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The presentation will take place on Thursday, June 7 in Cleveland, Ohio.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 June 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is pleased to announce that Dr. Keith Meintjes, a CIMdata Executive Consultant, will make a presentation at CAASE18, the Conference on Advancing Analysis & Simulation in Engineering, which takes place at the Huntington Convention Center, in Cleveland, Ohio from June 5-7.

Dr. Meintjes’ presentation titled, Optimization: From Generative to Human‐Assisted Design, and Machine Learning, will take place on Thursday, June 7 in the Advanced Information Technologies breakout session. There is now much interest...

The presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 6 in Cleveland, Ohio.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 June 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is pleased to announce that Don Tolle, CIMdata’s Director for Simulation-Driven Systems Development Consulting Practice & Knowledge Council, will make a presentation at CAASE18, the Conference on Advancing Analysis & Simulation in Engineering, which takes place at the Huntington Convention Center, in Cleveland, Ohio from June 5-7.

Mr. Tolle’s presentation titled, Emerging Standards for Model‐Based Systems Engineering, will take place on Wednesday, June 6 as part of a breakout session on Emerging Standards....

This educational webinar will show how PLM is key to realizing the digital enablement of key business processes.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 June 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Digitalizing Reality.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, July 12 2018, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

The digital enablement of key business processes is growing rapidly. At times, these developments seem to be moving at warp speed, are difficult to follow and understand, and are even more difficult to integrate into one’s business. The opportunities...

The webinar will consider some of the core questions related to Digital Twins.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Frank Popielas, a CIMdata Executive Consultant, will take part in a webinar entitled, “Digital Twins - Changing the way we Engineer, Validate, Market, and Operate Our Products.” The webinar will show how digital twin solutions can help your company embrace digitalization and increase competitiveness.

Webinar attendees will learn the answers to some of the core questions related to digital twins and their practical value, including the following:

• What are the new...

The presentation will share CIMdata’s industry view of the Digital Twin.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Executive Consultant, Ken Amann, will make a presentation at Siemens PLM Connection. The event will be held on 4-7 June in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Amann’s presentation entitled, “The Digital Twin–An Industry View,” will take place during a one-day long session on “Realizing the Digital Twin.”

In his presentation, Mr. Amann will offer a description of industry challenges and why companies need to use Digital Twins. He will also provide CIMdata’s definition...

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Key takeaways:

• CIMdata believes Dassault Systèmes has made significant progress simulating the entire Additive Manufacturing (AM) process. Since their acquisition of ABAQUS, Inc., in 2005, the company has transformed the use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools from evaluating discrete items to simulating the entire AM lifecycle.
• The briefing highlighted the significance of simulating everything from raw material to end-use production ready parts, not only prototypes.
• Dassault Systèmes is clearly focused on the Industrialization of AM.
• Companies are in transition from static-electronic to live-digitally connected processes, and companies need to eliminate silos and unite all functions into...

The presentation will share how PLM can be used as a platform to digitalize manufacturing.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 29 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, will make a keynote presentation at Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s EU Industry-The Digital Change Conference. The conference will take place on 31 May in Paris.

Mr. Przybylinski’s presentation, “Product Lifecycle Management as a Platform to Digitalize Manufacturing,” will provide an update on the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market, which includes simulation and analysis and a range of other solutions. He will also...

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Key takeaways:

• A global stalwart in mid-market enterprise resource planning, IFS is taking on today’s market challenges, relying on the cloud, and delivering on IoT and AI.
• EQT, their private equity owners since 2015, have continued to invest in the company, its products and ecosystems, and M&A, extending their years of strong financial performance.
• IFS’ investments, particularly on the cloud, seem perfectly timed to hit the cloud adoption wave evolving enterprise software.
• With these investments, and the work in IFS Labs and R&D, the company is well positioned for the years ahead.

CIMdata recently attended the IFS World...

How to fully leverage Additive Manufacturing from one-off prototypes to end production.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 23 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of an eBook titled “Industrializing Additive Manufacturing.”

Hobbyists and early adopters used Additive Manufacturing (AM) machines to make freeform organic shapes they couldn’t make any other way. Now, driven by investments by industrial companies seeking to improve engineering processes and make better products faster and cheaper, attempts are being made to use AM for industrial end-use product production. Big challenges remain such as materials, regulatory compliance, speed, price, and reliability,...

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Key takeaways:

• Industrial companies such as Audi, BMW, Microsoft, and Schaeffler are using the Aras PLM Platform to solve complex problems in support of their digital transformation programs.
• The Aras PLM platform continues to grow in breadth and depth as execution against their public product roadmap continues.
• Aras is starting to deliver on last year’s announcement on support of Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO), an important and often extremely profitable lifecycle phase.
• Last year’s $40M investment by Silver Lake and GE Ventures has enabled Aras to significantly grow their staff, including a doubling of the product management...