Commentaries & Highlights

 PDF Key takeaways: SAP PLM has evolved into a capable solution to support lifecycle strategies for all but the most complex products from ideation through life SAP is expanding their “single source of truth” to include electrical/electronic components, requirements, and software assets SAP offers both discrete and formulation PLM on…

 PDF Key takeaways: A&D value chain processes and technologies have to support a wide variety of complexities including development cycles of five to ten years; increasing complexity of systems, materials, and electronics; strict compliance and maintenance requirements; and decades long service lifetimes A critical concern in most A&D related companies…

 PDF On 1 March 2016, Siemens PLM Software and Autodesk jointly announced they will take steps to improve interoperability between their respective product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions. In the agreement the companies state they will “share toolkit technology and exchange end-user software applications to build and market interoperable products.”…

 PDF Key takeaways: IBM’s executives made it clear that IBM is “all-in” on the cloud and mobile, the foci of the event, and they continue to make investments and acquisitions to build out their capabilities IBM has many strengths dispersed across several groups in PLM for smart, connected products, and…

 PDF  PDF (Japanese) Key takeaways: Few PLM implementations achieve their original goals and often end up as PDM silos that struggle to evolve as business needs change PLM is usually not enabled with a single technology and no solution provider has a complete end-to-end, top-to-bottom solution that fully enables an…

 PDF Key takeaways: ENOVIA is undergoing a number of key organizational changes that will increase their control over the ENOVIA business, which had a good 2015 EXALEAD and Netvibes are key strategic assets at the heart of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Analytics and Internet of Experience strategies Dassault Systèmes is moving…

 PDF Key takeaways: SOLIDWORKS announced Xdesign, a new cloud-based CAD product, and Xdrive, a cloud-based storage solution to be delivered in the future Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes’ CEO promised a major company push to be #1 in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) market SOLIDWORKS and Altium announced a new…

 PDF Key takeaways: Oracle’s Modern Supply Chain Experience highlighted their end-to-end supply chain offerings, which includes their PLM solutions Oracle’s move to the cloud has deeply affected more than their business results, with many changes in development, collaboration, and other processes spanning their business While the cloud is their PLM…

 PDF Key takeaways: Predicting product and portfolio profitability is becoming more difficult as products become more complex and business models change Identifying and modeling cost drivers and using collaborative decision making to optimize enterprise-level costs early in the development cycle enables revenue, cost, and profitability targets to be achieved while…

 PDF Key takeaways: Global market leaders in multiple industries are rapidly expanding their strategic use of virtual prototyping and simulation starting early in the product development process to gain a competitive advantage via innovation, quality, and time to profit Product innovation platforms are emerging to meet the needs of next…