Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2 October 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the successful start of its PLM Road Map™ 2014 conference in Plymouth, Michigan. The theme of the conference is PLM-enabled Continuous Product Development and Delivery for the Automotive & Transportation Industry and Supply Chain. 142 people, from a variety of industries, attended the event. Sponsorships sold out.

Driven by comments from speakers at previous PLM Road Map events concerned with the large number of gray-haired attendees, CIMdata initiated a program to encourage young engineers to attend. The “You give them the Time, we give them...

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Key takeaways:

• Wipro held their 2014 Analyst and Advisor Day in Boston, MA, an event bringing together over 200 Wipro staff and key influencers from across a range of industries
• TK Kurien, Wipro’s CEO, updated the crowd on the big changes afoot in IT that lead to changes in his business
• Leading customers are facing those same trends; using Wipro for some IT services allows them to focus on delivering applications that provide differentiating value

Wipro Ltd (NYSE:WIT) held their 2014 Analyst and Advisor Day in Boston, MA on September 24, 2014. The event drew...

Chrysler's PLM Journey: Supporting People, Process & Technology

Vikal Sachdeva, Manager for Teamcenter Operations, Visualization, and Enterprise Data Exchange, Chrysler

The decision to migrate CAD and PDM systems poses many complex challenges in areas of data volume, data integrity, impact to active programs, and cost. This presentation will focus on how Chrysler successfully overcame these challenges by establishing cross-functional teams, selecting the right partners, and creating custom developed application tools and processes to complete the migration project below cost and on time.

Cloud-based PLM: Transforming How We Innovate in Automotive and Transportation Markets

Ron Locklin, Director, PLM360, Industry Strategy & Marketing, Autodesk

SaaS-based computing for PLM is here, and is both deployed and having a dramatic impact in Automotive and Transportation markets. What are the benefits of “the cloud”? Are SaaS solutions as attractive for Automotive and Transportation as it is to other industries? Which customers are most apt for the SaaS-based PLM technology and solution? All will be answered, including specific examples of deployed customers.

Why Driving in Circles is the Right and Best Future for PLM

Derek Piette, Product Management Director, PTC

The long and relatively straight road of product engineering in the automotive and transportation sectors has served us well over the past decades and produced several innovative and compelling products that enrich our lives on a daily basis. The mega-trends of safety, personalization, connectivity, and security are seeing that road heading towards a cliff when it comes to not only how we manage the product lifecycle but what we consider the product lifecycle itself and how we implement processes and tools to address it....

Integrated Requirements Management for Systems Engineering

Marc Lind, SVP Global Marketing, Aras

Vehicle complexity continues to increase with no end in sight forcing even greater emphasis on systems engineering capabilities at OEMs and tier suppliers worldwide. Tracing requirements across an integrated configuration that includes mechanical, electrical, wiring, software, firmware, and other system-related items to validate satisfaction and compliance has become impractical and unmanageable with stand-alone system silos. The inherent warranty risks associated are forcing automotive companies to fundamentally rethink their approach to requirements management for systems engineering. Find out how breaking down the walls and bringing together requirements management and configuration and...

Digital Industry 4.0 – Digitize, Industrialize, and Optimize in Automotive and Transportation

Scott Whiteman, Senior Manager, Accenture

Digitization is on the top of the business agenda for Automotive and Transportation companies. It encompasses intelligent products that are connected in intelligent networks and manufactured in smart factories and provides opportunities for new services and extended business models. Intelligent products will require enhanced product lifecycle management capabilities in the future, as companies are looking for ways to accelerate product development and engineering processes to seize the opportunity. This presentation will explore a case study on how to optimize engineering efficiency, enhance internal and external...

OEM-to-OEM Collaboration for Global Engineering

Louis J. Pascarella, Principal Consultant, Geometric

OEMs are creating and evolving their business partnerships in order to address evolving market environments which require robust information/context sharing, faster innovation cycles, and increased market agility. As OEMs evolve diverse and highly complex Product Development methodologies, associated business processes, and richer semantic information exchanges (e.g., MBSE) require increased data validation and security across their IT infrastructures.There is a need for a secure and scalable framework that provides a non-invasive collaboration hub for secure product data exchange between partners based on customized process orchestrations. In this presentation, Lou Pascarella will share...

SDPD – the New Paradigm for Innovative Product Development

Gerald Deren, Executive Director, Americas Business Development & Consulting, Siemens Strategic Industries Americas

In today’s challenging and demanding world, companies face the monumental pressure of cost reduction, shrinking budgets, and having to do more with less. Additionally, threats of regulatory compliance, out-sourcing, take-overs, and moving more work to the supply chain have created a sense of competition or change in business strategy as a way to pick up the loss in other areas of their business. Additionally, numerous competing entrepreneurs have also sprung to life with efficient product development practices which lack the...

New Age Collaboration and Design

John Mannisto, Director of Engineering, Simulation-Based Design, Whirlpool Corporation

Global companies need to use their size to their advantage. Drawing on the best of our global teams and their collective knowledge is essential, and we need to provide the tools and promote the behaviors that can make this happen. Social media is outpacing corporate collaboration, and we need to pay attention. Facebook and Twitter have taught us that if you provide fun, intuitive tools, people like to socialize. If we can leverage this behavior in the work place, collaboration will thrive. Our internal experiment, Whirlpool Commons, is...