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Educational webinar will show how failure knowledge capture and reuse systems can be used to improve the reliability of connected intelligent products.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 November 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “How do you ensure your Connected Intelligent Products can be trusted? Deploy Knowledge Systems for Reliability Design.” The webinar will take place on December 15, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

Design-for-reliability applied to complex systems and systems-of-systems needs a seamless connection between the processes and tools of systems engineering and reliability...

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Key takeaways:

• Smart, connected products have become the norm in a wide range of industries, requiring product companies to evolve their product development strategies and tools to respond
• Leading product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services providers have been evolving their offerings to respond, often through acquisitions
• Siemens AG continued this trend by announcing their intent to acquire Mentor Graphics, a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) solutions, which will further bolster the PLM offerings of Siemens PLM Software

Music players, smart phones, autonomous vehicles, and all manner of smart, connected products are driving changes...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 November 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Venkatash Agaram, Director of Quality & Reliability Engineering, will take part in a webinar to discuss ways PLM can be used as a critical enabler for M&A success.

In this webcast, “PLM: Critical Enabler for M&A Success,” Dr. Agaram will speak about the best practices and strategies that can help bring about more efficiencies in M&A activities. The webinar will also share valuable insights and live examples on the specific PLM system integration tasks that are available for achieving a seamless...

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• IBM has bet their company on cognitive computing which includes Watson technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and professional services, and the cloud
• Based on attendance at the recent World of Watson event, the market is listening and responding
• Companies in a range of industries are starting to see real benefits from applying IBM’s technology stack to their business problems

In 2011, Watson, a cognitive solution developed by IBM researchers, shocked many people by winning a Jeopardy competition against top human challengers. Industry veterans were also surprised in 2014 when IBM announced the...

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• Top AEC industry performers tend to employ more technologies, and their performance is strongly correlated with current technology usage and growth in IT investment
• The majority of respondents see potential to reduce costs by more than 10% for both pre-commissioning and post-commissioning phases of building lifecycles
• The greatest potential for process improvement is expected from reducing risks, a need for fewer changes, and better project estimating

Introduction

CIMdata recently conducted an online survey of professionals involved with the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. The survey was fielded in July 2016, with a second distribution to...

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• Many leading PLM and simulation and analysis (S&A) solution providers are building integrated multiphysics portfolios, in many cases through strategic acquisitions
• COMSOL AB began with a multiphysics product vision and continues to expand and enhance their offerings via internal R&D
• The COMSOL Application Builder helps experienced S&A analysts build complex and validated multiphysics simulation applications
• COMSOL apps can be delivered globally by COMSOL Server in a Web browser to a wide range of simulation experts as well as design engineering users on desktops, laptops, or mobile devices

COMSOL recently held their COMSOL Conference 2016 at the...

Leading PLM solution and service providers to sponsor PLM conferences.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 October 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Eurostep, organizer of PDT Europe, have today announced the key sponsors for the upcoming PLM Road Map for the Aerospace & Defense Industry and PDT Europe conferences. The participating sponsors are ANSYS, Aras Corp., Dassault Systèmes, ESI Group, and Siemens PLM Software. The events will take place on 8-10 November at the Renaissance La Defense, Paris, France.

“We are honored to have these leaders in PLM solutions and services choose to sponsor PLM Road...

Eight country-specific PLM market analysis reports now available.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 18 October 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of seven additional country-specific 2016 PLM Market Analysis Reports. These new reports follow the release of the 2016 China PLM Market Analysis Report earlier this year. The CIMdata PLM MAR series presents CIMdata’s analysis of the 2015 product lifecycle management (PLM) market. The complete global analysis provides CIMdata’s perspective on PLM across a variety of industry and geographic sectors, identifies market trends, reviews investments in PLM-related software and services during 2015, and forecasts...

Presentation will show how changes in the approach to program management resulted in improvements in delivery performance.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 18 October 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Neil J. Fleming, IM&T Solution Design Manager at BAE Systems Maritime Submarines, will make a presentation on “Improving PLM Delivery Performance with Solution Adoption Measures Linked to Milestone Approval,” at PLM Road Map™ for the Aerospace & Defense Industry. PLM Road Map will take place on November 8 and will be followed by PDT Europe on November 9-10. The venue for both events is the...

Educational webinar will share CIMdata’s findings from recent research on over 230 PLM-related standards.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 October 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Navigating the PLM Standards Universe.” The webinar will take place on November 10, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. (EST).

CIMdata recently researched over 230 PLM-related standards. Over 60 of the standards that impacted engineering and manufacturing were researched in more depth. This enabled the development of a list of 20 standards that are really important for an organization’s PLM vision. During the webinar the top standards...