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These two leading PLM events will co-locate in the Washington D.C area on 15-17 May 2018.

CIMdata and Eurostep are pleased to announce the co-location of PLM Road Map North America 2018 and PDT North America 2018. The two events will be held in conjunction with each other at the Marriott Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA. Participants can choose to attend one of the events or both with a discount. PLM Road Map North America takes place on 15 & 16 May, while PDT North America will take place on 17 May.

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Presentations will take place on Sunday, January 21 in Jacksonville, Florida.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 18 January 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 several presentations at the INCOSE International Workshop which takes place at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, in Jacksonville, Florida from January 20-23.

Mr. Tolle’s presentations will take place on Sunday, January 21. The first presentation titled, Modeling and Data Interoperability Standards Where to Next, will take place at 10:30 a.m. as part of the...

The presentation will discuss the benefits of model-based enterprise and model-based design.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 January 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Practice Manager for PLM Enterprise Value & Integration, Tom Gill, will make a presentation at HCL’s DFX Insights 2018 which takes place at the Detroit Marriott on 22 January.

The presentation, entitled “Model-Based Enterprise - Moving your Firm from Concept to Reality,” will review what Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) and Model-Based Design (MBD) are, the benefits they can provide, and how DFX fits within these frameworks. In addition, he will talk...

Educational webinar will take a look at Blockchain technology and its applicability to Product Lifecycle Management.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 January 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Blockchain Technology and PLM Usage.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Blockchain technology has been used in currency transactions and has several key attributes that lend it to lifecycle management and the digital thread definition. This webinar will explore some of these attributes from the viewpoint of PLM to...

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• Siemens PLM Software expands topology optimization in its NX 12 release.
• Siemens topology optimization relies on the Parasolid geometric kernel’s ability to support planar mesh geometry seamlessly together with precise geometry to enable a generative design workflow.

Siemens PLM Software moves generative design technology forward by enhancing topology optimization within its most recent software release of their flagship CAD solution, NX 12. Traditional design methods rely on a “model then analyze” iterative cycle. The designer first creates a proposed geometric model of the product then follows with a post-mortem analysis to determine how well...

Research Conducted in Collaboration with Leading PLM Solution Providers.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 3 January 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of a final report from a multi-sponsor collaborative research program on the use of cloud-based solutions to enable product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and processes in industrial companies.

The initial research program focused on the collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) segment of PLM, defined by CIMdata as the category of data and process management solutions at the core of most industrial PLM implementations. In 2016, CIMdata estimated the cPDm segment at over US$5.6...

Educational webinar will discuss best practices resulting from recent research.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 December 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Multiple Views into the Bill of Information.” The webinar will take place on January 11 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).

At each stage in a product’s life, from conception, to design, and continuing through manufacturing and service, product information should be organized into a Bill of Information (BoI). Aligning BoI’s between different product life stages is essential for product production and compliance, integrity, and traceability. Reconciling multiple representations of...

The 2018 schedule will kick-off in Ann Arbor, Michigan in March.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 December 2017 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces that the first CIMdata PLM Certificate program of 2018 will take place at the Kensington Hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan from March 5-9. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering.

The three- or five-day program prepares PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual...

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• Autodesk University, in its 25th year, showcased a company undergoing significant changes while highlighting their unique strengths.
• Long a design company, Autodesk emphasized their strategic commitment to Design and Make, using their generative design tools to support a range of design and manufacturing processes.
• Through their Forge initiative, Autodesk is turning their Forge platform into more than just the underpinnings of their product lines, they are creating an integration and collaboration platform to link many disparate offerings beyond their own.

CIMdata attended Autodesk’s 25th Autodesk University (AU) in Las Vegas on 12-16 November 2017. Approximately...

Three new country-specific PLM market analyses now available.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 12 December 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of three additional country-specific 2017 PLM Market Analysis Reports—reports for France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. These new reports follow the release of eight other country-specific PLM Market Analysis Reports earlier this year.

The CIMdata PLM MAR series presents CIMdata’s analysis of the 2016 product lifecycle management (PLM) market. The complete global analysis provides CIMdata’s perspective on PLM across a variety of industry and geographic sectors, identifies market trends, reviews investments in PLM-related software...