CAM Market Grew 6.9% in 2016

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 25 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the 2017 CIMdata CAM Market Analysis Report (MAR), the twenty-sixth annual study of the global Computer-Aided Machining (CAM) market. CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide CAM software and related services market grew by 6.9% in calendar year 2016. The estimated end-user payments grew from $1.81 billion in 2015 to $1.94 billion in 2016. According to Mr. Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s VP of Research, “The CAM results were solid in 2016, with few...

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Key takeaways:

• Product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and enabling solutions have been adopted in many industrial sectors, including the retail, footwear, and apparel (RFA) segment, well beyond PLM’s origins in aerospace and automotive.
• Successfully implementing PLM in RFA firms requires deep RFA industry experience and process knowledge, and access to the levers of power in the executive suite of RFA firms.
• Accenture offers access to the latest PLM technology, a deep bench of savvy RFA professionals, and a long history of successful PLM implementations.
• Accenture is also expanding the boundaries to social, analytics, crowd sourcing, predictive analytics,...

Presentation will offer attendees insight into large-scale model-based systems engineering at The Boeing Company.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 18 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Mr. Mark Williams, a Lead Project Engineer for The Boeing Company's Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) organization, will make a keynote presentation at CIMdata’s upcoming workshop at the UI LABS Innovation Center, home to DMDII, in Chicago, Illinois. The workshop will take place on June 6 and 7. In addition to Mr. Williams’ presentation, attendees will hear from: DMDII’s CTO, Brench Boden; renowned rapid product development expert, Dr. Andreas...

First Publication from Collaborative Research with Leading PLM Solution Providers

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of an eBook on cloud product lifecycle management (PLM) adoption, the first deliverable from a multi-sponsor collaborative research program on the use of cloud-based solutions to PLM strategies and processes in industrial companies.

This research program focused on the collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) segment of PLM, defined by CIMdata as the category of data and process management solutions at the core of most industrial PLM implementations. In 2016, CIMdata estimated the...

Special report will be published in the Times of London in late June.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it will be a publishing partner with Raconteur for its upcoming Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) special report.

In this partnership, CIMdata is working with Raconteur to create a 16-page report that will illustrate the value of PLM as a business strategy and transformation tool. It will also serve to educate senior members of the business community as to why an effective PLM strategy should be recognized as a competitive weapon.

The...

Educational webinar will offer a successful strategy and tactics for achieving this goal.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 12 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Rip & Replace or Embrace & Extend to enable a PLM Platform.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

As the platform concept becomes better understood, companies need to assess how well their current PLM solution can meet their needs into the future. The platform model promises a better way to provide capabilities...

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Key takeaways:

• Dassault Systèmes’ DESIGN In the Age of Experience event was inspiring and a significant number of their clients showcased how they are using Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to change the way they innovate and design.
• Dassault Systèmes’ four pillars of design in the age of experience include: Designing Experience, Design is The Business Plan, Design is Tribes, and Design is Science Driven.
• Dassault Systèmes is delivering solutions that seek to enable innovation by providing the data, tools, and time needed for individuals and groups to think and find new and innovative ways to do...

Presentation will discuss a practical set of computer-aided innovation tools that assist engineers and manufacturers in increasing their innovation skills.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Andreas Vlahinos, Principal at Advanced Engineering Solutions, will make a keynote presentation at the upcoming Product & Manufacturing Innovation Driven by Digital Design & Simulation Workshop. The workshop will take place at the UI LABS Innovation Center, home to DMDII, in Chicago, Illinois, on June 6 and 7.

In his presentation, Computer-Aided Innovation Tools, Dr. Vlahinos will describe and demonstrate a practical...

The Challenge in Preparing Students for Industry 4.0

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 8 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm released a new whitepaper focused on research recently conducted on PLM education 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. What companies need isn’t always what is being provided by educational institutions. This is not just an issue at the university level, education for tomorrow’s work environment must start much...

Presentation will consider the technical skills and capabilities required to change the way in which we work.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 2 May 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Mr. Mark Meili, Director of Modeling and Simulation at Procter & Gamble, will make a keynote presentation at the upcoming Product & Manufacturing Innovation Driven by Digital Design & Simulation Workshop. The workshop will take place at the UI LABS Innovation Center, home to DMDII, in Chicago, Illinois, on June 6 and 7.

In-silico is a term that describes science done on a computer as opposed...