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This free educational webinar will show how to develop realistic metrics that will help predict the cost of a PLM investment.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 5 May 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “PLM Benefits, Metrics & ROI.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 28 May 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

This webinar will present ways to develop viable, realistic metrics and predict the cost of undertaking an initial product lifecycle management (PLM) investment or upgrade. Regardless of where they are on the...

The program will focus on assessing, defining, and enabling the workforce of the future.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 28 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the addition of a Digital Skills Transformation program. These strategic services focus on leading an organization through the assessment, definition, implementation, and continuous improvement of the digital skills of its employees. Using a highly collaborative process, CIMdata works with its clients to form a lasting structure for training, education, and skill enhancement.

According to CIMdata’s President & CEO, Mr. Peter Bilello, “A well-defined Digital Skills Transformation program is multi-faceted,...

This educational webinar will share the results of the recent CIMdata global status and trends survey.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 22 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “PLM Status & Trends.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 14 May 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

This webinar will provide an insight into the results of CIMdata’s recent global PLM Status & Trends research. The goal of the study was to deepen the global PLM community’s collective understanding of the status, drivers, and preconditions...

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Key takeaways:

• The use of advanced physics-based simulation tools starting early in conceptual design and development provides proven business impacts for new product innovation, product development process efficiency, time to market, and product cost minimization.
• Increasing product complexity means engineers must now design components and sub-assemblies within a “system perspective.” Market leading companies can no longer develop innovative new products with disconnected engineering silos across design, simulation and validation, and manufacturing.
• The drive to “democratization of simulation” is leading to new software tools that can be used effectively by both simulation experts as well as design...

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Key takeaways:

• Bringing a modern product to market requires a diverse set of skills to satisfy customer expectations and regulatory requirements.
• Security risks are found in all aspects of business: the systems and platforms used to develop products and with the products, their connectivity, and operations. Managing these risks requires a strategy that can evolve as the threats evolve.
• HCL has been providing product development services to leading companies for four decades helping them get products to market faster, at lower cost, and with advanced features.
• CIMdata expects significant changes in how companies operate based on the...

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

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 16 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it has added a new Virtual-Live Certificate Program to its world-class PLM Leadership education and training offerings. The first virtual-live classes will take place during the week of June 15-19 with offerings for attendees in the North American and European time zones.

The new “PLM Core Virtual-Live” PLM Certificate Program has been created to provide a way for the broader...

The event presents PLM industry trends, 2019 global PLM market growth, and major research topics.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 15 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the successful completion of its 2020 PLM Market & Industry Forum—a series of five global events. For 2020 the Forums were held in March and April as a series of virtual sessions. Over 430 people registered, representing 120 companies. Virtual sessions were held for the PLM community in North America, EMEA, India, China, and Japan.

CIMdata's PLM Market & Industry Forums represent the world's premier event for software...

This free webinar will look at how COVID-19 is shaping the future.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 15 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on the Global PLM Market.” The webinar will take place on Tuesday, 21 April 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for 45-minutes.

The world is battling its worst health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic. While the Coronavirus first emerged in China, geographic boundaries are unable to contain it. Cases of the virus are in many countries, and many national...

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“Connect the Chain” and subscription offer provide remote information access.

According to the famous Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “The only constant in life is change.” Oh, how true, given the current global pandemic. Who would have thought that the global economies of the world would have been shut down overnight, resulting in millions of people being out of work with the snap of a finger? Many millions more are now working from home—all needing access to product lifecycle related tools and data, remotely and securely like never before.^[1]

It...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 14 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it will be participating in the upcoming PLM Innovation Forum Virtual Experience. CIMdata President & CEO, Peter Bilello, and Practice Director, Aerospace & Defense, James Roche, will be featured on the agenda.

Mr. Bilello will present on “Leading PLM Trends & Potential Disruptors,” and Mr. Roche will share information on “Making Multi-view BOM a Reality.” The PLM Innovation Forum is a virtual conference experience that will take place live for two days on 28th & 29th April.

CIMdata is also sponsoring the...