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Maplesoft™ today announced a major new release of MapleSim™, an advanced system-level modeling and simulation platform used by engineers to reduce development time and gain insight into system behavior. MapleSim enables engineers to take advantage of modern techniques in modeling and simulation, dramatically reducing model development time and risk while improving designs. The latest release provides tools that increase engineering design productivity during model development, as well as significant additions to toolchain connectivity that offer even greater cross-tool compatibility and opportunities for co-simulation. To support engineering design productivity, MapleSim 2016.2 provides live simulations that let engineers see results as the simulation is running so they can track progress and investigate unexpected results immediately. Other improvements include a new 3-D overlay for comparing simulation visualizations, which makes it easy to see changes in the behavior of the model under different conditions, and tools for revision control that facilitate large projects involving multiple engineers working

Infor today announced that Watlow, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, has selected Infor Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Accelerate to enhance their customer's experience by improving global business processes. As a manufacturer of state-of-the-art industrial heaters, temperature sensors and thermal control applications, Watlow partners with its customers to help them optimize their thermal performance to deliver efficient heating products and applications. To better achieve this goal, Watlow has selected Infor and Ultra Consulting to help undertake the Horizon Project, which is focused on transforming the Watlow experience for customers and team members while delivering improved business processes and supporting systems. By choosing to implement Infor PLM Accelerate, Watlow plans to improve data integrity, standardize business processes and supporting systems across the enterprise, increase information availability and deliver enterprise-wide collaboration that fortifies decision-based business processes. At the core, Watlow is a manufacturer of all of

Infor today announced that Watlow, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, has selected Infor Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Accelerate to enhance their customer's experience by improving global business processes. As a manufacturer of state-of-the-art industrial heaters, temperature sensors and thermal control applications, Watlow partners with its customers to help them optimize their thermal performance to deliver efficient heating products and applications. To better achieve this goal, Watlow has selected Infor and Ultra Consulting to help undertake the Horizon Project, which is focused on transforming the Watlow experience for customers and team members while delivering improved business processes and supporting systems. By choosing to implement Infor PLM Accelerate, Watlow plans to improve data integrity, standardize business processes and supporting systems across the enterprise, increase information availability and deliver enterprise-wide collaboration that fortifies decision-based business processes. At the core, Watlow is a manufacturer of all of

Nexgen Packaging, a leading global apparel identification supplier, today announced that Nexgen has chosen PTC ThingWorx® Internet of Things (IoT) platform as its platform on which to develop solutions in the retail, apparel and footwear (RAF) industry. The agreement enables Nexgen to leverage and expand its integration with PTC FlexPLM®software announced earlier this year. ThingWorx will serve as the platform on which Nexgen will build its cloud-based solutions for RAF markets targeted at transforming the ordering, manufacturing and delivery of brand ID offerings and other product components. Nexgen's solutions will rely on PTC's open cloud architecture, which will enable Nexgen to optimize the development and delivery of its products and services. "Our customers are looking for ways to accelerate the time it takes to bring products to market and reduce the costs associated with the delivery of these products," said Jim Welch, Nexgen EVP and GM. "Nexgen is enhancing its industry leading software solutions

As the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds are getting blurred and the world is becoming increasingly connected with amalgamation of connected devices and solutions, Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering has refreshed its brand philosophy, to align with the changing needs. Tech Mahindra is one of the earliest global Information Technology Service Providers to focus on the needs of the “Connected World” with “Connected Solutions”. The refresh rationale Businesses must build seamless and integrated technology capabilities across dimensions – the digital, the physical, the convergent, and everything in between. That’s when connected experiences manifest. And that’s when enterprises and people alike will be empowered to Rise™ in a connected world. Tech Mahindra foresees a new demand for CONNECTED EXPERIENCES playing across all industries it services. The Company has embraced the philosophy of the hyper-connected world and appreciates that the new revolution is going

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that company chairman and CEO Dr. Walden C. Rhines has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Rhines is being recognized for leadership and technology innovation in integrated circuit design and automation. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total voting membership. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement. During Dr. Rhines' tenure at Mentor Graphics, revenue has nearly quadrupled, enterprise value increased by 8X and Mentor has grown the industry's number one market share solutions in four of the ten largest product segments

Lectra receives a glittering result in WhichPLM’s recent benchmark evaluation for the newest version of Lectra Fashion PLM which extends the scope from design and product development to production for retailers, manufacturers, and brands. Providing greater visibility over fabric management and collection development processes, and guiding companies towards making the right decisions before production, Lectra’s extremely capable PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) platform scored at, or above, the industry average in all of the 43 functional areas WhichPLM measured, achieving the highest-scoring solution evaluated by WhichPLM to date. “With the creation of tools that support the real business of fashion, and the extension of the solution’s footprint, we are extending our recommendation of Lectra to be shortlisted by any fashion and apparel brand, retailer or manufacturer—of any size and geographical spread,” underlined Mark Harrop, CEO and Founder of WhichPLM. The WhichPLM benchmark evaluation measures against the industry average

Deloitte today announced it joined the Smart Cities Council (Council), an industry coalition comprised of the foremost specialists and leading consulting and technology companies to accelerate the growth of smart cities. Deloitte brings experience delivering smart city services globally. As a Smart Cities Council lead partner, Deloitte will work with the Council’s advisors and members to help cities make investments that fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources. “Faced with the societal challenges associated with population growth, urban areas are turning to innovative technologies and data-driven decision making to transform into smart cities. Deloitte is proud to be a leader in this quickly growing sector – and joining the Smart Cities Council is another significant step on our journey to gain and share knowledge to help cities and its citizens prosper in this new digital era,” said Rana Sen, managing director, Deloitte Consulting

CENIT is participating in the European research project “BionicAircraft”, which aims to boost resource efficiency in aviation by implementing additive manufacturing and bionic design in all phases of the aircraft lifecycle. Following a concept review, CENIT is currently beginning to implement its work package: A software toolset for automated bionic design. September 2016 saw the launch of “BionicAircraft”, a research project co-funded by the European Commission’s “Horizon 2020” program. The project is aimed at reducing and controlling emissions in the aviation industry. IT specialist CENIT is one of 10 international consortium partners from various industry sectors as well as research and development organizations. They are working together to develop technologies and concepts for additive manufacturing that enable environment-friendly end2end lifecycles in the aviation industry. Additive Manufacturing in all Phases of the Aircraft Lifecycle One way of addressing these challenges is to introduce additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology in all phases

 PDF 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, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global leader in de-customization and standardized configuration of enterprise software solutions HPE has helped Penske improve the efficiency of its PLM solution while reducing implementation errors and costs, as well as reducing upgrade time HPE 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 of Cloud, SaaS, and IoT CIMdata, along with most of the PLM and MES solution providers and enterprise industry users, has traditionally defined configuration as a way to adjust or define the behavior of an enterprise software solution in a manner that the configured capabilities carry forward to the next-released version of the solution without code changes to