CIMdata Blog

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Key takeaways:

• Executives often don't understand PLM and often pay lip service to digital transformation.
• Digital transformation initiatives often proceed without employing PLM as the source of authoritative product information.
• Product information must be at the core of any successful digital transformation and is usually much more complex than initially assumed.
• Every business has different drivers; can a generic out-of-the-box (OOTB) PLM solution really deliver a competitive advantage?
• Aras Innovator was designed to be a low-code platform at its inception. Customers use it to support rip and replace, as well as embrace, extend, extinguish their legacy solutions per...

This virtual-live event will provide the first look at CIMdata’s analysis of 2020’s PLM market results.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 14 January 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting and research firm, announces its 2021 PLM Market & Industry Forum schedule and theme. For 2021, these events will be held virtually over the course of three half-days.

The first session will take place in April with coverage over five time zones. This session will consider the current economic climate, leading trends, and their effects on the PLM economy. There will be a detailed look at the state and trends...

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Key takeaways:

• The U.S. Department of Defense announced a new Digital Engineering Strategy in June 2018 that dictates 5 key pillars in transitioning the U.S. defense industry from document centric engineering processes to digital, model driven processes for the design, development, manufacturing and on-going use and sustainment of complex weapons systems. The DoD estimates that over $256B is spent annually in U.S. military system sustainment operations.
• NLign Analytics is providing mission-critical 3D digital model technologies to the DoD in support of this Digital Engineering directive to optimize product quality, minimize critical military asset downtime, and...

This webinar will consider if CAD Trends really impact CAD.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 12 January 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “CAD Trends—Real Change or Marketing Hype.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 28 January 2021, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

At the beginning of each new year, various technology groups, industry publications, and CAD solution providers offer their opinions on future trends in CAD. These opinions are truly subjective. This year is no different. An internet search on “CAD Trends” results in 16.2...

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Key takeaways:

• Virtual commissioning enables a complete simulation of machine capabilities included software execution—validating functions and speeding verification processes.
• State of the art virtual commissioning capabilities include the ability to mix and match physical and virtual controls and sensors to support hardware-in-the-loop and incorporate physical machines into the simulated machine environment enabling an agile-like methodology within the machine engineering domain.
• Solutions such as Siemens Mechatronics Concept Designer and Automation Designer provide a virtual machine control that interacts with geometric and simulation math models so machine operations can be realistically and reliably previewed before a physical machine...

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Key takeaways:

• Product development in the advanced machine industry needs more than mechanical CAD data management to control product data.
• Modern machines are assembled from a variety of manufactured and purchased parts and are controlled by electronics and software as well as actuators and motors driven by electricity, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
• An integrated environment that supports the creation and management of all domains on a common platform enables developers to share data and status quickly improving communication and reducing mistakes.
• Siemens provides deep support for all machinery related domains including mechanical, electrical, and software via its integrated...

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Key takeaways:

• Configuration management is a fundamental capability requirement for any product produced in series and any complex machine.
• Poor configuration management guarantees business failure in the long-term and often in the short-term.
• Teamcenter supports lifecycle configuration management at scale from requirements through as-maintained serialized configurations. Advanced Machine Engineering focuses on requirements through the as-designed state and is directly compatible with other lifecycle extensions including advanced simulation, manufacturing, and service.

Introduction

A complete configuration for an industrial machine is incredibly complex for a number of reasons. The variety of design elements used in the different technical domains such...

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Key takeaways:

• Product Definition in the automotive industry is continuous, expanding to include vehicle use.
• Integrated Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) provides engineers the ability to see the effects in context of a vehicle’s multiple architectures, including off board support services.
• Automotive development processes and modelling methodologies are evolving including architecture and usage insights.
• Siemens’ Software & Systems Engineering (SSE) Product Definition capabilities enable an integrated MBSE environment.

Product Definition Must Evolve

In the world of automotive vehicle development, product definition has historically been an...

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Key takeaways:

• As products continue to become more complex, product development companies need to rely more heavily on suppliers with advanced expertise for sophisticated components and subsystems.
• Managing the collaborative interaction, including engineering changes, among the numerous companies that contribute to a product’s definition, manufacture, and support is essential for bottom-line profit.
• The processes that companies have used in the past are no longer sufficient with increased business speed, agility, and systems complexity. In addition, OEM’s that allow suppliers inside their firewall expose themselves to serious liabilities.
• The technology has now advanced to support a collaboration hub...

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Continuing PTC’s SaaS journey

Today, December 14, 2020, PTC announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arena Solutions, Inc. (Arena), a leading SaaS PLM solution provider. Under the terms of the agreement, PTC will acquire Arena Solutions for $715 million in cash. Subject to customary closing conditions and completion of regulatory review, the acquisition is expected to be completed in PTC’s fiscal Q2 2021.

Founded in 2000, Arena Solutions was one of the earliest cloud-native Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) offerings. Arena was developed to be 100% cloud based and 100% multi-tenant twenty...