Upcoming webinar presents new global data to help PLM and product development leaders benchmark their AI progress.
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 16 June 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the digital transformation it enables, announces a free educational webinar titled “The State of AI in Product Development: What CIMdata’s AI in PLM Global Study Reveals About Adoption, Investment, and Readiness.” The webinar, scheduled for Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT), will share findings from CIMdata's landmark 2026 global research study, offering industrial companies a rare, unbiased look at what their peers are doing with Artificial Intelligence (AI) today.
Every software provider has an AI announcement, and every industry conference features an AI keynote. The relentless solution-provider roadmaps and productivity claims have left most industrial organizations grappling with the "Am I behind?" anxiety. To eliminate this guesswork and provide hard reference points, CIMdata conducted the first independent study of its kind, surveying all three sides of the PLM ecosystem: industrial companies deploying AI, software providers building it, and service providers implementing it.
A stark disconnect was identified, with the gaps between what industrial customers are experiencing on the ground and what their providers believe is happening being larger than anyone expected.
What attendees will learn about:
- Peer Benchmarking: Where they stand on their AI journey to accurately gauge their progress.
- Unpredicted Value Drivers: What is delivering real ROI today, including unexpected benefits that solution providers did not anticipate.
- Real Roadblocks: Understand the actual organizational and data-readiness friction points that slow adoption.
- The Provider Blindspot: Learn how and where software providers are misaligned with the realities of customer deployments.
“The most common question I get from industrial companies is some version of ‘Are we behind?’” said Diego Tamburini, AI Practice Director at CIMdata and webinar leader. “The reassuring answer is no; most of the market is still early. But that is not a reason to relax. Providers have already shipped far more AI than their customers have put to use, and the organizations that close the gap between what is available to them and what they implement will be the ones that move ahead. The constraint is not the technology; it is the data and organizational readiness beneath it, and no provider announcement will fix that for you.”
Dr. Tamburini is a recognized leader in using AI to drive digital transformation in the industrial sector. With over 25 years of experience in PLM, CAD, CAM, CAE, and digital manufacturing, he leads CIMdata's AI in PLM Practice, guiding clients to understand and implement practical, high-value AI applications that deliver measurable business results. His extensive background includes roles at Microsoft as Director of Engineering Agility, where he pioneered AI to enhance developer productivity and streamline engineering processes, and at Autodesk, where he served as a Design & Manufacturing Industry Strategist, shaping the company's strategy in digital manufacturing and generative design. With a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Tamburini is a frequent speaker and advocate for applying AI to transform how products are designed and built.
To find out more, visit https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/educational-webinars/webinar-the-state-of-ai-in-product-development-what-cimdata-s-ai-in-plm-global-study-reveals. To register for the webinar, please visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2128827586308254304.
