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• Software increasingly has become the technology differentiator in today’s complex products—without integrating software into the product development process, product launches can become market failures
• Integrated Product Development Lifecycle should be tool agnostic and able to use existing installed toolsets that are already in production, rather than requiring a rip-and-replace approach
• Wipro has developed an holistic and product agnostic framework uniting software development into PLM

Over the last few decades, manufactured products have become increasingly “smart,” driving growth in the level of embedded electronics and software. The ubiquity of Internet access and the availability of cheap...

Webinar participants will find out what can be done to improve the dependability of complex, software-intensive products, and product-systems.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 May 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Ensuring the Dependability of Smart Connected Products.” The webinar will take place on June 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will propose a road map that connects commonly used tools in reliability engineering with systems engineering processes, including a formal knowledge management system, to improve the dependability of complex, software-intensive products, and product-systems.

According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s...

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• Kubotek Creation Engineering launches a new 3D geometry kernel, the KCM Modeler
• Each object in the KCM modeler carries its own precision for better computational speed and accuracy
• Kubotek USA’s Key Creator will be released using the KCM kernel

Kubotek Creation Engineering, a Division of Kubotek Corporation announced the availability of a new 3D geometry kernel, the KCM Modeler.^[1] Most readers will be familiar with Key Creator, the 3D direct modeling CAD solution from Kubotek USA, a subsidiary of Kubotek Creation Engineering.^[2] A geometry kernel underpins the 3D modeling...

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• Oracle PLM manages the creation, maintenance, and governance of the Common Product Model which includes the complete definition of a product or item end to end from ideation to commercialization and extends that definition to include all the operational attributes and constructs needed for to support ERP, SCM, and CRM
• PLM Cloud provides flexible entry to managing product data in the cloud through innovation, development, and commercialization
• PLM Cloud enables social product development by connecting social input to product definition for long term traceability
• A common product approach enables data harmonization across PLM, ERP, and...

New e-learning course will make CIMdata’s world class PLM education opportunities available to a wider cross-section of the PLM community.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 May 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it has added a new E-learning course to its PLM Leadership education and training offerings.

The new “PLM Basics” e-learning course, has been created to provide a way for the broader PLM community to experience CIMdata’s world-class PLM education opportunities. The PLM Basics e-learning course is delivered through three self-paced, on-line educational sessions. Each session lasts for one hour and can be taken...

Webinar will consider ways to democratize product information.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 4 May 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Peter Bilello, President, will take part in a webinar to discuss ways to democratize product information so that it is provided to everyone who needs it, when they need it, and throughout the product lifecycle.

In this webcast, "PLM for All: Unleashing Product Data to the Enterprise," attendees will learn how leveraging product data across teams will drive better actions and decisions that can provide significant business value.

The webinar, which is hosted by PTC, will...

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Key takeaways:

• Even simple products have embedded electronics and software, complex products can have a lot of more including live connections to the cloud
• Electronics and software cannot be effectively added as an afterthought, products that delight their customers have hardware, electronics, software, and services integrated seamlessly
• The shift to products with embedded technology and accompanying services requires manufacturers to develop or expand competencies in areas such as model-based systems engineering, agile software development, and supply chain management
• TCS has provided embedded technology R&D and product development services for many years across a variety of industries and...

In this free educational webinar participants will be introduced to the impact of materials engineering on PLM.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 3 May 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Materials Engineering & PLM for the Automotive Industry.” The webinar will take place on June 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will address how materials engineering impacts PLM and its use within the automotive and other similar industries.

According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s President, Peter Bilello, “New materials and materials engineering in support of additive manufacturing, lite-weighting, and other topics...

Presentation will show what is needed to support a Big Bang Product Lifecycle Management roll out.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 28 April 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Gail Bakewell, a Program Manager at Edwards Lifesciences will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech and Medical Device communities.

In her presentation, “Big Bang Commitment to Go-Live,” she will share the readiness preparation and organizational support that is required to support a Big Bang PLM roll out to a global population of over 2,000. Program governance, business community participation, training and communication, count-down...

Presentation will discuss scaling innovation efficiently to drive productivity and growth.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27 April 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dyan Finkhousen, Director of Open Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing at GENIUSLINK™, will make a presentation at CIMdata’s Innovation Engagement & Governance workshop.

GENIUSLINK™ is GE’s latest Open Innovation initiative and is seeking to redefine “what is possible” by connecting the world’s brightest minds and deepest expertise with the world’s most pressing issues. In her presentation, Convening Brilliance and Redefining What’s Possible, Dyan Finkhousen will talk about the impetus behind GENIUSLINK and how...