Workshop will take place in the Washington, Dulles area on October 27.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 August 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that it will present a workshop on PLM Enterprise Value and Integration. The workshop will take place at the Westfields Marriott - Washington, Dulles on October 27.

The theme for the workshop will be “Creating a Sustainable PLM Platform to Improve Decision Making” and will focus on the critical areas of integration and PLM value.

The following topics will be covered at the workshop;

• How to plan, validate, and deploy a PLM solution upgrade...

Research will result in the creation of an Enterprise Innovation Management Solutions Guide.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 August 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm, announces the initiation of a multi-sponsor research project to create an Enterprise Innovation Management (EIM) Solutions guide to help accelerate the development of the global EIM market for the benefit of both solution providers and industry. Co-sponsors of the research effort are eZassi, Planview, Siemens PLM Software, and Sopheon.

The goal of the research is to address the existing concerns and typical questions—as well as preempt the emerging concerns—of industrial companies about implementing EIM...

Taylor Dawson’s keynote presentation will show how General Electric is developing the next generation of home appliances.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 4 August 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Taylor Dawson, Product Evangelist at FirstBuild, GE’s incubator for the next generation of home appliances, will make a keynote presentation at CIMdata’s workshop on the New Age of Collaboration, Innovation, and Product Development. The workshop will take place in Louisville, Kentucky on October 7-8. In addition to Mr. Dawson’s presentation, the workshop will feature presentations from Local Motors and BASF Corporation and will include a...

Fourth Module of the 2015 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 29 July 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Analysis Report, the fourth of five modules of the CIMdata 2015 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2014. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series...

Industry-focused PLM Conference set for November 24 in Munich, Germany.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 28 July 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces that PLM Road Map^™ for the Global Automotive Industry will take place on November 24, 2015. The event will be held at The Sofitel Munich Bayerpost in Munich, Germany. Now in their twenty-second year, PLM Road Map conferences bring together leading industry experts from CIMdata, key industry players, and front-line implementation experts to explore end users’ progress, opportunities, and road blocks.

Having listened to the needs of the automotive users and the preferences of solution providers...

Unique, two-day event takes place on October 28-29 in the Washington D.C. area.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 23 July 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Longview Advisors, Inc., organizer of 3D CIC announce the presentation topics for PLM Road Map for the Aerospace & Defense Industry featuring 3D CIC, to be held October 28-29 at The Westfields Marriott – Washington, Dulles.

PLM Road Map 2015 for the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) Industry featuring 3D CIC is the must-attend event for A&D industry executives and PLM practitioners globally—providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends,...

Presentation will share BASF’s journey to a culture of innovation excellence.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 21 July 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Dr. Svetlana Dimovski, BASF Corporation’s (BASF) Senior Manager for Innovation Excellence, will make a presentation at CIMdata’s Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council Workshop. The workshop will take place in Louisville, Kentucky on October 7-8. In addition to Dr. Dimovski’s presentation, the workshop will feature presentations from Local Motors and GE Appliances.

Dr. Dimovski’s presentation, Unleashing Innovation with External Partners: From a Corporate Initiative to a Global Movement, will take a...

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Key takeaways:

• At the same time that overall product complexity is increasing, manufacturers must also produce custom product configurations, often in small quantities
• Better collaboration between engineering, process and product planning, and manufacturing is required to manage growing product and variant complexity
• Collaborative manufacturing provides a key solution for analyzing the product mix to understand its impact on production, allowing companies to optimize overall production throughput
• Siemens PLM Software is enhancing their PLM portfolio with focused solutions designed to help customers define, sell, and produce today’s complex products more efficiently

Introduction

Manufacturing enterprises face many challenges. Two that are...

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Key takeaways:

• The February 2012 commitment to innovation experience is well underway—more to come
• Maturing “Experience” concept is being extended to all aspects of Dassault Systèmes business and services
• Power of optimization capabilities with Quintiq brings high value and high returns
• With the aging world population and the availability of extensive computing resources, Dassault Systèmes’ BIOVIA solutions should result in enhanced returns
• A changing channel management strategy demonstrates deliberate intent towards partnership success

Dassault Systèmes held their annual Industry Analyst event on June 10-11, 2015 at their global headquarters in Velizy, France. The agenda was full and included briefings...

Experienced PLM program manager joins CIMdata as PLM Success Practice Manager

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 14 July 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Chris Gregory has joined the firm as PLM Success Practice Manager, responsible for the coordination and execution of CIMdata’s PLM Community and associated solution provider strategic management consulting activities.

During his 30+ year career, Mr. Gregory has provided PLM strategic support to a wide variety of clients over a broad spectrum of industries including: Aerospace, Automotive, Defense Industrial Base, Federal, State Government, Heavy Equipment, High-Technology Electronics, and Medical Devices....