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Aras® today announced that Murata Manufacturing Co., a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing, and sale of ceramic-based passive electronic components and solutions, is using Aras Innovator® to unify expanding global business initiatives. After replacing a legacy PLM system, Murata is using Aras as an enterprise PLM platform to streamline collaboration between design and manufacturing locations, including the ability to easily and securely communicate product design and specification changes. Murata chose Aras because the flexibility and customizability of the solution is ideal for accommodating the expanding business initiatives created through mergers and acquisitions, where the ability to easily adapt to varying product management workflows is a requirement. Additionally, Aras will be used to more efficiently manage customer requirements and improve customer service.  Murata chose Aras based on the following criteria:  Customization capabilities without involvement of developers Subscription model with lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for an expanding user base User access management and end-to-end

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 December 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces new research on “CONTACT Software: Focused on Customer Success.” In today’s global economy, industrial companies face competitors from around the world. Customers demand increasingly complex products that require new approaches, new value chains, and new enabling technologies. To meet this changing world, many companies apply product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and enabling solutions. CONTACT Software, a German company with a global strategy, has been successful through their laser focus on their customer’s success. This paper focuses on how CONTACT is evolving their offerings and strategy to empower companies to compete in a global economy demanding increasingly complex products. This paper is freely available from CIMdata’s Publications web page.

Aveva, the British engineering software company, has called off its £1.3bn reverse takeover by France’s Schneider Electric, citing unforeseen costs and risks associated with the proposed merger. The complex deal would have involved Aveva acquiring Schneider’s industrial software unit — Schneider Software — but the French company would in turn have taken a majority stake in Aveva. The two companies had previously said there was a “clear and compelling industrial logic and strategic rationale” for the tie-up. But following six months of extensive due diligence, Aveva said on Tuesday the companies had determined that “significant integration challenges were identified that could not be overcome without considerable additional risk and cost”. Aveva shares dropped 35 per cent in morning trading to £14.75. Schneider shares were basically flat. Schneider said in a statement: “The two parties have decided to stop their discussions by mutual consent as no agreement could be reached on the terms of transaction.” Speaking to the Financial

ZW3D, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, today announced that it has teamed up with SimLab Composer, one of the best 3D scene building and sharing programs, assisting ZW3D user community worldwide to create high-quality visualizations and run dynamic simulation analysis. Partnering with SimLab Composer, ZW3D has developed a plugin to provide seamless connection, allowing users to access SimLab Composer directly in ZW3D interface and utilize its full benefits. Plus, active links can be built to keep data in sync across ZW3D and SimLab Composer, saving the trouble of reprogramming. “We are very excited about this partnership. It gives our users a powerful toolset to create amazing visualizations and perform mechanism simulations efficiently,” said Colin Lin, Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. Key Benefits of ZW3D’s Integration with SimLab Composer: Quick collision detection with complex Rigid-Body simulations With the Simulation Workbench in SimLab Composer, ZW3D users can fast

L&T Technology Services, a global R&D and Engineering Services company, has been rated as an expansive and established leader in the overall category by Zinnov’s 'Global R&D Service Providers Ratings’ (GSPR) survey 2015. The survey also rated L&T Technology Services in the Leadership Zone for eight industry verticals - Automotive, Aerospace, Telecommunication, Energy & Utilities, Industrial Automation, Transport, Construction & Heavy Machinery and Medical industries - besides technology horizontals for Mechanical Engineering Services and Embedded Systems.  “The key differentiators for L&T Technology Services has been their strong core engineering culture and their investments in lab infrastructure for both embedded and mechanical capabilities. This has helped them to build deep expertise in the verticals they operate in and come up with innovate solutions such as iBEMS, UBIQWeise and SmartWELD” said Sidhant Rastogi, Partner and Practice Head, Zinnov. Dr Keshab Panda, Chief Executive, L&T Technology Services said, “Building on the deep engineering heritage of our parent

Centric Software has opened its first Scandinavian office, based in Göteborg, Sweden, bringing new product lifecycle management (PLM) opportunities for local clothing, footwear, luxury goods and consumer goods industries. Leveraging the success with its first Scandinavian customer, Norrøna, a Norway-based leading outdoor clothing and sports gear brand, Centric Software plans to develop a market throughout Scandinavia. Norrøna adopted Centric 8 PLM software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods to support its ambitious plans for growth and innovation. "Norrøna has been successfully using Centric 8 PLM for over a year now. The solution supports the overall product development process – product specifications, materials management, sourcing, quality and calendar management – which are all critical to our business. Centric helps our teams deliver better, high-end quality products. With the opening of their office here in Sweden, we are convinced we made the right decision in selecting Centric as a partner," says Norrøna

Autodesk is ending sale of AutoCAD licensing model. Effective January 31, 2016 Autodesk will discontinue selling new perpetual (standalone or network) licenses of most standalone products and transition AutoCAD Products to subscription only. AutoCAD, is the flagship product of Autodesk that has helped millions of design professionals globally to create stunning designs and speed up documentation work. The subscription model will allow greater flexibility as Autodesk is offering consumers ways to align the software according to individual/business needs along with low cost trials and multiple machine/device access and immediate cloud access.  Commenting on the move, Pankaj Gauba, Country Manager Channels - India & SAARC said “Autodesk’s leadership position has been earned through many “firsts” and on-going innovation over the past 30 years – first mainstream CAD product with AutoCAD, first to introduce BIM to the market, first to offer a cloud-based PLM and simulation solution and now the first to develop

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Developing a Sustainable PLM Strategy.” The webinar will take place on January 14 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will address the evolving nature of a typical enterprise and how PLM strategies should be defined and implemented in a sustainable manner—one that naturally addresses change. According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s President, Peter Bilello, “Implementation of PLM is like performing open heart surgery on a marathon runner. You must be able to be quick on your feet—changing strategies and approaches as required to meet your changing business needs.” Peter Bilello has more than 25 years of experience in the development of business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. During this time, he has been directly involved with consultation on the selection, integration, and implementation of large-scale PLM solutions. He has authored

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces new research on “CONTACT Software: Focused on Customer Success.” In today’s global economy, industrial companies face competitors from around the world. Customers demand increasingly complex products that require new approaches, new value chains, and new enabling technologies. To meet this changing world, many companies apply product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and enabling solutions. CONTACT Software, a German company with a global strategy, has been successful through their laser focus on their customer’s success. This paper focuses on how CONTACT is evolving their offerings and strategy to empower companies to compete in a global economy demanding increasingly complex products. This paper is freely available from CIMdata’s Publications web page.

Free educational webinar focused on the importance of defining and developing a sustainable PLM strategy, will take place on January 14, 2016. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 December 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Developing a Sustainable PLM Strategy.” The webinar will take place on January 14 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will address the evolving nature of a typical enterprise and how PLM strategies should be defined and implemented in a sustainable manner—one that naturally addresses change. According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s President, Peter Bilello, “Implementation of PLM is like performing open heart surgery on a marathon runner. You must be able to be quick on your feet—changing strategies and approaches as required to meet your changing business needs.” Peter Bilello has more than 25 years of experience in the development of business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations