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Friday, January 16, 2026

Digital transformation needs a global course correction

On January 13, 2026 CIMdata’s Peter Bilello published an article to recap the 2025 PLM Roadmap & PDT Europe Events. Peter says, “At the recent conference in Paris, we delved deeper than ever into the complex relationships between product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital transformation. Pursuing either one aggressively enables and simplifies the implementation of the other.”

Read the full article here: https://www.engineering.com/digital-transformation-needs-a-global-course-correction/

Mark your calendars! CIMdata will be holding PLM Road Map & PDT North America 2026 on 6 & 7 May in the metro Washington DC area. For more information, see https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-conferences/2026-plm-road-map-pdt-north-america

If you would like to present at our event, take a look at our call for abstracts. https://www.cimdata.com/images/PLMRoadMap/Call_for_Abstracts_PLMRM_PDT_NA_2026.pdf

To view the original press release, please click here.

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