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 PDF Aras recently held its ACE 2012 International Conference in Troy, Michigan. This was the second year in a row that the conference was held in the greater Detroit area. The conference grew from 200+ attendees last year to over 300 this year, with attendees coming from more than twenty different countries. It is a user-focused event supported by Aras and a number of its partners; including both solution implementers as well as independent software providers who are leveraging Aras’ enterprise open source PLM platform. Mr. Peter Schroer, Aras’ Founder and CEO, gave the opening presentation, the theme of which was “Be Different.” This highlighted the fact that Aras’ technology approach is different and Aras’ business model is different from most of its competitors throughout the PLM landscape. While Aras is still a relatively small company, it has had four years of double-digit growth since changing to an enterprise open source based

 PDF CIMdata recently attended Infor’s Inforum 2012 in Denver, Colorado. For 2012, the event was combined with the former Lawson CUE user conference. It was positioned as a global event with attendees interested in all of Infor’s business lines and geographies supported. Infor stated that they expected over 5,000 attendees. The theme for Inforum 2012 was “Go Faster” and Infor continually discussed speed as the driving factor for businesses in today’s global marketplace. Charles Phillips, Infor’s CEO, was the keynote speaker on the morning of Monday the 23rd of April. He discussed the evolution of Infor, particularly the new management team and product strategy. He stated that they have transitioned from a company that was just making acquisitions to one that is increasing their investments in research and development to create new products and solutions for their customers. Mr. Philips also stated they while they announced they would hire 400 new software

 PDF Dassault Systèmes announced their acquisition of Gemcom Software International (Gemcom), a leader in mining software solutions, and the creation of a new Dassault Systèmes brand to support modeling of the planet and natural resources — GEOVIA. Gemcom, a global company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, provides software and services for mining customers to discover, measure, design, plan and manage their mining operations from exploration to exploitation. The objective of the GEOVIA brand is to develop and deliver products to model and simulate the planet. GEOVIA will provide tools for resources managers including geologists, botanists, ecologists, environmental regulators, political leaders, hydrologists, petroleum & mining engineers, foresters, and others working with and developing the world’s natural resources. Dassault Systèmes’ will apply their 3D modeling and simulation capabilities to help improve predictability, efficiency, safety, regulatory compliance, sustainability of resources provision, and long-term availability of natural resources. CIMdata believes the combination of Gemcom’s mining software and

 PDF CIMdata was invited to attend and speak at Autodesk’s One Team Conference (OTC) 2012 in Las Vegas during the week of March 11. Over three thousand Autodesk global partners and employees attended this annual event, which was greatly anticipated following a recent series of important Autodesk® announcements targeted at the manufacturing industry. These announcements included “Everything Changes,” from Autodesk University last November, and the launch of Autodesk PLM 360 in February. At OTC 2012 CIMdata led two half–day Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) training classes that were attended by several hundred channel partners and employees preparing to take advantage of the many new opportunities these announcements create to better serve Autodesk customers. CIMdata observed at OTC 2012 that true to the One Team Conference name, both Autodesk channel sales partners and their direct sales employees are working together as a unified sales and customer support force to pursue and infiltrate PLM solution

 PDF In todayʼs fast–paced world, controlling product cost and getting to market on time are keys to business success. If you cannot deliver quality products profitably you will not stay in business. In the highly competitive food and beverage industry, formulated products range in price from less than a dollar to a few dollars. When you think about the cost of the package, the weight of the product, and the transportation and handling costs to get it from the factory to your grocery bag, itʼs hard to imagine there is room for any of the formulated product cost. Those costs include the people to define, plan, and manufacture the product; the factories and production equipment; the cost of raw materials and purchased ingredients; and the processing of the raw materials and ingredients to convert them into finished products. Food and beverage products are primarily based on agricultural commodities prices, which fluctuate based

 PDF Transit companies face many of the same issues of companies in other industries. They need to improve the productivity of their people, their processes and their capital investment (i.e., infrastructure, rolling stock, etc.), they want to provide better service to their customers, they need to improve their top and bottom lines, and they need to be able to rapidly adjust to changes in market demand. At the same time, they are dealing with aging infrastructures that require higher levels of maintenance and (good news) increase ridership. Most transit companies have used traditional paper-based (or now Excel-based) tools and document management systems to help manage maintenance issues. While such solutions provide some of the functionality needed, they do not provide the integration of information and processes needed to help a company significantly improve their productivity and profitability. Paper-based and document based systems do not have links between actual product definition information and its

 PDF Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management Summit 2012 Oracle held its 2012 Agile PLM Summit in February. This user-targeted event was similar in concept to past Agile customer conferences, known as Agility and attracted Agile PLM users from diverse business segments. The 2012 Agile PLM Summit had a number of themes for life sciences, high-tech electronics, and companies that design products using mechanical CAD systems. Over 200 users attended from more than 100 companies. One important concept presented by Mr. John Kelley, VP of PLM Product Strategy, and illustrated in the following figure, was that the reality of what constitutes a best practice in technologies and work processes is always changing—the benchmark continues to evolve. The challenge for organizations like Agile PLM is to constantly upgrade their capabilities to assure that the user is not stranded in an old paradigm. The challenge for PLM users is to recognize that change is continuous, and

 PDF On October 24, 2011, Siemens PLM Software (Siemens PLM) announced a partnership with Local Motors, an American car company employing a distinctive, collaborative approach of crowd sourcing to vehicle design. While Local Motors calls their design methodology co-creation, it is known more broadly as community-based design. The approach leverages a global, open, design community that contributes to the definition and design of an automobile. On November 11, Siemens PLM followed with a second announcement that they will offer all contributors to the Local Motors’ automotive product designs a new, exclusive streamlined version of Solid Edge software for a monthly subscription fee of $19.95 beginning January 1, 2012. Siemens PLM indicated that Local Motors would establish a limited number of these subscriptions using a trial version before the start date./p> In discussions with CIMdata, Siemens PLM noted their in-depth talks with the leaders at Local Motors, where they jointly defined the list

 PDF Autodesk used the occasion of Autodesk University 2011 in Las Vegas on 29 November to introduce Autodesk 360, its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution suite that has been foreshadowed by the “Everything Changes” campaign of 2011. Previous to Autodesk 360, Autodesk provided workgroup-level data management capabilities for its CAD products through its Vault offering. While Autodesk Vault is part of their new PLM solution suite, Autodesk 360 expands on those capabilities in significant ways. In the past, Autodesk has eschewed PLM, claiming that it is much too difficult to implement and derive benefit from current offerings. This was heavily reinforced by CEO Carl Bass’ now famous anti-PLM rap, well known on YouTube. Reminded of this at the Autodesk 360 announcement Mr. Bass explained “We didn’t do PLM until we could do it right.” So, what has changed since then to influence Autodesk to enter the PLM fray? According to Mr. Bass

With the press of a button, a myriad of computerized technology activates beneath the inlaid wood and leather lined dashboard. The driver has just set in motion the results of thousands of hours of sophisticated engineering to execute a semi-automated parallel park. Programmed sensors; power steering; traction control and power, anti-lock brakes; computerized suspension; and voice instructions that indicate when to brake and when to shift; all smoothly interplay to deliver customer satisfaction—and park the car. Each system has been designed and manufactured by automotive specialists through the mechatronics interplay of mechanical, electric, and software control components. The world’s automotive industry continues to experience intense business and technology pressures to deliver these technology improvements within an environment of tightening budgets and resources. The explosive growth in electronic, computerized systems in the typical automobile is undeniable and experts predict its growth will continue unabated. This mounting sophistication is countered by increasingly focused