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Those completing the program will have a solid understanding of what is involved in a digital transformation initiative.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, June 29, 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a virtual-live Digital Transformation Short Course in September. The program will take place over two four-hour sessions on September 21 and September 23.

By attending the program, those participating in or preparing for a digital transformation initiative will gain a solid understanding of the critical concepts and industry-leading best practices needed for success. Completion of the program and the associated assessments leads to an Executive...

First Module of the 2021 PLM MAR Report Series

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 24 June 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Review and Trends Report, the second of five modules of the CIMdata 2021 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2020. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

The 2021 PLM Industry Review...

A Framework to Ensure Business Success

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 22 June 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of a whitepaper that describes Dassault Systèmes' methodology and related tools that help them plan and accelerate the implementation of business transformations. To survive in today’s rapidly evolving business world, companies need to transform how they run their businesses; to create new products and services that are compelling to their customers—or they fail. This paper covers key factors in how companies can understand and justify their digital transformation—specifically how Dassault Systèmes helps those companies...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 17 June 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President & CEO, Peter Bilello, will participate in an upcoming webinar entitled, “PLM is Dead. Long live PLM.” In addition to CIMdata, representatives from Salesforce and Propel will take part in the discussion. The webinar takes place on Thursday, 24 June, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

The cloud is ushering in a renaissance for the decades-old PLM space, forever changing how manufacturers deliver products to market while enabling entirely new business models. In this webinar, leading experts from CIMdata, Salesforce, and...

The S&A market grew by 4.2% to nearly $7.5 billion in 2020

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 16 June 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata Simulation and Analysis (S&A) Market Analysis Report. This report deepens the S&A market analysis conducted as part of the CIMdata 2021 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The well-known PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis of the worldwide PLM market during the calendar year 2020. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM providers, and revenue analyses for geographical...

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Key takeaways:

• Realize LIVE and User2User (U2U) showcased the breadth and depth of Siemens’ solutions and how rapidly they are now able to add new capabilities spanning all domains of their Xcelerator portfolio.
• Siemens is rapidly expanding the use of new and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence within their solution portfolio to enable higher ease of use and automating selected functionality.
• Siemens is committed to a hybrid on-premises/cloud strategy that enables their customers to deploy and use computing resources where it makes the most sense for them and migrate solution functionality, data, and processes as...

Focus on Simulation-Driven Design Best Practices

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 15 June 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a new market research effort and invites the participation of industry in a web-based survey on the current state of digital collaboration between the engineering simulation and analysis community and other product development disciplines.

There is much discussion these days about digital transformation, model-based engineering, and simulation-driven design. The business driver is for engineers and managers across the multiple disciplines involved in product development to use interactive 3D digital models instead of static 2D drawings, spreadsheets, and...

In this free educational webinar, CIMdata will offer real-world examples based on its experience supporting companies facing decisions to stay with their existing solution or move to a new one.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA June 15, 2021—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global product lifecycle management strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a free educational webinar, “Should I Stay, or Should I Go?”: The Cost, Risks, and Rewards of Moving-On from a Legacy PLM Solution. The webinar will take place on Thursday, July 8, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

CIMdata has supported many PLM program assessments and platform evaluations...