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The role-specific classes will be offered in the early fall.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 22 July 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it has set dates for the first series of Systems Modeling & Simulation Certificate Programs.

The goal of the classes is to provide a superior educational experience for today’s simulation and analysis professionals. Each class will be delivered through a series of education and training sessions designed to equip those involved in systems modeling and/or simulation with a strong understanding of systems modeling and simulation concepts and industry-leading best practices.

The following SMS...

This educational webinar will consider why PLM is hard and what we can do to make it simple to maximize PLM-related ROI.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 21 July 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Why is PLM so Hard? How to make the complex simple.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 27 August 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

There should be no doubt, simple is best when it comes to implementing PLM. So, why has PLM typically been so hard, and often not...

The CIMdata administered group presents their findings and conclusions from evaluating the capability of commercially available PLM software to enable a core element of the Digital Thread.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 July 2020—Representatives of the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) have published the results and conclusions from a sponsored project team that engaged with four leading software providers to validate the team’s recently defined multiple-view bill of materials (Multi-view BOM) requirements by benchmarking use cases using commercially available software. The benchmarks are the culmination of three years of effort by the team made up of domain experts from...

This virtual-live course makes CIMdata’s world-class PLM education opportunities more easily accessible to a broader cross-section of the PLM community.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, July 16th, 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it has added a date in the fall for the PLM Core Virtual-Live PLM Certificate Program. This class follows the successful programs held in June. Classes will take place during the week of September 28th – October 2nd, with separate offerings for attendees in the North American and European time zones.

The PLM Core Virtual-Live PLM Certificate Program provides a way for...

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Key takeaways:

• Generative design is the initial step toward a vision of automatic creation of model geometry that fully meets design requirements.
• The uncomplicated setup and execution of MSC Apex Generative Design does not require highly skilled simulation experts.
• MSC Apex Generative Design exports proper geometry after each iteration allowing the user to view the algorithm’s progress and potentially make changes to explore various design alternatives.
• MSC Apex Generative Design offers its users a high degree of automation and in combination with a smooth workflow can accelerate time-to-market.

To gain a competitive advantage, product designers seek to use...

The short course offers a solid understanding of the critical concepts involved in a digital transformation initiative.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, July 15, 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it is offering a virtual-live Digital Transformation Short Course in the late Summer. The program, which is part of CIMdata’s world-class PLM Leadership education and training offering, will take place over two four-hour sessions on September 10 and September 17.

The “Digital Transformation Short Course” offers those participating in a digital transformation initiative the opportunity to gain a solid understanding of the critical concepts and...

The webinar will share information on a solution that places people at the center of PLM.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 July 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will take part in a webinar that is being sponsored by Upchain.

Companies must ensure that their PLM solution addresses their real enterprise PLM requirements in a manner that is easy to implement and intuitive to use for all users, forming an effective and innovative work environment. Upchain’s thesis in designing a new SaaS Multi-Tenant PLM solution is that people must...

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Two industry leaders join forces to provide end-to-end lifecycle capabilities.

Today, July 14, 2020, Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens) and SAP, two long-time leaders in the product lifecycle management (PLM) market, announced a strategic relationship designed to drive industrial transformation and digitalization in support of Industry 4.0. These two industry leaders are combining their expertise in PLM, supply chain management, project and portfolio management, and asset management to deliver new innovations and business models that enable their customers to remove process and information silos and accelerate industrial transformation. As part of this relationship,...

Fourth Module of the 2020 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 July 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Geography Analysis Report, the fourth of five modules of the CIMdata 2020 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2019. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

The PLM market grew to $51.5 billion...

In this webinar, CIMdata will offer actionable guidance on this critical topic.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 9 July 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Data Governance in the Era of Digital Transformation.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 13 August 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Often, digital transformation initiatives are succeeding or failing based on the robustness of corporate data. As a result, most company executives recognize the importance of Data Governance. Many of these digital initiatives are attempting to force a “data...