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It’s a case of Déjà vu. On October 23, 2019, PTC announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Onshape, authors of the cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) computer aided design (CAD) product for approximately $470 million, net of cash acquired. Onshape was founded in 2012 by CAD leaders Jon Hirschtick, John McEleney, and Dave Corcoran, inventors and former executives of SolidWorks. The industry remembers very well the dynamic entry of SolidWorks in 1993, led by Jon Hirschtick, with their Windows-based CAD solid modeling solution, only to be later acquired...

This webinar will discuss how automotive OEMs and suppliers can meet international standards for crashworthiness and occupant safety.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 24 October 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will take part in a webinar to discuss the challenges faced by the Indian automotive industry in meeting the safety standards set by the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (NCAP).

The Indian automobile market is one of the biggest in the world, with that position India also experiences a high rate of accidents. In response, the Indian Government introduced...

Leading solution providers to sponsor PLM conference.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & STOCKHOLM, Sweden 22 October 2019—CIMdata, Inc. and Eurostep AB have today announced the key sponsors for the upcoming PLM Road Map and PDT EMEA 2019 conference. The participating sponsors are Aras, Configit, DPS, ESI, Quick Release, SAP, Share PLM, and Variantum. The event will take place on 13-14 November at La Renaissance Hotel, La Defense, Paris, France.

“We are excited to have these solution providers choose to sponsor PLM Road Map and PDT EMEA 2019,” stated Cheryl Peck, CIMdata’s Director of Marketing. “The vision we have for this event is...

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Key takeaways:

• Global value chains are growing more complex and expansive with every passing day. The dynamism in value chain participants, and the pace and complexity of their interactions, demands a highly secure and easy to use solution.
• Eurostep, a company known for their expertise in product data exchange standards, has offered ShareAspace, a standards-based on-premise value chain collaboration solution, for over 15 years. It powers global value chains of leading organizations like BAE Systems, Volvo, Siemens Energy, and the French Army.
• A new cloud-native offering, ShareAspace Design to Manufacturing, builds on this knowledge to support...

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Key takeaways:

• Wipro has leveraged its expertise in PLM, IoT, analytics, AR, and systems integration to enable digital twins as a promising application of digital thread.
• Wipro enables digital twins for products, processes, and factories at different levels of detail as desired by its customers.
• Wipro has broad expertise in digital twin enablement that has been proven in several industries including aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, retail, and industrial equipment.

Closed-Loop PLM Drives Product and Process Digital Twins

Internet of Things (IoT) has helped product and process developers with an unprecedented level of feedback about the performance of their...

This webinar will offer an unbiased view of today’s PLM collaboration challenges.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 October 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Ken Versprille, Executive Consultant, will take part in a webinar that will help attendees learn how to identify the problems in today’s extended enterprise collaboration process and adopt a more collaborative approach.

In this webinar, “How to Overcome your Biggest Design Collaboration Challenges,” Dr. Versprille will contribute to a discussion on the following:

• The importance behind a seamless, collaborative experience between internal teams, the supply chain, and customers.
• The biggest barriers faced...

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Key takeaways:

• Oracle OpenWorld 2019 brought together 60,000 attendees from customers and partners to their sprawling event in downtown San Francisco.
• The company is greatly expanding the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning across their expansive portfolio.
• Oracle PLM Cloud continues to evolve and grow their customer base with more and more Oracle Agile customers making the move.

CIMdata had the pleasure of attending Oracle OpenWorld (OOW) again this year. The event, held September 16-19, 2019 in downtown San Francisco, drew over 60,000 customers and partners. Just as last year, Oracle also held an expansive one-day...

This webinar will describe how to best drive an end-to-end business transformation approach that avoids the sub-optimization trap.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, October 8, 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Today’s Disruptions: Sub-optimization Is Not an Option.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

Sub-optimization runs rampant in most organizations. Businesses and organizational structures are defined by traditional departmental lines, limited span of control, and associated measurements that significantly hamper a company’s ability to make the transformational adjustments...

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Key takeaways:

• Industry 4.0 and digital transformation are having global impacts and Accenture is riding this wave with their Industry X.0 practice.
• To Accenture, Industry X.0 is the digital reinvention of industry, where businesses use advanced digital technologies to transform their core operations.
• Their global Industry X.0 practice has over 13,000 practitioners, and can draw upon Accenture’s 500,000+ staff, knowledge, and technology resources.
• Accenture recently expanded their vision with “Reinventing the Product,” a new book that combines their vast consulting experience with leading edge industrial research to help companies navigate this smart connected future.

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This popular PLM education program will take place in Cypress, California from December 2-6, 2019.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 26 September 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to Cypress, California from December 2-6. The program is recognized as the industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering focused on PLM and the digital transformation it enables.

The program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and...