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

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 20 August 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will make a presentation at the Institute for Process Excellence’s (IpX) ConX19 conference entitled, “Today’s Disruptions: Sub-optimization Is Not an Option.” ConX19 will take place at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort near San Diego, California, on 26-28 August. Mr. Bilello’s presentation will take place during day 3 of the conference, on 28 August.

The presentation will describe and offer...

Fifth Module of the 2019 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 August 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Geography Analysis Report, the fifth of five modules of the CIMdata 2019 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2018. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

This webinar will share CIMdata’s methodology for helping companies select the right PLM solution for their company.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, August 6, 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “PLM Solution Evaluation & Selection.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Many organizations considering a PLM initiative and the selection of a PLM solution know they want to start, yet the ever-changing offerings that are available today make it difficult to know what questions to ask. CIMdata has...

Fourth Module of the 2019 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Analysis Report, the fourth of five modules of the CIMdata 2019 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2018. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

All industries saw growth in PLM spending...

General Motors’ PLM/ALM Leader joins CIMdata as an Executive Consultant.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 23 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that General Motors’ (GM) veteran, Craig A. Brown has joined the firm as an Executive Consultant.

Mr. Brown has 40 years of experience in systems engineering, both in the automotive and aerospace industries and comes to CIMdata after recently retiring from GM as their PLM Leader, a position he held since September 2012.

Peter Bilello, President & CEO of CIMdata stated, “Craig Brown comes to CIMdata with a strong and diverse background...

Focuses on Overall PLM Market Results in China

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 18 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2019 China PLM Market Analysis Report.

This report provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the People’s Republic of China’s (“China”) rapidly-evolving PLM market for calendar year 2018. The report discusses the major PLM trends and issues, PLM purchase investments in software and services, PLM adoption in various industry sectors, and market growth forecasts that pertain to China; an important and quickly expanding economic region. The report provides insight into PLM...

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Key takeaways:

• Managing the complete lifecycle of a product improves revenue opportunities and is a common digital transformation goal.
• Legacy or monolithic architectures require discontinuous innovation to extend and upgrade, which can be disruptive and expensive.
• A stable, future-proof product innovation platform architecture is required to efficiently manage the lifecycle to capture the complete business opportunity while mitigating risk.
• The Aras PLM Platform provides a resilient platform for digital transformation initiatives and is currently deployed at leading industrial companies such as General Motors, Airbus, and Microsoft.

There are many new terms that have made their way into the...

Third Module of the 2019 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report, the third of five modules of the CIMdata 2019 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2018. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM solution providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

“The PLM market grew...

The webinar will share CIMdata’s definitions and frameworks for the digital transformation of manufacturing businesses.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 16 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Anyone Measuring Digital Transformation?” The webinar will take place on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Digital transformation is associated with the deployment of a host of recent and emerging technologies and concepts, such as digitalization, Internet of Things, analytics, machine-learning, artificial intelligence, digital twin, digital thread, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and blockchain. This...

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Key takeaways:

• Hexagon Live highlighted Hexagon’s corporate commitment to climate change and how the firm can address the problems AND be financially successful.
• The smart factory is a journey, not a destination, one that starts with brownfield environments that have data that can be harvested.
• Autonomous vehicles are 90% there and still have 90% to go.
• Hexagon continues to make investments across all of their business units that will serve them well in reaching their corporate mission and vision.

CIMdata was pleased to attend Hexagon Live 2019 from June 11-14, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. This global event...