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Key takeaways:

• Managing the complete lifecycle of a product improves revenue opportunities and is a common digital transformation goal.
• Legacy or monolithic architectures require discontinuous innovation to extend and upgrade, which can be disruptive and expensive.
• A stable, future-proof product innovation platform architecture is required to efficiently manage the lifecycle to capture the complete business opportunity while mitigating risk.
• The Aras PLM Platform provides a resilient platform for digital transformation initiatives and is currently deployed at leading industrial companies such as General Motors, Airbus, and Microsoft.

There are many new terms that have made their way into the...

Third Module of the 2019 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report, the third of five modules of the CIMdata 2019 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2018. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM solution providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

“The PLM market grew...

The webinar will share CIMdata’s definitions and frameworks for the digital transformation of manufacturing businesses.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 16 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Anyone Measuring Digital Transformation?” The webinar will take place on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Digital transformation is associated with the deployment of a host of recent and emerging technologies and concepts, such as digitalization, Internet of Things, analytics, machine-learning, artificial intelligence, digital twin, digital thread, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and blockchain. This...

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Key takeaways:

• Hexagon Live highlighted Hexagon’s corporate commitment to climate change and how the firm can address the problems AND be financially successful.
• The smart factory is a journey, not a destination, one that starts with brownfield environments that have data that can be harvested.
• Autonomous vehicles are 90% there and still have 90% to go.
• Hexagon continues to make investments across all of their business units that will serve them well in reaching their corporate mission and vision.

CIMdata was pleased to attend Hexagon Live 2019 from June 11-14, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. This global event...

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Key takeaways:

• Dassault Systèmes’ announced acquisition of Medidata is an impressive move that should send a message to all PLM solution providers that Dassault Systèmes intends to own the life sciences market with respect to PLM enablement.
• Dassault Systèmes is well positioned to support today’s Industry Renaissance across multiple industries focused on designing, delivering, and supporting products, nature, and life.
• Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE is evolving into a System of Operations, as well as a Business Model.
• Dassault Systèmes is making steady progress across its targeted industries. New and enhanced Industry Solution Experiences and Industry Process Experiences are...

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Key takeaways:

• Deployment of advanced capabilities such as IoT, AR, Digital Twin, and Artificial Intelligence is accelerating but implementation and systematic digital transformation needs careful planning and a value-focused roadmap.
• Cyber security continues to grow in importance and PTC’s investment in cyber security leadership is an important step forward.
• PTC has configured their offerings into a set of four “platform” segments: 3D Platform, PLM Platform, IoT Platform, and Experience Platform with four investment areas: 1) Enabling solutions for IoT and AR-enabled engineering, service, and manufacturing; 2) System stability, scalability, and security; 3) Lifecycle management of solutions;...

Popular PLM education program will take place in Andover, Massachusetts from September 30 - October 4, 2019.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to the Boston area from September 30 - October 4. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering.

The program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations...

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Key takeaways:

• Digital Transformation is accelerating in product development companies.
• Model-based definition and systems engineering are being actively pursued.
• The PLM industry is growing in both depth and breadth.

On May 29-30, 2019, CIMdata and Eurostep jointly hosted the PLM Road Map™ & PDT^[1] North America 2019 conference in the Washington D.C. metro area. Mr. Peter Bilello, President, CIMdata (https://www.cimdata.com), and Mr. Håkan Kårdén, Director of Marketing, Eurostep (https://www.eurostep.com), together welcomed the attendees. Mr. Bilello proceeded to deliver the keynote address, “The State of PLM: Today’s...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 8 July 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces two changes in its management team. As of 5 July 2019, Gerard Litjens, VP of EMEA, has been elected to Member of the Board of Directors. Gerard, who joined CIMdata in 2000, has served as an adviser to the Board for the past year and has served as the company’s leader in the EMEA market space since 2010.

Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s President and Managing Director, has been appointed to the additional role of Chief Executive Officer. Under Peter’s leadership, CIMdata...

This free webinar will discuss the role of platform architecture in digital transformation.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 June 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Tom Gill, Executive Consultant, will take part in a webinar that will discuss the reasons why a platform architecture is the core digital transformation enabler.

Managing the complete lifecycle of a product improves revenue opportunities and is a common digital transformation goal. This webinar will talk about the issues with legacy monolithic architectures, key elements of a product innovation platform architecture, and what business benefits can be achieved with a...