Commentaries & Highlights

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 23 September 2025—Members of the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) will sponsor a webinar on advancing the Code of PLM Openness (CPO). The webinar, The Code of PLM Openness – what it is and why it matters now more than ever!, will take place at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, 21 October 2025.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has become indispensable in the digital age, enabling organizations to coordinate every stage of a product’s journey from conception to end-of-life. In today’s fast-evolving...

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On Thursday, September 18, 2025, Aras Corporation announced that Mr. Leon Lauritsen will succeed Mr. Roque Martin as CEO. Mr. Martin joined Aras as CEO in October 2021 following founder Mr. Peter Schroer. Under Mr. Martin, Aras continued its status as a CIMdata PLM Mindshare Leader due to their continued growth and industry impact. Mr. Martin will continue at Aras as an advisor.

Mr. Lauritsen came to Aras via its 2022 acquisition of Minerva, a top tier Aras partner. He spent over 20 years at Minerva, starting as a consultant, becoming...

Essential Education to Navigate Complexity and Drive Digital Transformation with Measurable Business Impact

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 18 September 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global strategic consulting and research firm focused on PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and its digital transformation, announces the offering of its industry-standard PLM Certificate Program in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, from December 8-12, 2025.

This unique program equips PLM professionals with the knowledge and skills to address common challenges in PLM strategy formulation and implementation. It is assessment-based and provides a personalized classroom experience, including individual and team exercises, as well as thorough achievement evaluations. CIMdata experts with decades...

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Why PLM Matters More than Ever

Takeaways

• PLM is a strategic enabler of the transportation industry’s decarbonization through electrification, circularity, sustainable materials, and emission compliance. It supports vehicle and powertrain innovation throughout the product lifecycle—from eco-design concepts and simulation, to supply chain transparency and digital product passport enablement.
• US governmental policy uncertainty underscores the need for resilient strategies. With the potential rollbacks of federal emission rules, incentives, and agency capabilities, the US market is facing regulatory volatility. PLM empowers OEMs to decouple innovation from policy shifts, maintaining momentum regardless of current political direction.
• Global momentum...

Report Focuses on the Overall PLM Market Results in China for CY2024

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 16 September 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata 2025 China PLM Market Analysis Report in English and Simplified Chinese language versions.

This report provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the People’s Republic of China’s (“China”) rapidly evolving PLM market for calendar year 2024, with forecasts from 2025 through 2029. The report discusses the major PLM trends and issues, PLM purchase investments in software and services, PLM adoption in various industry sectors, and market...

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Takeaways

• Vietnam is rapidly emerging as a global hub for IT and engineering, rivaling established markets like China and India due to its skilled workforce, education system, and cost-effectiveness.
• Hitachi Digital Services’ Vietnam Delivery Center (VDC), founded 25 years ago, is the company’s second-largest delivery center with over 1,000 employees across Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Hanoi.
• The VDC’s services include OT-IT-AI integration, smart factory solutions, servitization, e-commerce, digital supply chain support, worker safety, and AI-based augmentation, delivered through systems modernization and integration projects.
• Hitachi and its VDC are well-positioned to help companies...

This CIMdata educational webinar will examine how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the simulation and analytics landscape.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 11 September 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “AI in Physics-Based Product Performance Simulation: From Surrogates to Solvers.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 9 October 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

Physics-based simulation and analytics are central to innovative product design processes and validation of...

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Enabled by DxP Services’ Industry Solutions, Templates, Tools, Accelerators, and Strategic Partnerships

Key Takeaways

• Today’s complex industrial products combine mechanical, electrical, and software components. Effective development of these complex products necessitates a robust, multi-domain systems engineering framework integrating requirements, design, testing, and production activities.
• Establishing seamless, end-to-end connections among requirements management, PLM, ERP, and other enterprise systems is essential for achieving traceability throughout the entire lifecycle.
• Transforming the engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) into manufacturing (MBOM) and service (SBOM) bills requires thorough mapping and alignment across multiple phases of the lifecycle—a complex yet essential process...

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Electronics industry solution provider accelerates expansion in Physical AI and System Design & Analysis

On September 4, 2025, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Cadence) announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hexagon AB’s Design & Engineering (D&E) business, including the well-known MSC Software portfolio, for approximately €2.7 billion (~US$3.16 billion). The transaction will be settled 70% in cash and 30% in Cadence common stock issued to Hexagon, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Cadence, a pivotal leader in electronic systems design, has...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2 September 2025— CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, today announced the creation of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) practice. Industry veteran and AI thought leader Diego Tamburini has been appointed Executive Consultant and Practice Director to lead the new practice, which will guide solution providers, investors, and industrial organizations on the practical, high-value applications of AI across the entire product lifecycle.

Drawing on Diego’s deep background in PLM, CAD, CAM, CAE,...