Webinar will take place on November 11, 2015 and will share an emerging innovation system framework.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 6 October 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free webinar, “Enterprise Innovation Management Solutions – Connecting the Dots!” The webinar will take place on November 11 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will share the early findings from CIMdata’s research on Enterprise Innovation Management (EIM).

According to webinar co-host, CIMdata’s Director for Collaborative Innovation & Social Product Development Consulting, Dr. Suna Polat, “Many enterprises struggle with inefficiencies in their innovation due to disjointed processes, solutions,...

Presentation will discuss how managing engineering changes is a critical step for Parker Aerospace’s business strategy

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1 October 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Longview Advisors, Inc., organizer of 3D CIC, announce that Bob Deragisch, Director of Engineering & Infrastructure Services at Parker Aerospace (Parker), will make a keynote presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the Aerospace & Defense Industry featuring 3D CIC. Additional keynote presentations will be made by Henrik Weimer of Airbus, Jeff Plant of Boeing, and Peter Bilello of CIMdata. This two-day event focused on the Aerospace &...

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Key takeaways:

• SOLIDWORKS 2016 boasts a new redesigned user interface complementary to Windows 10 and supports high resolution, high-pixel density displays
• SOLIDWORKS Visualize incorporates technology from Dassault Systèmes’ acquisition of Bunkspeed

On September 22, 2015, Mr. Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, opened the SOLIDWORKS 2016 Launch event at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Speaking from the front of the podium in the Institute’s full-scale reproduction of the U.S. Senate Chamber, Mr. Bassi reminded his audience of customers, analysts, and press sitting at the 100 replica Senator desks of SOLIDWORKS’ mission: who they are;...

Boeing’s Jeff Plant will discuss strategies for influencing standards for data storage and exchange.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 24 September 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Longview Advisors, Inc., organizer of 3D CIC, announce that Jeff Plant, Chief Process Architect & Director of Business Capabilities at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will make a keynote presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the Aerospace & Defense Industry featuring 3D CIC. This two-day event will be held October 28-29 at The Westfields Marriott – Washington, Dulles.

All major PLM software providers offer commercial capability for conversion of their native format...

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Key takeaways:

• Siemens PLM Software’s annual Analyst event highlighted the progress they have made integrating some key acquisitions like LMS and Camstar, and leveraging Siemens AG’s intellectual assets
• They introduced a new drawing tool, Catchbook, designed to enable casual users to easily create drawings and capture their ideas and/or highlight issues
• Demonstrations showed integrations between product development and product realization and illustrated how Siemens PLM Software’s investments in modeling, simulation, and production can be used to achieve virtual products and virtual production environments that can be validated before capital investments are made

CIMdata recently attended Siemens PLM...

Weimer will discuss the importance of open interoperability standards in digital product definition.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17 September 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Longview Advisors, Inc., organizer of 3D CIC, announce that Henrik Weimer, Head of PLM Architecture & Innovation at Airbus, will kick-off PLM Road Map™ for the Aerospace & Defense Industry featuring 3D CIC with a keynote presentation that will consider the importance of open interoperability standards in today’s digital product definition.

Due to significant growth and diversification in the aerospace industry, the typical OEM's role has been evolving over the last decades...

Eight country-specific PLM market analysis reports now available

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 September 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of seven additional country-specific PLM Market Analysis Reports. These new reports follow the release of the 2015 China PLM Market Analysis Report earlier this year.

The CIMdata PLM MAR series presents CIMdata’s analysis of the 2014 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 2014, and forecasts PLM investments for...

Short courses for busy executives and PLM solution providers will be offered in Orange County, California in December.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 September 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm has announced that it will offer two of its PLM Short Courses in Orange County, California during the week of December 7.

The first program, the PLM Executive Short Course, will be offered on December 7. This program is geared towards executives and is a one-day program delivered through a combination of lectures, industry case studies, and group discussions. Successful completion of the program leads to the award...

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Key takeaways:

• Autodesk’s second Accelerate event reiterated their take on the ”Future of Making Things,” acknowledging revolutions in means of production, demands, and the nature of products themselves
• During the event, Autodesk announced their acquisition of SeeControl, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform, a move that will help their customers respond to the IoT trend
• Their vision for Autodesk’s product innovation platform revolves around meeting these challenges head-on for the benefit of their varied customers

On September 1 and 2 Autodesk held their second Accelerate conference at the Word Trade Center in Boston’s Seaport District. This new,...

Free educational webinar, focused on showing how Project Management Methodology can yield benefits in a PLM implementation, will take place on October 21, 2015.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 September 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Project Management Best Practices for PLM Success.” The webinar will take place on October 21 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will show attendees how they can benefit from using a project management methodology in a PLM implementation.

According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s Practice Lead for PLM Success, Chris Gregory, "The best PLM deployments are more and more...