Research will result in the creation of an Enterprise Innovation Management Solutions Guide.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 August 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm, announces the initiation of a multi-sponsor research project to create an Enterprise Innovation Management (EIM) Solutions guide to help accelerate the development of the global EIM market for the benefit of both solution providers and industry. Co-sponsors of the research effort are eZassi, Planview, Siemens PLM Software, and Sopheon.
The goal of the research is to address the existing concerns and typical questions—as well as preempt the emerging concerns—of industrial companies about implementing EIM by providing market education and motivating web events. Through a series of thought leadership interviews with solution provider peers, development of a whitepaper solutions primer on the EIM landscape, and webcast events, CIMdata will define and socialize a common framework of terminology, solution approaches, implementation challenges, and benefits. Through this effort it is expected that industrial companies will become more familiar with enterprise innovation enabling technologies and will feel more prepared to invest in the next generation of solutions that are designed to increase their ability to innovate more effectively and sustainably.
According to Dr. Suna Polat, CIMdata’s Director responsible for Collaborative Innovation and Social Product Development, “Industrial companies appear slower to invest in EIM than they should be for the competitive benefits that can be attained. This hesitancy to act is due largely to the confusion, uncertainty, and ambiguity from the substantial differences in terminology, solution approaches, strategies, best practices, and benefit claims they hear from a plethora of innovation management solution providers. This confusion has been further inflated by the lack of confidence in how industrial companies can best employ social media and other new collaborative innovation tools both internally in product development as well as externally with their supply chain and customers.”
To participate in this unique EIM research effort as a “thought leader” solution provider, or in one of our Industry Chief Innovation Officer interviews contact Dr. Suna Polat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
About eZassi
eZassi is a trailblazer in providing the first fully automated software solution for innovation procurement and idea collaboration. As enterprises strive to socialize and accelerate R&D in order to sustain robust new product pipelines, eZassi’s Open Innovation collaboration engine is increasingly used to bridge both internal and external ideation and automatically manage and organize the fuzzy front end of ideation so that actionable projects and products can be identified more rapidly and with less time and costs. eZassi’s InnoVision™ software platform provides a single gateway of entry for all parties looking to collaborate and connect directly with enterprises while uniquely mitigating the legal risks of external ideation by using Intelligent automated idea capture methodologies and structuring unstructured data. Coupled with downstream smart data analytics to triage ideas faster and secure data integration into other enterprise applications such as PLM makes eZassi a new standard in open innovation. For more information contact eZassi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
About Planview
Based in Austin, Texas, Planview helps organizations realize their resource potential with solutions spanning strategic planning, portfolio and resource management (Planview Enterprise), project collaboration (Projectplace), and enterprise architecture (Troux). From small teams to large enterprises, companies in every industry use Planview products to utilize their resources more efficiently, accelerate time to market, increase productivity of project teams, and ultimately achieve their goals. For more information, visit http://www.planview.com.
About Siemens PLM Software
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Digital Factory Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) and manufacturing operations management (MOM) software, systems and services with over nine million licensed seats and more than 77,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software works collaboratively with its customers to provide industry software solutions that help companies everywhere achieve a sustainable competitive advantage by making real the innovations that matter. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.
About Sopheon
Sopheon partners with customers to provide complete Enterprise Innovation Performance solutions including software, expertise, and best practices to achieve exceptional long-term revenue growth and profitability. Sopheon’s Accolade solution provides fully-integrated coverage for the entire innovation management and new product development lifecycle, including strategic innovation planning, roadmapping, idea and concept development, process and project management, portfolio management and resource planning. Sopheon’s solutions have been implemented by over 200 customers with over 60,000 users in over 50 countries. Sopheon is listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit http://www.sopheon.com/.
