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Key takeaways:

• Up-front performance analysis and optimization, starting early in the product development cycle, requires both a systems view of the product and simulation and co-simulation models of varying degrees of fidelity.
• Leading thinkers are turning away from the creation of CAD geometry as “the design starting point” to an up-front engineering process that focuses on optimizing product functional capability versus requirements before committing to design decisions that lead to detailed 3D assembly and component design.
• Altair is rapidly rounding out its systems modeling and simulation portfolio, through internal application development, acquisitions, and partnerships, to enable...

New feature will showcase the most read PLM stories based on the preferences of readers of their weekly PLM Industry Summary.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 20 March, 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global product lifecycle management (PLM) strategic consulting and research firm, announces that it will now be sharing the “Top Ten PLM News Stories of the Week” in a special section of their webpage.

The Top Ten is aggregated from CIMdata’s global PLM Industry Summary newsletter, the longest running in the industry.  Each week thousands of subscribers receive CIMdata's PLM Industry Summary (Industry Summary) in their inbox.  The Industry Summary covers topics like financial news,...

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Key takeaways:

• Dassault Systèmes’ continued investment in SOLIDWORKS, as well as its connection to their 3DEXPERIENCE platform, illustrates a long-term commitment to add value and ensure that SOLIDWORKS remains a design platform of choice for its customer base.
• Dassault Systèmes is driving to reduce the distance between the virtual and the physical to zero.
• SOLIDWORKS World 2017 demonstrated the strength and size of the SOLIDWORKS community and greater eco-system that continues to develop around it.

The 19th annual SOLIDWORKS World conference was held February 5-8, 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. A...

Popular education program will take place at the DoubleTree Amsterdam Centraal Station from June 12-16.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 March, 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global product lifecycle management (PLM) strategic consulting and research firm, announces that it will bring its world-renowned PLM Certificate Program to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from June 12-16, 2017. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering.

The program, which includes several options that have been designed to accommodate the needs of those involved in the industry at any level, prepares PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development...

Educational webinar will offer a road map on how disruptive technologies can fit into an enterprise application architecture.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 March 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “How to apply IoT, Industry 4.0, and Predictive Analytics in the Manufacturing Domain.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) has been used in many industry sectors over the past several decades. However, current practices do not leverage all the opportunities available to improve the...

Collaboration with Five Leading PLM Solution Providers

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 March 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Oracle, a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, has joined CIMdata’s a multi-sponsor collaborative research program on the use of cloud-based solutions to PLM strategies and processes in industrial companies.

The research program focuses 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 2015, CIMdata estimated the cPDm segment at over US$5.4...

“Why Microsoft with LinkedIn has the Right Elements to Deliver It”

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 March 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, released a new position paper entitled “A Proposed Framework to Simplify Enterprise Network Management, Why Microsoft with LinkedIn Has the Right Elements to Deliver It.”

Enterprises must leverage collective intelligence in their ecosystems to continue to fuel their growth with innovation and new product development. Yet, despite technology advancements, enterprises continue to suffer from inefficiencies in collaboration and network management. One key reason is their historic dependence on functional processes that are critical to...

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Key takeaways:

• Given the rapidly changing technology and business landscape, Enterprises should reevaluate their innovation and network management practices with new lenses. Especially it is critical that enterprises address the functional “data silo” problem which leads to inefficiencies in development of new products and services, and reduces their scale advantage.
• CIMdata’s proposed digital framework described here links People, Organizations, Projects, and Applications/Tools through visible profiles. This framework aligns better with how a business deploys resources to achieve its innovation goals.
• Enterprises have significant opportunities to improve trust and engagement of their key stake holders by adopting...

CIMdata brings you the top ten trending PLM news stories of the prior week

1. Wipro Expands ServiceNow Partnership to Embed Agentic AI Workflows Across Core Enterprise Functions

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2. Keysight Tackles Semiconductor Talent Gap with Executable RF Design Whiteboard

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3. HCLTech launches Autonomous Finance Platform for use with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise

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4. PTC Partners with TRD U.S.A. to Advance High-Performance Engine Development

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5. The new CONTACT Elements release

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6. Siemens introduces new Simcenter PhysicsAI add-on for AI-powered CFD design exploration

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7. Siemens and Samsung Foundry strengthen collaboration to advance silicon design enablement

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8. TCS...

The Value of a Platform for Scientific and Engineering Simulation

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 1 March 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, released a new whitepaper on Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA’s capabilities titled “Achieving Sustainable Innovation: The Value of a Platform for Scientific and Engineering Simulation”.

Innovation, in particular “sustainable innovation” is becoming, in our modern business environment, an essential element for growth and profitability. Combined with the global trend towards digitalization of all business functions, engineering processes and tools need to be adjusted accordingly. Properly designing and implementing a digital, model-based, and data-driven innovation platform promises to address...