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Wipro’s Industry DOT solutions lay a foundation for “software-defined” innovation.

Key Takeaways

• The potential for unlocking business value using Generative AI and AI/ML across the entire product lifecycle as reported by numerous studies is unquestionable. Product R&D and software engineering are two of the most valuable opportunities to take advantage of this across a broad range of industries.
• Established Industry 4.0 technologies such as CAx, ALM, MBD, MBE, MBSE, IoT, and SLM are already creating significant enterprise value. The next opportunity in this domain is using AI and ML technologies to improve the data...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 17 September 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that the company’s Principal Analyst, Tom Gill, will deliver a presentation at the 2024 PLM Components Innovation Conference. The event, hosted by Siemens Digital Industries Software, will take place on 24 & 25 September in Boston, MA.

Software developers face many challenges in building a new application or tool, including the need to satisfy technology and quality requirements. Many turn to licensing software components to gain an advantage. Siemens Digital Industries Software provides a full suite of component software,...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 16 September 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will deliver the keynote presentation at the 2024 Contact Customer Day. The event will take place on 24 September at the Marel campus in Boxmeer, The Netherlands.

Designing, building, and maintaining sustainable products is a major undertaking that requires a comprehensive, end-to-end lifecycle mindset—one that spans from concept and design to production, maintenance, and the product's end of life. Achieving success demands an interdisciplinary approach and a systems-of-systems perspective, considering not just...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 12 September 2024—The Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) announces the publication of a new AD PAG Insight that presents the members’ position on digital engineering.

With the rise of digital twins, digital thread, and connected engineering systems, Product Lifecycle Management’s (PLM) fundamental capabilities are in greater demand. Interest is growing in PLM’s extended functions beyond product data management (PDM) and lifecycle state design. As Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), the Internet of Things (IoT), and new technologies emerge, managing product data relationships becomes increasingly...

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Key Takeaways

• Mid-market companies need robust, cost-effective, easy-to-implement PLM deployed on the cloud.
• PLM solutions from SAP provide SaaS-based cloud offerings based on microservices making them cloud-native as opposed to just hosting on-premises software in the cloud. In addition, they can be directly connected to S/4HANA, or ERP and other PLM solutions based on the needs of the company.
• SAP’s PLM software provides all the core PLM capabilities product-centric companies require, including idea campaigns (including voice of customers), requirements/specification management, CAD integration, recipe formulations, collaboration, BOM management, document management, variant management, change management, portfolio...

This presentation is part of CIMdata’s educational webinar series.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 11 September 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free webinar, “The Importance of Comprehensive Product Data Governance.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 11 October 2024, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last one hour.

As products evolve with the integration of AI, pervasive computing, and advanced sensing technologies, they are becoming smarter and more responsive to real-world usage and operating environments. The rise of electronic components...

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The Digital Thread, Data, and How to Move Beyond Documents

Key Takeaways

• The success of a digital thread in an extended enterprise heavily depends on high-quality, accurate, and consistent data to ensure it can effectively support decision-making, compliance, and operational efficiencies across diverse and dispersed organizational functions through life.
• Transitioning from reliance on static, document-based data storage to dynamic, structured digital facilitates better data synchronization and accessibility and reduces the risks of data becoming outdated or misaligned with current operational realities, thereby enhancing the integrity of the digital thread.
• Given the complexity of managing data...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 9 September 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces that Sandeepak Natu, Co-Director of the Simulation-Driven Systems Development Consulting Practice, will participate in an online discussion, “AI/ML in Simulation and Product Development.” The discussion, organized by REVOLUTION™ in Simulation, takes place on Thursday, 26 September, at 11:00 AM EDT.

This discussion is the first in a series planned on this topic and is part of a recently announced initiative, REVOLUTION in Simulation’s AI/ML in Simulation learning program. CIMdata is a founding...

Third Module of the 2024 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 5 September 2024—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report, the third of five modules of the CIMdata 2024 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis of the worldwide PLM market during 2023. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM solution providers, revenue analyses for geographical regions and industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.