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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 26 May 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that James Roche, Executive Consultant and Aerospace & Defense Practice Director at CIMdata, will participate in a webinar, “New Research Findings: The Impact of Live Traceability™ on the Digital Thread.” The webinar, organized by Jama Software, takes place on Wednesday, 7 June, at 11:00 AM EDT.

CIMdata will share key findings from recent Digital Thread research commissioned by the Aerospace and Defense PLM Action Group in collaboration with Jama Software and other leading solution providers. The research aimed to understand industry needs...

This PLM-focused event will take place in November.

Ann Arbor, MI, USA & Stockholm, SWEDEN 25 May 2023—CIMdata and Eurostep are pleased to announce that PLM Road Map EMEA & PDT 2023 Europe will take place on 15 & 16 November at the Renaissance Hotel in La Defense, Paris, France. The theme for the conference is “The Digital Thread in a Heterogeneous, Extended Enterprise Reality: A Call for PLM Professionals to Share their Knowledge and Experience.”

PLM Road Map & PDT 2023 will focus on the interests of the PLM Professional. With this in mind, our agenda will offer a mix of...

Research was commissioned by the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group in collaboration with PTC and other leading PLM solution providers.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 24 May 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the publication of a new eBook that summarizes the results of a multi-sponsor collaborative research program and highlights PTC’s perspective on the topic of digital threads. The CIMdata-administered Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group commissioned the research in collaboration with PTC and four other leading PLM solution providers.

The concept of linking multiple representations of a product, each tuned to the needs...

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Key Takeaways

• The Oracle Applications & Industry Analyst Summit brought together senior leaders from across Oracle and industry analysts from a wide range of firms for a one-day event in Redwood Shores, CA.
• The event mainly focused on Oracle’s overall strategy, results, and key customer presentations, offering a nice update from Oracle CloudWorld in October 2022.
• Oracle is bringing more technology from their other enterprise offerings to their NetSuite portfolio, which is focused more on small- and medium-sized businesses.
• While Oracle rightfully touts offering the “most complete portfolio of applications and infrastructure,” they are investing heavily in...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 19 May 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that James Roche, Executive Consultant and Aerospace & Defense Practice Director at CIMdata, will participate in a webinar, “Revolutionizing the Power of Digital Thread: A Game-Changer for A&D.” The webinar, organized by Aras, takes place on Thursday, 1 June, at 10:00 AM EDT.

Additional participants in the webinar are David Ewing, Digital Engineering Director at SAIC, and Paweł Z. Chądzyński, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Aras. They will share their insights on how digital thread solutions can streamline the product lifecycle,...

Evaluate this application by participating in the User Experience Engagement.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 18 May 2023—Members of the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) Global Collaboration project team will participate in a webinar to launch a User Experience Engagement (UXE) to evaluate a newly available Collaboration Management System (CMS) prototype application. The CMS enhances collaboration between Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers.

Collaboration among OEMs and their product design, manufacturing engineering partners, and suppliers is key to any major aerospace and defense (A&D) program....

Leveraging Product Innovation to Achieve Transformational Sustainability

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 16 May 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of a Whitepaper titled “Innovate Sustainable Products with PLM” centered on SAP’s support for product innovation and sustainability enabled by their integrated business platform.

In response to increased societal pressure and regulation, businesses focused on product innovation are now prioritizing sustainability in their business goals. But most sustainability initiatives start too late, being focused on fixing a problem that is already designed into a product. Organizations must increasingly think about bringing innovative products to...

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Key Takeaways

• ACE 2023 brought together Aras, their customers, prospects, and partners, as well as a group of industry analysts in Orlando, FL on 1-4 May in a time of great change for the company.
• Aras continues to expand their partnerships with global enterprise software companies (AVEVA and Ansys) building new commercial offerings on top of their Aras Innovator platform.
• Aras and Microsoft announced a major expansion of their long-time partnership, including listing Aras Innovator on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
• The event highlighted customers from a range of industries, some long-time Aras users and others just starting...

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Key Takeaways

• As automotive products continue to become more complex, OEMs rely more heavily on suppliers with special expertise for sophisticated components and subsystems.
• Managing collaborative interactions, including engineering changes, among the numerous companies that contribute to a vehicle’s definition, manufacture, and support is essential for bottom-line profit.
• The manual data exchange processes that automotive OEMs have used in the past are no longer sufficient given increased business speed, agility, and systems complexity. However, OEM’s that allow suppliers inside their firewall expose themselves to serious risks and liabilities.
• Cooperative and collaborative engineering and manufacturing are evolving throughout...

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Further Accelerating Time to Value for Aras Innovator Subscribers

Key Takeaways

• DevOps is a methodology that improves the performance of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) by tightly integrating solution development and operation in cloud-based and on-premises solutions.
• To achieve process efficiency all the steps in SDLC from solution planning through deployment and operation must be integrated as a continuous, repeatable workflow. Creating and maintaining the toolchain to support the workflow is complex due to the heterogenous mix of tools and a lack of standards from a variety of software providers.
• Aras Innovator is well-known for its low...