Findings suggest that it is extremely difficult for industrial users to move PLM beyond traditional Product Data Management topics.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 March 2018-CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the completion of its research in to the current status and trends related to the product lifecycle management (PLM) economy.

The goal of the research was to deepen the PLM community's collective understanding of the status, drivers, and preconditions necessary for companies to derive value from their investment in PLM. A web-based survey was developed to identify the key issues.

Significant findings show that:

• Industrial companies continue...

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Key takeaways:

• CIMdata was impressed by the level of satisfaction displayed by HCL customers including presenters from major US industrial users.
• DFMPro's new costing module extends the suite of Design For X (DFx) applications to help companies determine what a product should cost.
• Many customers noted that every very experienced organization made the same DFx mistakes over and over, likely due to the ad-hoc way DFx knowledge is shared and used within organizations.

CIMdata attended the DFMPro annual user meeting, DFX Insights '18, in downtown Detroit at the Renaissance Center. The one-day event was focused on the...

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Key takeaways:

• Analytics-driven insights from the data produced by connected products and processes must be fully leveraged to build a successful digital enterprise.
• TCS has helped businesses in many industries develop and execute digital enterprise transformation strategies by leveraging analytics-driven insights.
• TCS invests heavily in analytics-related R&D to ensure that the latest knowledge and tools are available for accelerating enterprise digital transformation.
• TCS has wide expertise in applying analytics at the intersection of enterprise resources and product engineering for identifying hitherto untapped value.

Journey to Analytics-Driven Insights and Decision-Making

Internet of Things (IoT) deployments are generating and capturing...

This popular and proven PLM education program with over 400 graduates will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan in May.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 February 2018-CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to the Kensington Hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 21-25. The program is recognized as the PLM industry's most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering, with over 400 PLM professionals certified to date.

The program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based program includes...

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Key takeaways:

• The ENOVIA brand of Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform has a comprehensive strategy and is making solid progress toward their vision with over 2,400 companies in production.
• Investments are being made across the lifecycle, including innovation planning and strategic sourcing and operations.
• Demonstrations showing multi-CAD integration with competitor's CAD tools, the No Magic systems engineering solution, and quality applications demonstrated progress toward connecting competitive systems into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
• The support for Cloud continues to grow, and the strategy of migrating product development appears to be a good way to bring their installed base forward as...

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Key takeaways:

• Oracle continues to make progress toward its cloud vision across their entire solution portfolio, including product lifecycle management (PLM).
• The company believes that artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics are essential to survive in today's fast-paced global economy.
• Oracle is applying these intelligence technologies at the core of their database offerings, to enhance security, and in their applications to augment functionality and human intelligence.

CIMdata attended Oracle's 2018 Modern Supply Chain Experience (MSCE) in San Jose, California on January 29-31, 2018. The MSCE is a large-scale business meeting focused on market influencers and decision...

The presentation will consider the role PLM has to play within an organization's enterprise application architecture.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 19 February 2018-CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President, Peter Bilello, will make a presentation at PI PLMx Hamburg entitled, "PLM's Place Within an Enterprise Application Architecture." PI PLMx Hamburg will take place at the Grand Elysée Hotel, Hamburg, Germany on 19-20 February. Mr. Bilello's presentation will take place during the afternoon of day 2 of the conference, on 20 February.

Like other applications, a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution can and should play...

This major PLM industry event, now in its 25th year, will take place in conjunction with PDT North America in the Washington D.C. area in May.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 15 February 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the agenda topics for its PLM Road Map™ 2018 North America conference (PLM Road Map NA) which will be held in collaboration with PDT North America. Both events will take place May 15-17 at the Marriott Hotel, Tysons Corner, VA which is near Washington D.C. The theme for this year's event is "Charting the Course to...

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Key takeaways:

• De-customization and standardized configuration of PLM and MES solutions are gaining momentum
• Leveraging more than 30 years of enterprise PLM and MES experience, DXC Technology is a global leader in de-customization and standardized configuration of enterprise software solutions
• DXC Technology has helped Penske improve the efficiency of its PLM solution while reducing implementation errors and costs, as well as reducing upgrade time
• DXC Technology has supported a global automotive OEM, which produces more than 9 million vehicles annually, to achieve competitive leadership through the smart standardization of its MES systems

Configuration and Customization in the World...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 February 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global product lifecycle management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the hiring of Mr. David Ford. Mr. Ford joins CIMdata as its Chief Operating Officer reporting to CIMdata's President, Mr. Peter Bilello.

Over his 30-year career, Mr. Ford has served in various roles at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Mentor Graphics, and Autodesk. He's developed world-class CAD software, acquired and integrated technology and service companies, and created strategic partnerships with companies such as Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and Alcoa.

Mr. Bilello stated, "David brings depth and experience in defining strategy, operations, and knowledge...