ANN ARBOR, Michigan, August 5, 2003—The PLM industry took another step along the path of consolidation today as Agile Software Corporation announced their acquisition of Eigner, Inc. This acquisition brings together two significant players in the PLM industry, and two firms with widely differing backgrounds. We are optimistic about this action, even though there are some clear issues that must be resolved for the new Agile to be successful. The resulting firm should provide a much broader mark on the industry than either of them could have produced individually.

Eigner has been addressing the PLM industry since their founding in Germany...

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Collaborative Product Definition Management (cPDm) enables enterprises to bring innovative and profitable products to market more effectively, especially in the evolving e-business environment. cPDm enables enterprises to harness their innovation process through effective management of the full product definition lifecycle in their extended enterprise. It is provided through a combination of best-practices processes and technologies such as product data management, collaboration, visualization, collaborative product commerce, enterprise applications integration, components supplier management, etc. cPDm is rapidly transitioning from a competitive advantage to a competitive necessity, and is an essential element for companies to successfully...

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As companies seek to improve their ability to bring innovative products to market effectively, they must utilize comprehensive collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) solutions. But full cPDm solutions must include capabilities to define the product process plans, not just product components, as an integral part of the product definition. Forward thinking companies are making these moves, and suppliers are beginning to offer solutions. Companies that don't recognize the importance of this evolution and expand their vision sufficiently will fall far behind their competitors.

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The global market and fierce competition simply wo n't let companies...

An Emerging 3D Technology

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 13 March 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a new paper investigating the emerging technology of 3D geometric search.

Many new products are designed using the 3D models of existing products as a starting point. The emerging technology of 3D geometric search fits into a company’s process best when the designer needs more than a text search to find a needed model. By quickly creating a 3D shape that embodies the most important aspects of the original model or models they seek, designers can perform a...

Program will take place in Oslo – June 10-14.

Ann Arbor, Michigan — 19 March, 2013 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Oslo, Norway from June 10-14, 2013. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate...

Presents PLM Trends, 2012 Global PLM Market Growth & Major Research Topics

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 April 2013 – CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) management consulting and research firm announces the successful completion of its 2013 North American PLM Market & Industry Forum–the first in a series of four global events. This forum was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA on 9 April 2013 with 58 PLM industry participants representing 30 leading global PLM solution providers.

CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forums are the world’s premier gathering of technology and service providers focused specifically on the...

Presents PLM Trends, 2012 Global PLM Market Growth & Major Research Topics

ANN ARBOR, Michigan and WEERT, The Netherlands, 19 April 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) management consulting and research firm announces the successful completion of its 2013 European PLM Market & Industry Forum—the second in a series of four global events. This forum was held in Bad Homburg, Germany on 16 April 2013 with 37 PLM industry participants representing 24 leading PLM solution providers. 

CIMdata's PLM Market & Industry Forums are the world’s premier gatherings of technology and service providers focused specifically on the...

The Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer completes strategy and solution provider selection phases of its next generation PLM program with CIMdata’s guidance and support.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 25 April 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, today announced its strategic role in Embraer’s next generation PLM initiative. Embraer, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jets up to 120 seats, first engaged CIMdata in 2011 to provide strategic advice and counsel during the strategy development and PLM solution provider selection phases of its enterprise PLM program.

Embraer’s PLM program team was responsible for gathering and harmonizing...

Successful Events for the PLM Economy in North America, Europe, and Asia

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 April 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm announces the successful completion of its 2013 PLM Market & Industry Forum series of four global events in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Frankfurt, Germany; Beijing, China; and Tokyo, Japan.

CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forums are the world’s premier gathering of technology and service providers focused specifically on the PLM market and the issues concerning its development and growth. Participants gathered to hear CIMdata’s perspective on...

Industrial end users and solution providers gather to discuss leading edge capabilities and requirements for simulation & analysis and systems engineering

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 3 May 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the successful completion of its 2013 Simulation & Analysis and Systems Engineering workshops. These workshops were held in Cincinnati, Ohio on 30 April and 1 May 2013. The Simulation & Analysis workshop was attended by 43 people representing 24 industrial end user companies and leading global simulation software solution providers. The Systems Engineering workshop had 46 people from 22 industrial...