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Educational webinar will show the business value of managing the relationship of data and processes between the core enterprise software solutions of PLM and ERP.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 September 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Creating Value When PLM and ERP Work Together—ERP is PLM’s Most Important Customer.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

The product development lifecycle is supported by a number of solutions that allow the data relevant to product design, production planning,...

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Key takeaways:

• The deployment of 3D model-based enterprise (MBE) processes is rapidly expanding across multiple industry verticals and the use of 3D PDF plays a central role in their effective implementation.
• Anark Corporation and International TechneGroup have formed a strategic partnership to provide users a production quality 3D PDF solution for 3D data and document publishing, including model-based definition (MBD), validation, and exchange through the integration of ITI’s CADIQ and Anark Core technologies supported by their combined implementation expertise.

The exchange of product design and manufacturing data between an OEM and its supply chain partners is...

The presentation will consider the fundamentals needed to implement a lightweight engineering backbone for digital transformation.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 12 September 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that, Dr.-Ing. Fabrice Mogo Nem will round out the keynote line up at PLM Road Map™ 2017 in collaboration with PDT Europe 2017. PLM Road Map 2017 will take place on October 17 at The Clarion Hotel Post in Gothenburg, Sweden. PDT Europe will take place at the same location on October 18-19.

In his presentation, “Lightweight Engineering Backbone for Digital Transformation,” Dr. Mogo Nem will consider how...

Key takeaways:

• M&A activities result in the need for an enterprise PLM backbone, unifying all product design assets across disparate business units.
• PLM transformations require large scale data migrations, which are often the highest risk, most over budget process in moving to a consolidated PLM platform.
• Using an open source toolset enables agility and multiple implementation options for PLM migrations; decreasing overall PLM implementation schedule risk and cost

In today’s economy, organizational realignments, mergers, acquisitions, technological upgrades, and security enhancements are all motivating factors for firms to consolidate and upgrade legacy and current PDM and other PLM-enabling...

Fifth Module of the 2017 PLM MAR Report Series.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 September 2017—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 2017 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2016. 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.

The PLM market grew to $40.6 billion...

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Key takeaways:

• Manufacturing enterprises need flexible, scalable PLM environments and platforms that can adapt to their changing business needs.
• SAP’s S/4HANA provides a business platform for enterprise connectivity and management to deliver improved business performance.
• SAP PLM is leveraging S/4HANA to enable “Live PLM” throughout the manufacturing enterprise.

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Manufacturing companies in every industry are facing new challenges across all areas of their businesses. The Internet of Things (IoT), mobility, social, cloud, and big data/analytics are some of the technology-fueled trends that are changing products and how businesses must create new solutions to remain relevant in today’s marketplace....

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Earlier today, September 6, 2017, Aras announced they received a $40 million strategic investment led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk, a fund of Silver Lake Management, L.L.C. (Silver Lake), a global leader in technology investing, with participation from GE Ventures, the investment arm of General Electric. Aras states they will use the money to “expand operations, drive global growth, and extend technology leadership.” As a minority investor, Silver Lake will have one board seat.

Blue Chip Investors

Given the amount invested and the reputation of the investors, CIMdata sees this as well-deserved recognition of Aras’ position...

An Evaluation of the Aras PLM Platform.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 September 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, released a new eBook focused on an assessment of how well the Aras PLM Platform meets the requirements of CIMdata’s Product Innovation Platform.

This eBook describes how the Aras PLM Platform stacks up against CIMdata’s Product Innovation Platform requirements. The platform measurements are categorized into Strategic Imperatives and Foundational Characteristics. Measurement scores and how the Aras product is differentiated are included in the eBook.

A Product Innovation Platform is the next generation architecture need to enable Product Lifecycle Management. As...

The presentation will explain the challenges and opportunities of implementing an end-to-end configuration management solution.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 August 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President, Peter Bilello, will make a presentation at Configit’s CLM Summit entitled “Configuration Management — An Extended Enterprise Discipline.” The CLM Summit will take place at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Ocean Front on October 23-25.

Historically, many companies have considered configuration management to be a narrowly focused discipline—a discipline that primarily focused on data management during product development and release to manufacturing. However, to fully enable the...

The presentation will examine the digital thread and explore the art of the possible for certifying commercial aircraft designs in an industry consistent manner.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 29 August 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Kenneth Swope of Boeing Commercial Airplanes will make a presentation on “The Digital Thread for Aerospace & Defense: What are We Certifying with Regulators Using Model-Based Definition?” at PLM Road Map™ 2017 in collaboration with PDT Europe 2017. PLM Road Map 2017 will take place on October 17 at The Clarion Hotel Post in Gothenburg, Sweden. PDT Europe...