CIMdata recently published a whitepaper, titled "Connecting the Product Lifecycle Across the Enterprise.” The whitepaper highlights the issues faced by companies that need to manage their smart, connected products through their lifecycle, the emerging technologies that will help power their business strategy, and where they will need to make investments to reap the most benefits.
Key topics addressed in this paper include the digital thread, digital twins, platform trends in PLM and the enterprise, bill of material (BOM) management, configuration management, and the cloud.
The whitepaper can be downloaded for free here.