Ann Arbor, Michigan, 16 June 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the successful start of its inaugural PLM Road Map for the High Tech Electronics Community conference in Santa Clara, California. The theme of the conference was Innovating in a Nanosecond World: How PLM Makes Innovation and Collaboration for the High Tech Electronics Industry Repeatable, Sustainable, and Scalable. Around 100 people registered for the event. Sponsorships sold out.

The format for PLM Road Map for the High Tech Community was presentations by industry-specific PLM users interleaved with short vignettes about topics of interest/high tech...

New short courses for busy executives and PLM solution providers will take place in Andover, Massachusetts in September.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 June 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm has announced that it will offer two of its new PLM Leadership Educational Programs for the first time in the Boston area during the week of September 21st.

The first program, the PLM Executive Short Course, will be offered on September 21st. This program has been created with busy executives in mind and is a one-day program delivered through a combination of lectures, industry case studies, and group...

NC Market Grew 7.3% in 2014

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 June 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the 2015 CIMdata NC Market Analysis Report (MAR), the twenty-fourth annual study of the global Numerical Control (NC) market. CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide NC software and related services market grew by 7.3% in calendar year 2014. The estimated end-user payments grew from $1.64 billion in 2013 to $1.76 billion in 2014. The market growth rate reflects solid overall NC spending, continuing the recovery from the downturn in the global...

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Key takeaways:

• Portfolio, product, and process complexity issues are easy to identify and difficult to quantify but have real impact throughout the product lifecycle
• Actively managing complexity enables resources to be allocated to higher value activities such as developing profitable product differentiation and more efficient product production
• Identifying and eliminating sources of non-value-added complexity is not enough, applying a targeted governance strategy and supporting processes can prevent complexity from creeping in
• Accenture’s end-to-end product complexity management solution focuses on managing product portfolio, design, and process complexity to reduce costs, drive efficiency, and improve profitability

The Business Impact of...

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Key takeaways:

• With continued lower oil prices, the Oil and Gas Industry is focusing on efficiency and robust supply chain management by harnessing digital technologies and automation
• Through examples, this session demonstrated Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions and Sogeti’s services to create product design and delivery efficiencies that are being sought by the O&G Industry
• Designing right the first time” requires strategic focus on collaboration intent, having robust decision making processes, addressing cultural barriers, and adopting the right digital technology solutions to support product development and design collaboration

The “Doing More with Less: Minimizing Waste and Cost” Executive...

Popular PLM education program will take place in Andover, Massachusetts from September 21-25.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 3 June, 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to the Boston area from September 21-25. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering.

The three- or five-day program prepares PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. A team of...

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Key takeaways:

• The theme this for year’s Aras ACE conference was “RETHINK PLM” which inspired attendees to reconsider how PLM can be implemented to support rapid changes due to changing business and technology needs
• Peter Schroer, Aras CEO posed several questions that he was contemplating to rethink PLM: What if mechanical is no longer the big driver for PLM? What is the true intellectual property of a complex product? How will Cloud impact product development?
• Aras grew its revenue by 80% in 2014 (and has grown an average of 45% over last five years), added 35...