Commentaries & Highlights

 PDF Key takeaways: PLM, which embodies the virtual assets of companies combined through mergers or acquisitions, is crucial for predicting and realizing potential synergies. PLM solution integration experts must be engaged early in the merger or acquisition target selection and due diligence so they can take appropriate action to realize…

 PDF Key Takeaways: CIMdata believes Dassault Systèmes has made strong progress in developing a platform that enables their customers to leverage simulation to achieve “sustainable innovation.” The base platform includes data management and process automation tools that enable the creation of apps that can be managed and shared to support…

 PDF Key takeaways: Up-front performance analysis and optimization, starting early in the product development cycle, requires both a systems view of the product and simulation and co-simulation models of varying degrees of fidelity. Leading thinkers are turning away from the creation of CAD geometry as “the design starting point” to…

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes’ continued investment in SOLIDWORKS, as well as its connection to their 3DEXPERIENCE platform, illustrates a long-term commitment to add value and ensure that SOLIDWORKS remains a design platform of choice for its customer base. Dassault Systèmes is driving to reduce the distance between the virtual…

 PDF Key takeaways: Oracle Corporation is fully committed to the cloud, and is generating strong growth and an increasing percentage of total revenues from the cloud Oracle PLM Cloud is evolving rapidly to fully enable the enterprise product record, demonstrating Oracle’s growing support for a “digital thread” The Applications Unlimited…

 PDF The morning of February 7, 2017 brought news that Carl Bass was resigning from Autodesk effective February 8. This seemingly sudden announcement is the culmination of years of transition at Autodesk, marked by an accelerated pace over the past few months. Mr. Bass acknowledged as much in a blog…

 PDF (English)  PDF (Japanese) According to the Aras Corporation (Aras) web site, the company had a very large win at the end of 2016. They closed a 50,000 seat deal at General Motors to support enterprise change management, vehicle bill of materials (EBOM & MBOM), variants and options, and other…

 PDF Key takeaways: De-customization and standardized configuration of PLM and MES solutions are gaining momentum Leveraging more than 30 years of enterprise PLM and MES experience, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global leader in de-customization and standardized configuration of enterprise software solutions HPE has helped Penske improve the efficiency…

 PDF Key Takeways: A major transformation is underway across multiple industries toward model-based systems engineering (MBSE) processes for the design and deployment of complex products and systems that span multiple domains within the engineering discipline (e.g., mechanical, electronics, embedded software, and controls) as well as multiple disciplines across the entire…

 PDF (English)  PDF (Japanese) Key takeaways: Product innovation platforms are the foundation upon which functional capabilities, data, and processes are enabled—leading to the potential for much more innovation Few PLM implementations, especially those based on monolithic solutions, achieve their goals and often end up as “instant” legacy PDM solutions that…