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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 20 February 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, will join a panel discussion to launch Nexus, Hexagon’s new open platform to enhance digital engineering and manufacturing. Stan will share his perspective on how digital reality platforms can complement existing technologies like PLM.

Stan will be joined by Ron Bennett of Linamar Corporation, who will discuss how breaking down silos within organizations is key to driving innovation. Rounding out the panel discussion is Christoph Berlin from Microsoft, who will share his thoughts on how SaaS...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 14 February 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Craig Brown, Executive Consultant, will moderate a panel discussion at Future.Industry 2023. The panel discussion, “Exploring Digital Twins: Common Understanding, Challenges, and Business Value,” will bring together thought leaders from different industries who will share insights about real-world Digital Twin projects.

Panelists will discuss the common understanding of Digital Twins, show how they overcame challenges before and during their Digital Twin projects, and explain how to identify and include other crucial stakeholders within the company and beyond to maximize business benefits...

This webinar will share findings from recent primary research undertaken by CIMdata.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 9 February 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free webinar, “The Promise and Reality of the Digital Thread.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 9 March 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

The concept of linking multiple representations of a product, each tuned to the needs of various creators and consumers along the lifecycle, is very powerful. Until recently, tracing these...

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Key takeaways

• In today’s global competitive markets, it is increasingly difficult for small-to-medium size manufacturers (SMEs), such as part manufacturing companies, to survive as the manufacturing and supply chain challenges become more complex.
• SMEs, even those with 25 or fewer employees, can now adopt modern digital manufacturing technologies and solutions once reserved for large enterprises to get the most out of their limited resources and remain competitive.
• Siemens Xcelerator portfolio enables creation of a digital thread and management of the product data and processes that span the complete production process, allowing manufacturers of all sizes to...

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Key takeaways

• Organizations are responding to sustainability needs and challenges with increased urgency and higher prioritization, evolving from an element of corporate social responsibility to a critical global reporting imperative.
• Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals provides focus for the sustainability programs for companies from a wide range of industries, with investors, Boards of Directors, regulators, and customers raising their expectations and demanding progress reporting on a company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts.
• Innovation investments in sustainability during new product and service design processes generates long-term social and environmental benefits while incrementally creating economic profits...

This presentation is part of CIMdata’s educational webinar series.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 18 January 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Attaining Successful Digital Transformation through a Well-Executed Implementation.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 9 February 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

When a PLM solution suite is selected, the solution must be properly architected and implemented to support an organization’s business processes and methods to maximize its value in a digital...

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ESI’s predictive, real-time & immersive virtual testing support democratization of product & process simulation.

Key takeaways

• Simulation software primarily uses physics models to perform structural, thermal, and fluid-flow analyses, requiring deep domain expertise, and often expensive high-performance computers to get accurate results.
• Modeling effort and lengthy calculation times historically forced simulation off the critical path, impacting schedules, placing it in expert silos, and squandering broader opportunities that simulation can provide.
• Advances in simulation software, big data, machine learning, and computing hardware combined with a single logical source of truth mindset enable the means to test new designs...

This annual survey is now in its fifth year.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 17 January 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the launch of its annual PLM Status & Trends survey.

This eagerly awaited survey, now in its fifth year, is intended for PLM practitioners with experience implementing and using PLM strategies and enabling technologies. The goal is to deepen the collective understanding of the status, drivers, and preconditions for companies to achieve value from their investment in PLM.

We want to understand the following from respondents:

• Where your company is on its PLM journey.
• Where your company...