Considering the challenges in preparing students for Industry 4.0.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 12 July 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, released a new eBook focused on research recently conducted on PLM education, at all levels, from high school through university. Industrial companies are experiencing a very serious gap in new employees’ understanding of PLM and their lack of practical experience using a multitude of concepts that exist in the PLM realm. The result is slower PLM adoption and delayed financial and other benefits. The general lack of PLM education is being aggravated because academic institutions are...

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Key takeaways:

• Consumer Product (CP) companies have used PDM and PLM for years to support product design and manufacturing, but functions to deliver a consumer-ready product to the distribution channel or retail shelf have historically been siloed.
• In consumer product companies packaging, labeling, and artwork are critical to getting a saleable product to market quickly.
• Most product development oriented PLM solutions do not support merchandise and line planning; therefore, category and brand managers have limited visibility of those factors.
• PTC’s FlexPLM, based on the Windchill platform, is a proven solution for retail and consumer products that can...

A CIMdata eBook in Partnership with Mackevision Corporation

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 July 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, released a new eBook focused on how a programmatic approach to marketing visualization can promote artistry and creativity, improve efficiency, and drive deeper customer engagement.

The ways in which consumers engage with brands and make product choices has changed radically. Prospective customers are far more likely to use online resources to research and compare products before ever visiting a “brick and mortar” retail environment, and increasingly consumers are willing to conduct the entire purchase experience online. This...

In this free educational webinar participants will be provided with a high-level review of obsolescence research and requirements being undertaken by the CIMdata administered Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 July 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Managing PLM Solution and Data Obsolescence.” The webinar will take place on August 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT).

Managing the risks associated with PLM solution and data obsolescence within the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry, and other industries, is a large and growing problem. The long lifespan of...

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Key takeaways:

• Like a TED conference with an Additive Manufacturing (AM) theme, speakers came from government agencies, industrial companies, academia, and tech startups, hosted by Dassault Systèmes, to deliver the current state and future vision of an end-to-end AM design to manufacturing lifecycle.
• Problems such as repeatability, warpage, cost, time, and lack of education all present barriers to adopting AM to make production parts. Fortunately, the solution providers, material makers, standards and academic institutes which spoke at the event are rallying to help customers make AM parts for end use.
• Dassault Systèmes demonstrated their 3DEXPERIENCE suite...

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Key takeaways:

• Dassault Systèmes, continues to follow through on implementing its vision to enable sustainable innovation through the use of its 3DEXPERIENCE^® platform, supported by the BIOVIA, GEOVIA, and SIMULIA brands.
• SIMULIA continues to improve its Additive Manufacturing simulation and process capabilities to take advantage of the latest advances in material sciences and manufacturing.
• Industry’s next big challenge is to enable the cultural change required to make better use of already available simulation and prediction technology.

The second Dassault Systèmes' Science in the Age of Experience conference brought users from various industries and academia from around the...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 July 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces three changes in its management team. As of 1 July 2017, Alan Christman has been elected to the role of Chairman Emeritus and will continue to be an adviser to the Board of Directors. Alan served as Chairman of CIMdata from 2009 through June 2017. John MacKrell has been elected to Chairman following seven years as the corporation’s Vice President. Stan Przybylinski has been elected to the corporate Vice President position and to membership on the Board of Directors. Stan had served...

Popular PLM education program will take place in Andover, Massachusetts from October 2-6, 2017.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 July, 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to the Boston area from October 2-6. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering.

The program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. The program is facilitated...

Third Module of the 2017 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 June 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report, the third of five modules of the CIMdata 2017 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2016. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM solution providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

“The PLM market grew...

Measuring Organizations’ Readiness to Adopt PLM

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 21 June 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a major update to the white paper, published in October 2014, describing Tata Technologies’ new PLM Analytics Maturity Assessment Program.

Portions of Tata Technologies PLM Analytics were developed in cooperation with CIMdata. The result is a four-component PLM analytics analysis program designed to provide insight and guidance to customers about the maturity of PLM within their enterprise. This four-component approach (PLM Benchmark, PLM Health Check, PLM Impact, and PLM Roadmap) adds PLM Impact to the previous three components...