming a key value driver.
• Competitive innovation means accelerating all aspects of the business: agile processes, digital solutions, and creating an ecosystem of partners that can match a manufacturer’s speed.
• One example of a major lever of acceleration is the “Software Defined Vehicle” in automotive, where cars now contain millions of lines of code, and features and functions are often provided through only software. This requires a major rethinking of how a traditionally hardware focused...

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Key Takeaways

• As product complexity increases, organizations need quality and compliance management techniques applied across the complete lifecycle–this requires organizations to refine roles and governance within PLM in the context of product lifecycle quality.
• Quality Management Systems (QMS) must expand beyond a narrow focus of managing manufacturing repeatability and customer usage complaints.
• Exploring quality from the very start of a new idea, in the context of a trusted digital twin while comprehending sustainability requirements, changing consumer usage patterns, and evolving manufacturing practices, will be the hallmark of leading products companies.
• Siemens Xcelerator enables the digital thread and...