Commentaries & Highlights

 PDF Key takeaways: Managing the complete lifecycle of a product improves revenue opportunities and is a common digital transformation goal. Legacy or monolithic architectures require discontinuous innovation to extend and upgrade, which can be disruptive and expensive. A stable, future-proof product innovation platform architecture is required to efficiently manage the…

 PDF Key takeaways: Hexagon Live highlighted Hexagon’s corporate commitment to climate change and how the firm can address the problems AND be financially successful. The smart factory is a journey, not a destination, one that starts with brownfield environments that have data that can be harvested. Autonomous vehicles are 90%…

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes’ announced acquisition of Medidata is an impressive move that should send a message to all PLM solution providers that Dassault Systèmes intends to own the life sciences market with respect to PLM enablement. Dassault Systèmes is well positioned to support today’s Industry Renaissance across multiple…

 PDF Key takeaways: Deployment of advanced capabilities such as IoT, AR, Digital Twin, and Artificial Intelligence is accelerating but implementation and systematic digital transformation needs careful planning and a value-focused roadmap. Cyber security continues to grow in importance and PTC’s investment in cyber security leadership is an important step forward.…

 PDF Key takeaways: Digital Transformation is accelerating in product development companies. Model-based definition and systems engineering are being actively pursued. The PLM industry is growing in both depth and breadth. On May 29-30, 2019, CIMdata and Eurostep jointly hosted the PLM Road Map™ & PDT[1] North America 2019 conference in…

 PDF Key takeaways: 3D printing increases creative freedom while cutting the cost of making complex products. 3D printing is reinventing manufacturing by moving production closer to the end-consumer, opening possibilities for new business models. Wipro’s 3DAssess uses proprietary algorithms to automatically check 3D models for potential geometry, topology, and wall-thickness…

 PDF Key takeaways: Infor continues to make rapid progress on their cloud vision and has the customer success to show for it. Their multi-tenant CloudSuite offerings, built on Infor’s strongest ERP solutions and delivered by industry, have significant customer uptake and interest. A rich platform of shared services, Infor OS,…

 PDF Key takeaways: On May 22, 2019, CIMdata attended Siemens Spotlight on Innovation 2019 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, FL. The Phillips Center is a Siemens smart building technology partner[1] and is a showcase for various Siemens offerings. During the meeting Siemens claimed it…

 PDF Key takeaways: The attendees were very open in sharing their positive experiences with the DFMPro solution. HCL introduced new Thermoforming and Casting modules in DFMPro. HCL shared their vision of a future where knowledge capture will be automatic based on actual product operating conditions. CIMdata attended HCL’s DFMPro annual…

 PDF Dassault Systèmes continues to expand their business, announcing their acquisition of Medidata, a US-based leader in clinical technology used to bring new treatments to the market. The all-cash offer of $5.8 billion is about nine times revenues and marks their largest acquisition to date.[1] This is a high multiple…