New membership equips members of the financial services community with the technical skills and market knowledge they need to advise clients on PLM-related market activities.

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a new PLM Community membership designed specifically for the Financial Analyst and Financial Services communities.

The US$39B global PLM market is rapidly changing. Trends in the industry, such as, platformization, Industry 4.0, Social, the Cloud, SaaS, and subscription licensing are all leading to increased M&A activity and disruption throughout the PLM ecosystem.

Built on CIMdata's over 30 years of experience in the PLM industry, this...

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Key takeaways:

• Unprecedented convergences of technology and demographics are driving emerging markets and highlighting the need for PLM strategies to help turn emerging markets into emerging economies
• In guiding economic transformations, ministries and other government agencies are adapting the “product” aspect of PLM for policies and planning processes, with Saudi Arabia in the forefront
• PLM can be invaluable for guiding emerging market transformations—from subsistence to sustainability, from borrowing to investing, and from extraction to innovation

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has a crucial role to play in creating the products on which emerging nations and developing markets will...

Survey findings will result in the creation of a report covering AEC Technology & Business Trends.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 28 June 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a new research survey on the adoption of new technologies and processes within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.

In recent years, the AEC industry has adopted new technologies and processes, but has only just started to realize the benefits of adoption. CIMdata is surveying AEC practitioners, along with manufacturers and technology solution providers serving this market, to collect their views on the opportunities and obstacles they...

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Key takeaways:

• This biennial NAFEMS conference reaffirms the growing importance of engineering modeling and simulation across all industries and domains
• System Modeling and Simulation is becoming a key element in enabling the growth of the new paradigm of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)—“Thinking of a product as the sum of a number of interdependent systems”
• With its mini-symposium on “Democratizing CAE,” NAFEMS demonstrates a clear commitment to provide a platform for educating not just highly trained simulation experts but every engineer who uses simulation as a design tool

Over 320 people met in Seattle, coinciding with the 100th...

Webinar will focus on the options available for unleashing product data to the enterprise.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 24 June 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Gerard Litjens, Director of European Operations, will take part in a webinar to discuss ways to democratize product information so that it is provided to everyone who needs it, when they need it, and throughout the product lifecycle.

In this webcast, “PLM for All: Unleashing Product Data to the Enterprise,” attendees will learn how leveraging product data across teams will drive better actions and decisions that can provide significant...

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Key takeaways:

• A major transformation is underway to model-based systems engineering processes for complex products and systems that span multiple domains within the engineering discipline (e.g., mechanical, electronics, embedded software, and controls) as well as multiple other disciplines across the entire lifecycle
• The need to simulate the behavior of today’s complex systems, especially in the cyber-physical realm, has led to a number of strategic acquisitions by ANSYS over the past 10 years in the areas of electronics and software engineering
• Tomorrow’s interconnected smart systems will require new capabilities that ANSYS is now developing in preparation for...

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Key takeaways:

• The conjunction of engineered materials, generative design, and additive manufacturing is leading to profound changes in design and manufacturing paradigms
• Dassault Systèmes, through their BIOVIA and SIMULIA brands, displays a compelling vision of how science will enable multiple forms of innovation
• BIOVIA and SIMULIA applications have capabilities that cover scientific data management and biological, chemical, and materials modeling and simulation

Over 1,000 people converged on Boston’s Back Bay for the first Dassault Systèmes’ “Science in the Age of Experience” conference. This event was for customers and partners for two of Dassault Systèmes’ brands, BIOVIA and...

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Key takeaways:

• Partnerships and joint ventures (JVs) are an effective way to expand resources and leverage technology to address new business opportunities
• Securely sharing data within partnerships, JVs, and even within the enterprise while keeping sensitive information private can be complex, time consuming, and expensive
• Quick deployment of appropriate collaboration technology can shorten time to market and improve profitability especially when products and business relationships are complex
• GeometricEDGE, a collaboration solution from Geometric Ltd., simplifies process-based data exchange between partners allowing them to focus on meeting business objectives without getting burdened with data exchange logistics

Companies need to...

CAM Market Grew 12.9% in Constant Currencies in 2015.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 June 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the 2016 CIMdata CAM Market Analysis Report (MAR), the twenty-fifth annual study of the global Computer-Aided Machining (CAM) market. CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide CAM software and related services market grew by 2.8% in calendar year 2015. The estimated end-user payments grew from $1.76 billion in 2014 to $1.81 billion in 2015. According to Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s VP of Research, “Just like PLM revenues overall, currency effects...

Experienced PLM executive joins CIMdata as a Senior Business Development Manager.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 June 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Robert L’Heureux has joined the firm as a Senior Business Development Manager.

During his 25+ year career Mr. L’Heureux has provided PLM strategic support to a wide variety of clients over a spectrum of industries including: Aerospace & Defense, Federal, State Government, Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Process & Chemical, High-Technology Electronics, Semiconductor, Software Application Developers, Medical Device, and Pharmaceutical.

“In today’s world of extremely complex products, Internet of Things (IoT), Social...