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Key Takeaways

  • Product complexity continues to increase and the need for improved cross-business and cross-domain collaboration is becoming more critical
  • Digital transformation initiatives are driving manufacturers to create robust digital threads across their organizations.
  • Effective integration of PLM data requires a rare blend of skills in business and technology.
  • Razorleaf is a solution provider with deep expertise in PLM and offers CLOVER—a solution for product data integration, allowing manufacturers to speed new product introductions—maximizing product margins.

Introduction and Background

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions are regarded as critical enablers for developing and maintaining products. As products become more complex,...

This CIMdata administered Group provides research and guidance on the top PLM issues impacting aircraft manufacturers, major defense OEMs, and Tier 1 suppliers.

ADPAG logo1ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 26 February 2024—The Aerospace & Defense (A&D) PLM Action Group proudly announces its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of collaborative excellence in addressing the key Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) challenges within the A&D sector.

The A&D PLM Action Group was established in 2014 with founding members Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and Gulfstream. The Group, administered by CIMdata, has played a pivotal role in identifying...

Freitag, 16 Februar 2024 08:48

Renesas Acquires Altium Limited (Highlight)

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On February 15, 2024, Renesas, a leading global provider of microcontrollers, announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Altium Limited, a global leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design tools. Renesas will acquire all outstanding shares of Altium for a cash price of A$68.50 per share (US$44.53 at today’s exchange rate of 0.65 A$ to US$), a total equity value of approximately A$9.1 billion (approximately US$5.92B). This is part of Renesas digitalization strategy announced in October 2023.

The two companies’ shared vision is to establish “an integrated...

Mittwoch, 14 Februar 2024 09:48

PLM and Sustainability

This 9-page Thought Leadership paper, the first in a series, discusses the impact of sustainability on all our products-how we design, manufacture, operate, reuse, refurbish, and recycle them. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is central to sustainability. CIMdata believes there’s a tremendous opportunity in an economy that rewards carbon-free sustainability, enabling profitability while respecting people and our planet.

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Key Takeaways

  • CONTACT Elements’ open web architecture, with a configurable data model, enables composable, reusable components to build applications and interfaces which provide the foundation for a digital thread.
  • CONTACT enables a closed-loop digital thread from requirements and project planning through product engineering, manufacturing, operations, maintenance, and through end of life as well as a web of digital threads and vertical integrations within each of these lifecycle stages.
  • CONTACT enabled Marel to create a “Digital Product Highway” for more efficient management of product data and collaboration across the enterprise.
  • CONTACT’s digital thread capability enables companies to realize...
Mittwoch, 07 Februar 2024 08:47

Free Webinar on The Value of Digital Threads

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

March 2024 WebinarANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 7 February 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “The Value of Digital Threads and How to Build Out an Enterprise Digital Web.” This insightful webinar will take place on Thursday, 14 March 2024, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

The Digital Thread has been a core element of the PLM vision for decades. The concept of linking multiple digital representations of a...

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced its Simcenter™ E-Machine Design software to help electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and their associated supply chain to accurately predict the performance of e-machines, including axial flux electric drive units. The new solution from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software brings together electromagnetic and thermal simulation, helping reduce reliance on physical prototyping and enable the EV industry to accelerate innovation.

“The electric vehicle industry is facing challenges from many directions – supply chain issues, the ability to scale and the pursuit of innovation driven by increasingly demanding customers,” said Jean-Claude Ercolanelli, Senior Vice President,...

Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, S.OLIVER GROUP.

S.OLIVER GROUP was established in 1969 and, in just a few decades, has become one of Europe’s leading fashion companies. In addition to the brands s.Oliver and QS, the brand portfolio also includes comma, LIEBESKIND BERLIN and COPENHAGEN STUDIOS. The company employs over 5,100 people internationally and boasts 12,000 styles. Today, it sells 50% of products through its wholesale and franchise network, and the other 50% through retail stores and e-commerce.

Prior to selecting Centric Software’s Product...

OpenText™ today announced the second generation of its advanced cybersecurity auditing technology debuting at the inaugural OpenText Security Summit 2024 on February 6. Today’s developers are dealing with more complexity and threats in multi-cloud environments. Security teams feel increasing pressure to tackle application security with more sophisticated tools and practices. Fortify Audit Assistant is OpenText’s solution for incorporating security at the very beginning of the software development lifecycle—at code inception—and building robust, secure, and reliable software systems.

Fortify Audit Assistant levels up the accuracy and performance, increasing developer efficiency by reducing noise and false positives. In doing so, security teams...

Hexagon, the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced it is partnering with Western Australia’s Augment Technologies to help mines maximise ore yield and optimise operational efficiencies by accurately accounting for blast movement. The partnership will harness a blend of block model data, artificial intelligence, bespoke movement models and measured 3D movement data to create a blast movement solution that enables mines to unlock significant value.

Hexagon’s industry-leading solutions include Hexagon MinePlan Block Model Manager, which enables users to simultaneously and effectively design, populate, manage and share block models while centrally managing...

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