Position Papers

Boomerang Commerce releases its new Lifecycle Performance Management application (LPM). Until now, merchants could only react to problems during the product lifecycle as they arose. With Boomerang’s newest application customer performance data, blended with external market data, can predict future challenges and forecast demand and performance. Utilizing artificial intelligence, LPM recommends actions to mitigate performance risks and lets merchants and planners see the predicted outcome of their actions. As a result, retailers are able to increase sales, drive profitability, and improve sell-through. “Apparel brands and retailers use Boomerang Commerce technology to maximize earnings while meeting customer expectations in an increasingly dynamic market,” notes Guru Hariharan, Boomerang’s CEO. “Facing both internal and external pressures, merchants and merchant planners need a system that can synthesize an increasingly diverse and growing set of data to make critical decisions across the product lifecycle. The Boomerang Lifecycle Performance Management application allows planners to refine the customer

This year’s VERICUT Users' Exchange (VUE) in Irvine was a success with new and loyal customers in attendance.  Irvine VUE kicked off the first of 25 North American VUEs where several new features being added to the next version of VERICUT – CGTech’s CNC simulation, verification and optimization software – were demonstrated.  During the customer-driven event, multiple topics were covered. Attendees were noticeably excited when the new Additive Manufacturing (AM) simulation capability was introduced, which is expected to be included in the next release of VERICUT Version 8.1.   “Additive Manufacturing applications are limitless for manufacturers,” said Gene Granata, VERICUT Product Manager. “CGTech has always been forward thinking. Adding this cutting-edge technology to VERICUT provides unique solutions that address the needs of our customers taking advantage of the rapidly expanding AM market.”  With more manufactures adopting AM into their daily operations, the timeliness of adding this new capability in VERICUT is

IMAX, a manufacturing division of iconic Italian fashion company Max Mara, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. IMAX is part of the Max Mara Group and produces knitwear and jersey for most of its 35 different labels. The core business is manufacturing, although IMAX also provides logistics services to Max Mara’s brands. IMAX is a complex operation, with production in Italy as well as some outsourcing to sites in Europe and Asia. IMAX’s main goals are to keep production costs as low as possible while still producing high quality clothing and to guarantee on-time deliveries to its customers. Although the company previously had a PDM system in place, it was primarily using an ERP system to organize data. Users were lacking visibility and there was a duplication of information across various systems and programs, creating inefficiencies and confusion. “The tools we had been

Altair presents at this year's HANNOVER MESSE, April 24 - 28, its solutions and methods for simulation driven design and a technology demonstrator of a virtual cobot (a collaborative robot), as well as customer examples to demonstrate how Altair's solutions can be applied to develop innovative products. In addition, Altair will host: a "Design the DifferenceTM" day, offering a conference program that addresses the challenges and needs of engineers working on the development of increasingly complex products, featuring customer examples of successful product developments. The "Design the Difference" day conference program is included in the overall program of the CAE Forum and will take place on April 25th at 1:30 pm in hall 6/L46. Today product creators have to consider the entire mechatronic system, including its structure, sensors, actuators, controllers and much more. How these complex processes can be handled will be presented with a virtual cobot demonstrator, showing the challenges in the

Accenture has completed its acquisition of OCTO Technology, a technology consultancy specializing in digital transformation services and software development. OCTO has become part of Accenture Digital, expanding Accenture’s digital services offering in France. “We thank OCTO’s leadership and employees for supporting this acquisition. It shows the confidence they have in this initiative, which enables us to build a unique end-to-end digital transformation service offering in the French market,” said Christian Nibourel, country managing director for Accenture in France and Benelux. “Our clients now have access to an expanded range of digital skills and industry experience, which, combined with our ability to quickly scale solutions, are unmatched in the market.” “OCTO brings deep technology expertise, particularly in data science and mobile applications, and a strong culture of successful innovation, which we will leverage to create digital solutions tailored to each of our clients, and which can be quickly scaled,” said Pascal Delorme,

Deloitte Digital today announced the launch of DigitalMix™, a new digital enterprise platform that is designed to offer seamless real-time personalized experiences across customer engagement channels. DigitalMix brings together an ecosystem of leading technology platforms including Adobe Marketing Cloud, together with Deloitte Digital's transformation approach to help clients reach their ambitions and bring them to market quickly. Clients can now transform the relationship with consumers, suppliers and other members of the ecosystem class with digital capabilities and technology solutions across CRM, ERP, digital marketing, omni-channel and Tweet to cash. DigitalMix signifies Deloitte Digital's continued investment in its alliance with Adobe to enhance its portfolio of digital marketing solutions. "Businesses need to change to thrive in the digital age. Senior executives are looking to take advantage of digital possibilities in order to embrace disruption and build lasting value for their businesses," said Mike Brinker, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Deloitte Digital global

Aras® today announced availability of new functionality in Aras Innovator to enable quality management professionals to react to quality events and cascade change requirements across all facets of product development. This new capability in the Quality Management Systems (QMS) application connects Manufacturing and Service to product engineering to create a Digital Thread for product quality. In addition, the latest version of Aras Innovator adds new usability and productivity features. The latest version of Aras Innovator is available for open download. Existing subscribers are entitled to software upgrades performed by Aras at no additional charge, regardless of the amount of system customization. Enterprise-wide Quality Management in One PLM Platform  Quality management professionals face the challenge of quickly responding to quality issues and communicating change requirements enterprise-wide. The new Quality Systems (QS) component in Aras QMS connects the proactive and reactive aspects of quality management, and fully integrates quality processes into Engineering and Manufacturing. QS enables: Closed-loop

Leading global IT services and solutions provider L&T Infotech or LTI today announced signing a multi-year strategic partnership with OKQ8 Scandinavia, one of Scandinavia’s largest energy companies. As part of the deal, LTI will provide Application Development & Maintenance Services (ADMS) and also help OKQ8 Scandinavia transform its IT systems and business processes. With customer experience as a core element of its vision, OKQ8 Scandinavia selected LTI as a strategic partner to stabilize IT operations, bring agility to business, meet compliance mandates, and improve customer satisfaction. LTI was selected for its technology expertise, experience across retail, energy and banking domain, strong presence in Nordic region and its collaborative approach. LTI will leverage the full Microsoft cluster capability on products such as Microsoft AX ERP, CRM, Integration platform BizTalk, Office 365 & Collaboration platform to help OKQ8 Scandinavia achieve digital leadership. Maja Robertsson, Director IT & Logistics, OKQ8 Scandinavia, said, “It feels really good

Dassault Systèmes today announced that Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL), India’s largest fashion and lifestyle company, has adopted its “My Collection” industry solution experience to accelerate the time to market of its fashion collections and increase consumer satisfaction. ABFRL is India's number one fashion lifestyle entity. The company recently engaged in a customer-centric strategy to develop innovative collections inspired by customers and trendsetters for its more than 7,000 points of sale across premium multi-brand stores and department stores. With Dassault Systèmes’ “My Collection,” the company has one digital solution to manage its collections from their initial concept to the retail environment. Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, “My Collection” helps manage the entire product lifecycle with digital continuity across inspiration, ideation, planning, design, development, sourcing, merchandising, visual assortment planning and product marketing. A collaborative environment standardizes and simplifies product development and sourcing processes across all collections and channels. “My Collection” enables ABFRL

At CeBIT 2017 held at Hannover, Germany, Huawei and Deutsche Telekom today shared their latest developments and future plans for the Open Telekom Cloud (OTC). Since its commercial launch in 2016, the jointly-developed solution has been enhanced with 50 new flavours and new services, providing enterprises with a comprehensive set of cloud services. Furthermore, the partners announced to join forces to tackle the IoT hardware market. The Open Telekom Cloud covers IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and vertical solutions that enable seamless integration with an enterprise's existing IT infrastructure. It provides a full range of on-demand and secure cloud services. Since its launch a year ago, the solution has already become a leading case for commercialization in the OpenStack community. Latest Developments and Future Plans of Open Telekom Cloud Integration with the IoT (OTC + IoT) is a key feature of the Open Telekom Cloud. With 20 years of experience in wireless communications