Industry Summary Articles

The webinar will take a look at the importance of integration relative to the smart, connected world we live in.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 2 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, will take part in a webinar, “The Importance of Integration: Building a Bridge to a Smart, Connected Future.”

The webinar will show how important integration is for enabling the Digital Thread that will provide the capability to exchange data, information, and run processes across silos, from design to manufacturing. Application and Product Lifecycle Integration and how an...

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Key takeaways:

• In the twenty years since the phrase was coined, product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and enabling technologies have been widely adopted by a range of industries.
• New technologies like social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming society and creating new opportunities and challenges as firms scramble to expand their PLM strategy to support the introduction of smart, connected products.
• Persistent Systems, a Dassault Systèmes value-added reseller (VAR), brings significant skills and experience in systems engineering, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud to help industrial clients...

This webinar will look at industry trends using the oil and gas industry as an example.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 1 April 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Managing the Lifecycles of Large Capital Projects and their Assets.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Large project-based manufacturers, resource developers, and facility owner-operators are looking to describe, organize, instantiate, and manage their operations digitally, based on a project-and-asset lifecycle schema. Flexibly mapping this to how their company...

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Describes new AI-powered geometric deep learning technology.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 26 March 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of a white paper focused on Physna, the new AI-powered geometric deep learning technology that uses proprietary algorithms to codify 3D models into detailed data that is understandable by software applications and powers 3D geometric search.

Physna seeks to bridge the gap between the digital world and the physical world in product development. The Physna solution aids in the identification of parts that may violate an organization’s intellectual property (IP). It can be used...

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Key takeaways:

• XSB, Inc. enters the product development market with a solution that brings engineering documentation into the digital thread of design and manufacturing.
• XSB’s SWISS solution builds an AI-enabled knowledge graph of technical information that drives the design, manufacturing, and support of a product. The knowledge graph is integrated with popular PLM systems.
• SWISS creates interoperability between related documents and related concepts within documents, reducing the time that engineers spend looking for answers.
• SWISS can show users what has changed in product-supporting technical specifications from inside and outside the enterprise, thereby reducing the use of outdated...

Results from Collaborative Research with Leading PLM Solution Providers

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 March 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of an eBook on digitalization, the second such eBook published as part of a multi-sponsor collaborative research program on digitalization / digital transformation in industrial companies.

According to Mr. Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s Vice President, “For many, digitalization is about applying digital technologies to change a business model, resulting in new revenue and value-producing opportunities. CIMdata believes that if you are a product company that is pursuing a digitalization or digital transformation initiative it...

This webinar will focus on incorporating packaging, labeling, and artwork into your PLM strategy and solution.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 17 March 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Extended Product Data – Making a Product Salable.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Getting products into the hands of customers is complex. When we think of product lifecycle management (PLM), our thoughts revolve around product design and manufacturing, and perhaps the supply chain. Companies that produce more...

Results from Collaborative Research with Leading PLM Solution Providers

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 March 2020—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of an eBook on digitalization, the first such eBook published as part of a multi-sponsor collaborative research program on digitalization / digital transformation in industrial companies.

According to Mr. Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s Vice President, “For many, digitalization is about applying digital technologies to change a business model, resulting in new revenue and value-producing opportunities. CIMdata believes that if you are a product company that is pursuing a digitalization or digital transformation initiative it...

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Key takeaways:

• In what should be reassuring to the historical SOLIDWORKS base, Dassault Systèmes reiterated that SOLIDWORKS on the desktop will continue to be available and will be updated.
• The 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS solution offering continues to be expanded and provides SOLIDWORKS users with enhanced levels of sharing and collaboration.
• Dassault Systèmes’ 2019 acquisition of IQMS, and subsequent re-branding to DELMIAWORKS, appears to have made significant strides over the last year.

CIMdata attended the 3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 event in Nashville, TN, in February of 2020. This event superseded the very successful and well attended SOLIDWORKS World events that...