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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Centric PLM Goes Live With Mud Pie

Centric Software announces that Mud Pie, an award-winning lifestyle brand and maker of affordable gifts and apparel, has successfully implemented Centric’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. CEO Marcia Miller founded Mud Pie in 1988, producing ceramic gift lines for major US retailers such as Macy’s. Mud Pie is based in Stone Mountain, Georgia and has built up a range of gifts and clothing for style-conscious consumers to celebrate special occasions. Mud Pie creates “delightful gifts to inspire all of life’s sparkling moments”, taking up-to-the-minute design trends and interpreting them to make unique products at an affordable price point. The company contains three divisions: Fashion, Kids and Home. Mud Pie products are sold in 16,000 retail outlets around the world as well as directly to consumers online. Facing design, product development and production challenges associated with the company’s growth, Mud Pie realized it was time to replace their outdated systems
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Armor-Lux selects Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0

Lectra is pleased to announce that French ready-to-wear company Armor-Lux has chosen Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0, the new lifecycle management platform for collections from Lectra, to accelerate and ensure the reliable exchange of data between product development teams and their sub-contractors. Founded in 1938 and a Lectra customer for over 25 years, Armor-Lux is renowned for its clothing for men, women and children-such as duffle coats, sailors' jerseys and waterproof coats-inspired by French maritime tradition and the French region of Brittany. Armor-Lux is also a leader in France within the growing segment for branded company clothing, with major customers such as La Poste, SNCF, Carrefour, Eiffage, RATP, and the French army. This multi-brand group is emblematic of 'Made in France' and employs 550 people. Vertically integrated, from knitting to distribution, Armor-Lux operates three production sites and a network of 60 owned, or affiliated, shops. In the company's product design office,
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced financial results for its fiscal 2017 and the fourth quarter, ended October 31, 2017. Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Results  Combined net revenue of $7.8 billion includes $7.7 billion from continuing operations and $174 million from Software, which is now included in discontinued operations. Fourth quarter net revenue from continuing operations of $7.7 billion was up 5% from the prior year and up 5% when adjusted for divestitures and currency. Fourth quarter GAAP diluted net EPS from continuing operations was $0.23, up from GAAP diluted net EPS from continuing operations of $0.19 in the prior year. Fourth quarter non-GAAP diluted net EPS from continuing operations was $0.29, up from non-GAAP diluted net EPS from continuing operations of $0.23 in the prior-year period. Fourth quarter non-GAAP net earnings from continuing operations and non-GAAP diluted net EPS from continuing operations exclude after-tax costs of $95 million and
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced that, effective February 1, 2018, Antonio Neri, current President of HPE, will become President and Chief Executive Officer, and will join the HPE Board of Directors.  Meg Whitman, current Chief Executive Officer, will remain on the HPE Board of Directors.  “I’m incredibly proud of all we’ve accomplished since I joined HP in 2011.  Today, Hewlett Packard moves forward as four industry-leading companies that are each well positioned to win in their respective markets,” said Meg Whitman, CEO of HPE. “Now is the right time for Antonio and a new generation of leaders to take the reins of HPE. I have tremendous confidence that they will continue to build a great company that will thrive well into the future.” Meg Whitman was appointed President and CEO of HP in September 2011.  Since then, she has executed against a five-year turnaround strategy that has repositioned the company
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CloudSense today announced it has opened a dedicated Research & Development (R&D) office in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The Newcastle office is CloudSense's second new Australian office opening this year, following the unveiling of its Melbourne office in June. The two new locations sit alongside CloudSense's Australian headquarters in Sydney and pushes the company's Asia-Pacific (APAC) headcount past 40 people. The latest office opening sees CloudSense's worldwide presence grow to nearly 300 employees, with 9 offices across Australia, Europe, and the U.S. Following a recent $77 million investment from Vector Capital, CloudSense's growth is only set to accelerate as the company uses the funding to focus on industry-specific product innovation and rapidly expanding its global presence. The new Newcastle base will support both these objectives, with the R&D team working in conjunction with CloudSense's northern hemisphere development centers to ensure the company's R&D operation is running 24/7, accelerating the delivery of new product features. The team will also
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Bill Morris, president of Accenture's business in Canada, has been awarded the 2017 Inclusion Vanguard Award by Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100. The award recognizes an individual, male or female, who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to a broader diversity agenda within their organization. Morris was selected for his role as a champion for change; for making a profound and measurable impact; and for bettering the experience of employees, clients and the broader community. "I am pleased to receive this award that recognizes Accenture's commitment to diversity from the top level, because inclusion and diversity are key drivers for innovation in both our own business and in our clients' businesses," said Morris. "We will continue to drive forward with our initiatives, including our goal to reach gender parity by 2025, creating a work environment where everyone feels that they belong and can deliver real value." In keeping with Accenture's goal to have
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The latest version of Siemens’ NX™ software unites the next generation of tools for additive manufacturing, computer numerical control (CNC) machining, robotics and quality inspection to enable the digitalization of part manufacturing within a single, integrated, end-to-end system. Advanced automation capabilities for computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), including robotic programming, adaptive milling, and tooling design, provide innovative, industry-specific technology to help deliver high-quality products to the market in less time. The new NX Machining Line Planner tool, combined with integrated NX CAM software for feature-based machining, provides new capabilities for industries with high-volume production of complicated parts, such as automotive and industrial machinery. The latest version of NX continues to support end-to-end solutions for additive manufacturing, helping manufacturers realize the goal of using 3D printing for industrial production. Part manufacturers continue to face added pressures from changing market expectations, with customers who require improved accuracy and faster response times. In order to remain competitive,
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PTC today announced from PTC Forum Europe in Stuttgart, Germany, the launch of the ThingWorx® Asset Advisor app for service to accelerate its customers’ service transformation initiatives. ThingWorx®Asset Advisor for service enables remote monitoring and servicing of assets deployed in the field. Built on PTC’s leading ThingWorx industrial innovation platform, ThingWorx Asset Advisor for service is a role-based app for service managers and technicians that is fast to deploy, scalable, flexible, and customizable. It provides visibility to connected assets with key role-intelligent information, offering insight into the operating condition of the asset, alerts on operating anomalies, and remote service for the connected assets. ThingWorx Asset Advisor for service follows PTC’s launch of the ThingWorx Asset Advisor app for manufacturing this past June at LiveWorx®17 and continues PTC’s commitment to helping industrial companies simplify their digital transformation efforts. As industrial companies focus on improving efficiency and reducing downtime of their operations, being able
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Dassault Systèmes announced that the city of Rennes, France is the latest metropolitan area to embark on a digitalized approach to urban planning by using the 3DEXPERIENCity digital environment to optimize future projects, products and services for its residents. Rennes will use 3DEXPERIENCity to develop a digital model of the city, “Virtual Rennes,” which embraces, through systemic modeling, different data sources in a single referential that is constantly updated as new data becomes available.  With this accurate and reliable virtual equivalent of the real city, Rennes’ officials, residents, businesses, development partners, service providers and others can simulate, virtually experience and visualize a holistic view of the city’s evolution, and collaborate on sustainable urban solutions that will tackle new societal and urban challenges. Rennes is the capital of the Brittany region and the second-fastest-growing metropolitan area in France, with an estimated population of 450,000. Such significant development in an urban agglomeration, whose specialized domains constantly
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Commenting on the quarterly results, Alain de Rouvray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESI Group, said: “This quarter marks a milestone in the introduction of our transformational offer to answer Industry 4.0 grand challenges. While we continue to strengthen our Virtual Prototype core business based on the virtual pre-certification of innovative industrial products, we are concurrently building our new Hybrid TwinTM disruptive solutions to represent the used product in its ‘in-service’ operational conditions. This strong transformational approach builds upon ESI’s recent acquisitions of innovative technologies (Big data, IoT, A.I.) to virtually shape in co-creation with our lead strategic customers the new innovative designs, materials and manufacturing processes required for their connected and assisted products of the future. It targets product predictive performance and maintenance, to optimize repairs, facilitate certification update, and minimize recalls. Once the brand-new Product is ‘right the first time’ thanks to its pre-certified Virtual Prototype, it must be
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