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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 4 October 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces that its President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will participate in a webinar, “Creating Digital Threads & IDEs to Support Digital Engineering Programs.” The webinar, sponsored by Razorleaf, takes place on Thursday, 12 October, at 1:00 PM EDT.

During this webinar, CIMdata will share findings from its latest survey on the maturity (or lack thereof) of digital threads and twins in...

CIMdata’s education offerings will be available in Santa Clara, CA, in December 2023.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, September 19th, 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global strategic consulting and research firm focused on PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and the digital transformation it enables, announces that it will offer its PLM Certificate Program in Santa Clara, CA, USA, from December 4th to December 8th, 2023.

This unique program equips PLM professionals with the knowledge and skills to tackle the common challenges of PLM strategy formulation and execution. The assessment-based program includes a personalized...

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Key takeaways

• Digital threads enable the sharing of stable configurations of product artifacts throughout the product’s lifecycle.
• Ontologies define the semantic foundation for meaningful digital threads that support any products’ systems of systems.
• Digital threads have impact across the full product lifecycle of tools and information so an adaptive framework is essential for providing an integrated environment.
• Model-Based Engineering (MBSE) helps companies achieve superior products quickly and with fewer issues and flaws.
• SBE Vision’s architecture provides a base upon which companies can develop digital threads to support decision making within their specific information and development tools environment.

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The Digital...

This presentation is part of CIMdata’s educational webinar series.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 12 September 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “How Education Supports PLM Deliberations.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 12 October 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

When a PLM solution suite is selected, the solution must be properly architected and implemented to support an organization’s business processes and methods to maximize its value in a digital transformation. This process...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 7 September 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, is proud to announce its 40th anniversary. For four decades, CIMdata has been at the forefront of shaping the PLM industry, fostering innovation, and enabling organizations to achieve excellence in their product development, manufacturing, and other lifecycle processes.

Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has continuously provided insights, expertise, and guidance to its diverse clients, helping them navigate the complex landscape...

CIMdata joins forces with REVOLUTION™ in Simulation & Digital Engineering 24/7 to showcase this industry-critical topic.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA – 5 September 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces its co-hosting of an industry roundtable titled “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cutting-Edge Simulation.” The virtual event, presented in collaboration with REVOLUTION in Simulation and Digital Engineering 24/7, takes place on Wednesday, 27 September, at 11:00 AM EDT.

A panel of experts from leading industry and end-user companies will delve into three areas...

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Allowing humans and nature to exist in productive harmony

Key Takeaways

• Siemens Digital Industries Software has recognized the growing emphasis on sustainability across their broad client base and has heightened their attention on providing NX users with productive tools in support of sustainability.
• NX Sustainability Impact Analysis brings valuable environmental impact assessments to the early stages of the design process.
• NX Performance Predictor enables users to simulate parts they are designing in real-time, while exploring different design and material choices.
• NX Molded Part Designer provides users the ability to create, manage, and validate their molded part design features...

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Key Takeaways

• As Independent Software Vendor’s (ISV’s) continue their march to SaaS platforms, industrial company adoption of the cloud continues to grow.
• Cloud first strategies are becoming common, but companies still struggle to integrate and support the heterogenous mix of applications required for their product R&D.
• Managing applications, integrations, and licensing is complex, technically and legally beyond the scope that any single ISV or platform provider can support but easily falls within the scope of top tier systems integrators.
• HCLTech’s xLMCloud builds on the success of the earlier solution provider-agnostic 1PLMCloud offering by expanding the range of...

Fifth Module of the 2023 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 22 August 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Analysis Report, the fifth of five modules of the CIMdata 2023 Market Analysis Report (MAR) Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis of the worldwide PLM market during 2022. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM solution providers; and revenue analyses for geographic regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

“The PLM market grew to...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 17 August 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the appointment of Alan Mendel as its Chief Revenue Officer reporting to President & CEO, Peter Bilello.

Over his 36-year career, Alan has served in various management roles at Aras Corporation, LeverX, CIMdata, Schlumberger CAD/CAM, Groupe Bull, and Adra Systems. He’s developed and implemented world-class PLM/CAD/CAM software, consulted and assisted international organizations to establish PLM and digital transformation initiatives, select solutions and service providers, and has driven business benefits generating...