Position Papers

Aras ® today announced the addition of PLM industry luminary Anthony (Tony) J. Affuso to Aras’ Board of Directors. Over his more than 30-year tenure, he was formerly CEO of Siemens PLM Software. Prior to Siemens, Tony was the CEO of PLM industry leader UGS for more than 20 years, where he led the growth of UGS from a start-up to a multibillion dollar global leader and to a successful merger into Siemens PLM. In addition to his board role with Aras, Affuso serves on the Board of Directors of Symbotic, where he was formerly CEO of the start-up robotics automation company. Mr. Affuso said, “I was attracted to Aras because of their disruptive technology, open-source customer engagement model, and the fact that their technology has recently been selected over their competitors by several of the world’s leading engineering/manufacturing companies. Additionally, I have also been equally impressed with Aras’ customer-first mentality

PDM Technology North American (Bluestar PLM) announced today that Dan Fite has joined the company to further develop the North American market for the company’s Bluestar products. Dan Fite brings over 20 years of experience with ERP and the last 9 years with Edgewater Fullscope where he was successful as an Account Services Executive. Dan joins PDM Technology North America as Director of Business Development, North America. Dan will be the product evangelist for Bluestar PLM the leading CAD/PDM/PLM product connecting companies engineering and manufacturing teams via the Microsoft Dynamics AX native solution. “I am very excited to now be a part of the PDM Technology team. The Bluestar PLM is a great fit for not only ETO and CTO companies but for any company that utilize CAD in their product development. Bluestar PLM is the missing link that companies have been looking for to bring the engineering data to

Oracle today announced it has achieved a series of compliance certifications and attestations for its Public Cloud offering, including certifications and attestations for ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC1 and SOC2 for a number of core services. Administered by Schellman & Co., these certifications in industries such as healthcare help provide validation of Oracle's offerings in areas including security, availability, processing integrity and privacy. Oracle's portfolio of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions received Service Organization Control (SOC) attestations for the following key services: Database Public Cloud Service, Java Public Cloud Service, Database Backup Cloud Service, Exadata Cloud Service, Big Data Cloud Service, Big Data Preparation Service, Big Data Discovery, Application Builder Cloud Service, Storage Cloud Service, Dedicated Compute Cloud Service, and Public Compute Cloud Service. These SOC certifications confirm Oracle's compliance with international service organization reporting standards. SOC reports are standards that help organizations establish trust and confidence in their service delivery processes by assessing whether service organizations are performing

With the recent closing of its acquisition of electronic design automation (EDA) software leader, Mentor Graphics Corporation (Mentor), Siemens sets out to underscore the significant customer value it envisions for both Electronic Systems and Integrated Circuit (IC) design tools. Mentor is now part of Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, making the combined organization the world’s leading supplier of industrial software used for product design, simulation, verification, testing and manufacturing. As today’s products – from smart phones and household appliances, to automobiles, aircraft and machinery – continue to increase the use of sophisticated embedded electronics, Siemens has uniquely positioned itself to provide a seamless and comprehensive software solution to the companies that develop these products. “The entire suite of EDA offerings from Mentor are critically important to our vision of growing our customer base and delivering the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of software solutions to build the Digital Enterprise,”

Dassault Systèmes today announced that McDermott International, Inc., a leading provider of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services, has chosen the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to improve efficiency and performance.  McDermott will use “Integrated Plant Engineering,” “Optimized Plant Construction” and “Efficient Plant Operation” industry solution experiences to collaboratively engineer, build and operate fixed and floating offshore production facilities, pipelines and subsea systems for its client base of oil companies. EPCI companies in the marine and offshore industry face strong pricing pressure while being asked to deliver highly complex facilities on time and on budget. Solving these challenges requires them to better manage risk and develop competitive differentiators.  Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables McDermott to digitize and standardize its processes and deploy a single, secure, collaborative environment that fully integrates engineering, procurement, project controls, construction, installation and commissioning.  McDermott can accelerate the delivery of construction-ready and operations-ready projects by leveraging a single source of

Dassault Systèmes today announced that Bernardaud, a French luxury porcelain manufacturer, is using the “My Product Portfolio” industry solution experience on the cloud to transform its product development process.  Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, “My Product Portfolio” provides Bernardaud with a unified digital environment for product design, engineering and management that is quickly deployed and helps the company to preserve the craftsmanship that has become its hallmark. Bernardaud is a family-owned company, based in Limoges, with a 150-year tradition of luxury porcelain that merges time-honored decorative arts techniques with distinctive designs, partnerships with renowned artists, and contemporary twists to conventional tableware formats.  Bernardaud manufactures two million pieces annually; each piece requires at least one week to be completed and fifty artisans to produce.  Always striving to innovate, the company wanted to accelerate the creation and launch of new pieces by digitalizing the product development process.  Using the “My Product Portfolio” industry solution

Visual Next UK is pleased to announce that Focus International has appointed Visual Next to implement a new suite of software products, to replace their current systems and enable smoother processes across the business, from the sample stage through to dispatch. The Visual End2End software suite will centralise all of Focus International‘s product information and processes into a single system which will provide increased efficiency as well as streamlined design, product development, production and distribution processes, all of which will offer a smoother process for the Focus International customer. Alongside this, the brand will benefit from a wide range of concept-to-consumer fashion software components including comprehensive PLM and ERP capabilities. Focus International Operations Director, Andrew Ward, said, “We pride ourselves on innovative design and excellent customer service. Being a true ‘omnichannel’ business selling via ecommerce, direct to retail customers, concessions and wholesale, we needed a system that would seamlessly integrate all these

Vero Software will showcase the latest releases of their software solutions from April 4 – 7, on Stand 6Y117 at the INDUSTRIE LYON Trade Fair. New CAM and Viewer Features: Communication and Time Savings Vero Software will unveil the new features of WorkNC, the automatic CAD/CAM solution for 2 to 5 axis machining. WorkNC2017 will demonstrate further enhancements to its expertise in efficient and reliable machining: toolpath precision, time savings, cost reduction and high surface quality. WorkNC 2017 integrates ‘Advanced Toolform’, the new technology from Vero Software, into its Parallel Finishing toolpath. Toolpath calculations are based on the real shape of the cutter and machining times can be reduced by up to 70%. Among the improvements expected by WorkNC's established users, the 'Dynamic Calculation Queueing' function allows operators to add calculations for newly created toolpaths, to postprocess them and check for eventual tool holder collisions without having to wait

PTC today announced that it has partnered with the Robotics division of EH Media, a producer of two powerhouse publications - Robotics Trends and Robotics Business Review - to develop a Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles content track for its LiveWorx® premier global Internet of Things technology business conference. LiveWorx 2017 will take place in Boston on May 22-25, 2017. PTC has partnered with EH Media to offer software technology enthusiasts an exciting opportunity to immerse themselves in the commercial robot revolution. As part of the rich event program, EH Media will host nine sessions over three days where participants can explore exciting innovations and the latest developments in robotics. These sessions will be interactive and alive with in-person demos, the latest robotics news, and use cases. "With IoT and robotics both expanding exponentially and becoming increasingly intertwined, our conference track aims to take a deeper look at that relationship," said Steve Crowe, managing editor, Robotics Trends. "As Boston

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Siemens have expanded their long-standing partnership to deliver a comprehensive set of plant solutions for enabling the connected Digital Enterprise. By adding Siemens’ entire Manufacturing Operations Management software portfolio to their agreement, TCS can now showcase the complete suite of Siemens software and services at the TCS Plant Solutions Center of Excellence, which was inaugurated today in Pune, India. With a full range of solutions, the facility will support proof of concepts and illustrate how enterprise-wide digitalization is transforming the global manufacturing industry. The goal is to give customers a unique environment to build and test digital solutions using the world’s most advanced PLM and MOM software technology. “Our new Plant Solutions Center of Excellence is part of our commitment to create exceptional value for our customers through fully integrated solutions that allow manufacturers to leverage Industry 4.0/ Smart manufacturing initiatives and achieve operational excellence,” said Regu Ayyaswamy, Global Head, Engineering