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Altair, a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), paid and fully satisfied the 2019 North Carolina judgment SAS Institute obtained against recently acquired World Programming (WPL), a UK-based technology company that specializes in data analytics software. Shortly thereafter on March 3, 2022, the North Carolina court lifted the injunction that had previously prevented WPL from licensing its solutions to new customers in the United States. Altair can now license WPL solutions to customers in the United States and around the world.

With its payment of the 2019 North Carolina judgment, Altair brought an end to nearly...

CAM Market Grew by 7.4% in 2021

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 28 June 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the 2022 CIMdata CAM Market Analysis Report (MAR), the thirtieth annual study of the global Computer-Aided Machining (CAM) market. CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide CAM software and related services market grew by 7.4% in calendar year 2021. The estimated end-user payments grew from just over $2.2 billion in 2020 to just over $2.4 billion in 2021. According to Mr. Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s Vice President, “The CAM results at...

Industry-Proven Solutions for the Aerospace and Defense Industry

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 23 June 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of a White Paper focused on global supply chain collaboration in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry. Large aircraft manufacturers are moving to model-based processes for collaboration with their partners and suppliers. CIMdata’s work with the Aerospace and Defense PLM Action Group highlights the challenges these companies face and their requirements for an improved solution. Siemens Digital Industries Software’s collaboration and supplier management solution looks to address those concerns.

Collaboration among Original Equipment Manufacturers...

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Key takeaways:

• While current implementation and near-term investments in the digital thread are greatest in product development, it is being extended more broadly throughout the lifecycle to support product production and product conceptualization.
• The complexity of impacts on the organizational and cultural resistance are considered major inhibitors of digital thread adoption.
• Industrial organizations need tailored education and expert support services to assist with strategy and execution to achieve the value potential of the digital thread.

During the recent PLM Road Map™ & PDT North America 2022 conference,^[1] attendees were asked...

This free webinar will look at the value potential of a multi-view BOM approach.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA June 21, 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global product lifecycle management strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a free educational webinar, “Business Value of the Multi-view Approach to Lifecycle Product Structures Management.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, July 28, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

In the Multi-view Approach to Lifecycle Product Structures Management, referred to by some as the “multi-view BOM approach,” a consolidated information resource contains all the information and maintains all the relationships between data elements...

This PLM-focused event will take place in person in October.

Ann Arbor, MI, USA & Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2022—CIMdata and Eurostep are pleased to announce that PLM Road Map & PDT 2022 EMEA will be an in-person event at the Lindholmen Conference Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theme for the conference is “Digital Transformation and PLM – a call for PLM Professionals to re-define and re-position the benefits and value of PLM.” The event will take place on 18 & 19 October.

PLM Road Map...

Altair a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), acquired Concept Engineering, the leading provider of electronic system visualization software that accelerates the development, manufacture, and service of complex electrical and electronic systems.

Concept Engineering provides automatic schematic generation tools, electronic circuit and wire harness visualization platforms that provide on-the-fly visual rendering, and electronic design debug solutions.

“Concept Engineering’s advanced, reactive visualization technology is a best-in-class solution to help organizations accelerate their designs that have specific design architecture requirements, as well as rigorous service needs,” said James R. Scapa, founder and chief executive officer, Altair. “Integrating this technology...