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 PDF Recap of Position Paper Part 1 of 3: The combination of scarce resources and globalization are driving an upheaval in innovation and end-to-end lifecycle management. These changes are coalescing into business strategies that include the platformization of PLM. The Iron Triangle of better / faster / cheaper, along with clever fixes, are being superseded. Skeptics overlook many enterprise-level lifecycle benefits and overestimate the remaining challenges. Key takeaways: Ideation, or idea generation, the essence of creativity, is the fundamental rationale of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and end-to-end lifecycle management in general—for 21st century enterprises, it is not optional Platformization is the culmination of four irresistible trends: (a) the evolution of personal productivity tools and their integration capabilities; (b) the migration of discrete end-to-end lifecycle management capabilities to the extended enterprise level; (c) recognition of greater cross-functional and extended-enterprise collaboration; and (d) the evolution of specific platform-enabling technologies such as service-oriented architectures (SOAs) A far-reaching shift

The second installment in a three-part series that explores the platformization of PLM ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 January 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the publication of a new position paper, the second in a series of three that explore PLM Platformization. “Platformization: Dealing with a Matrix of Headaches” considers platform support for “ideation,” or idea generation, which is at the heart of innovation. Platformization is driven by the complexity of allocating investment capital, overcoming a scarcity of human talent, complying with increasing regulation, satisfying consumers, and guarding against the risk of litigation. Handling these compound issues is best achieved by a matrix approach where ideation is a key requirement. In this paper CIMdata suggests that platformization will give users unprecedented power to subdue competitive threats, cope successfully with disruption, and keep up with leaps in technological advancement. According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s president, “The concept

Datakit has released Cross Manager 2015.1. Besides many improvements to existing interfaces, this version offers a brand new3DXML export interface. It is therefore possible to convert twenty CAD formats to 3DXML with CrossManager. Do not hesitate to request a demo license for this new 3DXML output, in order to test its effectiveness with your own files.

Engineers currently planning tomorrow’s factories will be very well served with this newly released version 6.0 of M4 P&ID FX. This new major release of the P&ID software is a modern design with genuine, new functionality, perfectly fulfilling today’s businesses most diverse requirements. A Modern and Flexible, Intuitive Tool “This time we didn’t want to simply make our software better. We want to empower engineers with a modern and flexible, intuitive tool, allowing swift process engineering planning that can be updated very easily”. said Product Line Manager, Mark Simpson.  Many new features for improved productivity Version 6.0 of M4 P&ID FX delivers genuine improvements, to greatly aid users in their everyday tasks. This includes the catalog and symbol browser, the inclusion of the current P&ID drawings standard and above all the popular dashboard. New Design and Updated Dashboard CAD-Schroer has developed a totally new ribbon interface, allowing a better overview and an even shorter

csimsoft announced today the release of the Trelis™ SpaceClaim™ Add-in, a mesh generation add-in for the popular SpaceClaim 3D modeling software that allows designers to quickly create new designs and automatically mesh their design iterations for FEA and CFD analysis. The Trelis SpaceClaim add-in includes Trelis Lite™ 15.1, a lite version of csimsoft’s popular Trelis geometry preparation and mesh generation software. Trelis Lite produces high-quality triangle and tetrahedral meshes using MeshGems™ from Distene, the recognized world leader in triangle and tetrahedral meshing technologies. Trelis Lite contains support for assessing mesh quality and establishing boundary conditions, material properties, and other parameters necessary for analysis. The mesh can be exported for analysis in various solver formats. Trelis is based on time-proven technology developed for more than two decades in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories. Trelis provides users with powerful meshing tools that specifically meet their pre-processing needs through robust geometry preparation and high-quality mesh

Today, the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) announced that CAEfatigue VIBRATION is available to HyperWorks users for download. CAEfatigue VIBRATION is a frequency-based fatigue solver and random response post processor developed by CAEfatigue Limited. "Frequency-based methods for response and fatigue life estimation offer the promise of very efficient, elegant and sophisticated design procedures," said Dr. Neil Bishop, Director at CAEfatigue Limited. "Lightweighting through optimization and resource pooling both become possible. We are extremely happy to be joining the Altair Partner Alliance, and together we will enable this exciting new technology to reach more customers across all territories of the world." CAEfatigue VIBRATION is comprised of essentially two products in one: a powerful random response post processor for the frequency domain and a unique vibration fatigue solver. It works with mixed random and deterministic loading sources, a process not previously available, to provide fatigue life and damage predictions, as well as several forms of response statistics that were not

ÏD Group, the French-based designer and maker of children’s wear, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. ÏD Group will use the Centric 8 PLM solution for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies to enhance visibility and increase efficiency through the product development process, according to Isabelle Anton, head of product development and sourcing at the Okaïdi brand of ÏD Group. “Centric will help us to have simpler and faster access to critical information and enable us to refocus on our true mission.” “We heard great feedback from the market on Centric’s experience, and ability to help us manage our creative processes so that we can work simpler and faster, and collaborate in a timely manner,” says Valérie Capitan, head of product development and sourcing for the Jacadi brand of ÏD Group. “This PLM initiative is critical to achieve our goals. Its scope is wide, encompassing

PTC today announced that it will release its fiscal 2015 first quarter results on Wednesday, January 28th after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Thursday, January 29th at 8:30am Eastern Time. The earnings press release and accompanying prepared remarks will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site at PTC - Investor Relations.                                                                          What: PTC Fiscal Q1’15 Conference Call and Webcast                                            When: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 at 8:30am (ET)                                                Dial-in: 1-800-857-5592 or 1-773-799-3757 Call Leader: James Heppelmann Passcode: PTC                                                                                                            Webcast: www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm                                                                 Replay: The audio replay of this event will be archived for public replay until 5:00 pm (CT) on February 9th, 2015. Dial-in: 800-879-7617 Passcode: 4906 To access the replay via webcast, please visit www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm. 

Dassault Systèmes will host a webcast and a conference call on Thursday, February 5, 2015, to discuss its operating performance for the fourth quarter and full year 2014 ended December 31, 2014. The management of Dassault Systèmes will host the webcast at 9:30 AM London Time - 10:30 AM Paris Time and will then also host the conference call at 9:00 AM New York Time - 2:00 PM London Time - 3:00 PM Paris Time. Both the webcast and the conference call will be available via the Internet by accessing Dassault Systèmes’ website at http://www.3ds.com/investors/. Please follow the directions on the main page to link to the audio and connect to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the webcast or conference call to register, download and install any necessary software. The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days.

Actify Inc. announced that its fiscal year 2014, which ended on December 31st, was another record breaking year. Following up on last year's record results with another strong performance, with underlying growth of over 16% Actify continues to make progress on the implementation of its business strategy. "We are now in the 4th year of our journey in providing excellent Product Data Intelligence solutions for manufacturers around the globe and I am pleased with our progress," said Chris Jones, Actify CEO and president. "Since we've embarked on our quest to offer exceptional solutions that extend beyond CAD visualization to include all forms of disparate manufacturing data, we have been providing quality solutions that are making a difference to our customers' bottom line, which has resulted in our consistent growth over the past few years," added Jones. "2015 will be an even more exciting year for us. Customers can look forward to the evolution