CIMdata offers industrial users, solution providers, and service providers, the opportunity to participate in one of our global PLM Communities. CIMdata communities help maximize the benefits you receive from PLM connecting you with like-minded PLM professionals who are eager to collaborate, and to define and share experiences and best practices.
Digital Manufacturing Knowledge Council
Strategies to Support Manufacturing Systems Development
The Digital Manufacturing Knowledge Council (DM Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across the production environment. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for digital manufacturing strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. Two levels of membership are offered: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are DM Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Knowledge Council
Integrating PLM into the Product Lifecycle
The PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Knowledge Council (PEVI Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that have an impact on a company’s products. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties to avoid fragmented product realization efforts. The council identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for PLM integration strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. Two levels of membership are offered: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are PEVI Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council
Advancing the State of the Art for Simulation & Analysis
The Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council (S&A Council) supports a simulation framework - an integrated environment that provides tools to manage access to applications, data, and computing resources. The framework manages the complexity of multi-disciplinary system-level product performance, and integrates with other elements of the PLM environment, including product geometry, test, and requirements. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are S&A Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council
Strategic Decision Analysis and Support for Product Development and Collaboration
The Social Product Development and Collaboration Knowledge Council (SPD&C Council) gathers trends and benchmarks best practices in improving traditional collaboration methods within PLM as well as applying new social collaboration technologies to innovation and new product development.In addition to its focus on the architecture and implementation of traditional digital product modeling, the SPD&C Council explores how the new collaboration technologies, collectively known as social technologies, can be applied to product development. The SPD&C Council’s research agenda includes development of a collaboration maturity model. This model will help council members assess their current status and help them develop a roadmap to improve their collaboration culture and infrastructure. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are SPD&C Council specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Systems Engineering Knowledge Council
Expanding the Vision for and Awareness of Systems Engineering
The Systems Engineering Knowledge Council (SE Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that impact the product. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties currently fragmenting product realization efforts. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for systems engineering strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are SE Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group
A forum for setting A&D industry direction on PLM-related requirements, standards, and research
CIMdata has assembled a group of leading aerospace and defense companies into an action group to help address PLM-related challenges in that industry. CIMdata’s Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (Action Group) provides a unique opportunity for Aerospace & Defense Industry leaders to maximize the benefits they receive from their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) investments. The Action Group is open to major aerospace and defense OEMs and selected tier 1 suppliers. Participation enables members to make more informed business decisions by providing timely and valuable information, insights, and advice, while networking with companies with similar PLM challenges. Benefits of participation include:
- Annual strategy session
- Access to industry-relevant best-practice research
- Access to CIMdata subject matter experts
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council access
- CIMdata PLM Resource Support Line access
- Corporate license
High Technology Electronics PLM Action Group
A forum for setting HTE industry direction on PLM-related requirements, standards, and research
CIMdata’s High Technology Electronics PLM Action Group (Action Group) provides a unique opportunity for High Technology Industry leaders to maximize the benefits they receive from their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) related investments. Enrollment is open to major high technology electronics companies and selected related industry companies who wish to collectively address current PLM-related challenges, close technology gaps, expose needed standards, and co-sponsor collaborative research with CIMdata. Participation enables members to make more informed business decisions by providing timely and valuable information, insights, and advice, while networking with companies with similar PLM challenges. Additionally, annual participation in this action group facilitates an on-going working relationship with CIMdata that strengthens and enhances the value of support available to your team. Benefits of participation include:
- Annual strategy session
- Access to industry-relevant best-practice research
- Access to CIMdata subject matter experts
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council access
- CIMdata PLM Resource Support Line access
- Corporate license
PLM Community - Industrial Consortium
Providing Information Critical to Successful Strategies and Sound Business Decisions
CIMdata has assembled a group of leading industrial companies into a consortium to help address PLM-related challenges. Participation enables your organization to make better-informed business decisions by providing timely and valuable information, insights, and advice. It connects you to a network of companies with similar challenges around PLM and its use. Benefits of participation include:
- Annual strategy session
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council access
- CIMdata PLM Resource Support Line
- Workshops
- Corporate license
PLM Community - Gold
Providing Intelligence Critical to Successful Strategies and Sound Business Decisions
The CIMdata PLM Gold Community program for software and service providers offers a valuable portfolio of professional services that enables your organization to make better-informed business decisions by providing timely and accurate market information, customer insights, strategic analysis, and management counsel about the local and global PLM market. Benefits of participation include:
- PLM Late Breaking News & Industry Summary
- Public research reports and whitepapers
- Executive Briefings & PLM market updates
- CIMdata Commentaries
- PLM Benefits Appraisal Guide
- Complete set of PLM Market Analysis Reports
- China PLM Market Analysis Report
- PLM Certificate Program Attendance
- PLM Knowledge Council Participation
PLM Community - Silver
Providing Intelligence Critical to Successful Strategies and Sound Business Decisions
The CIMdata PLM Silver Community program provides a valuable portfolio of professional services that enables your organization to make better-informed business decisions by providing timely and accurate market information, customer insights, strategic analysis, and management counsel about the local and global PLM market. Benefits of participation include:
- PLM Late Breaking News & Industry Summary
- Public research reports and whitepapers
- Executive Briefing & PLM market updates
- CIMdata Commentaries
- Executive PLM Market Analysis Report
- PLM Certificate Program Attendance
PLM Community - Bronze
Providing Intelligence Critical to Successful Strategies and Sound Business Decisions
The CIMdata PLM Bronze Community program provides a valuable portfolio of professional services that enables your organization to make better-informed business decisions by providing timely and accurate market information, customer insights, strategic analysis, and management counsel about the local and global PLM market. Benefits of participation include:
- PLM Late Breaking News & Weekly Summary
- Public research reports and whitepapers
- PLM market updates
- Executive PLM Market Analysis Report
- PLM Certificate Program Attendance
Digital Manufacturing Knowledge Council
Strategies to Support Manufacturing Systems Development
The Digital Manufacturing Knowledge Council (DM Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across the production environment. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for digital manufacturing strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. Two levels of membership are offered: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are DM Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Knowledge Council
Integrating PLM into the Product Lifecycle
The PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Knowledge Council (PEVI Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that have an impact on a company’s products. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties to avoid fragmented product realization efforts. The council identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for PLM integration strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. Two levels of membership are offered: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are PEVI Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council
Advancing the State of the Art for Simulation & Analysis
The Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council (S&A Council) supports a simulation framework - an integrated environment that provides tools to manage access to applications, data, and computing resources. The framework manages the complexity of multi-disciplinary system-level product performance, and integrates with other elements of the PLM environment, including product geometry, test, and requirements. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are S&A Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council
Strategic Decision Analysis and Support for Product Development and Collaboration
The Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council (SPD&C Council) represents the authoritative industry source for addressing collaboration and decision making issues by apply emerging social media technologies and processes to Product Lifecycle Management. The council will explore how the new collaboration technologies, collectively known as social media, can be applied to product development. Social media and networking has already impacted sales and marketing groups in most companies and disrupted the publishing and music industries. Trends such as global distribution of product development resources and issues such as improving supplier collaboration, product development efficiency, and target costing create a compelling need to address collaboration. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are SPD&C Council specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Systems Engineering Knowledge Council
Expanding the Vision for and Awareness of Systems Engineering
The Systems Engineering Knowledge Council (SE Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that impact the product. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties currently fragmenting product realization efforts. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for systems engineering strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Benefits of participation include:
- Web reports that are SE Council-specific
- CIMdata PLM Road Map™ participation
- Discussions to help shape research agenda
- Telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges
- Workshop participation
- Web conference to address key issues
Numerical Control (NC) Market Service
Providing Information Critical to Successful Strategies and Sound Business Decisions
Numerical control (NC), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and related solutions are key enabling technologies for advanced manufacturing. To support this market, CIMdata offers the NC Market Service which is focused solely on the worldwide NC software and related-services market. Benefits of participation include:
- CIMdata’s Annual NC Market Analysis Report
- Public research reports and whitepapers
- PLM Late Breaking News & Industry Summary
- CIMdata Commentaries
- CIMdata position statements
