Position Papers

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ANSYS announced their intent to acquire Granta Design, a Cambridge UK-based firm globally known for their materials science knowledge and expertise. Privately held, Granta is estimated to have global annual revenues of approximately $20 million. No terms of the transaction were announced and it is expected to be completed by the end of Q1 of 2019. ANSYS will provide more details about the transaction and its potential impacts on their financial outlook after the acquisition closes.

While some people may use the expression “they wrote the book” on a topic, in Granta’s case that...

The CIMdata administered group states their position on enabling an MBSE conceptual design process for collaboration between Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 24 January 2019—Representatives from eleven major aerospace and defense companies have released the position of the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) on the topic of enabling a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) conceptual design process for collaboration between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers. The group’s goal is MBSE collaboration and the bi-directional exchange of integrated digital models representing the system architecture, behavior, and design requirements.

This position paper details the problem...

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Key takeaways:

• Non-linear growth in product complexity and global competition are driving the need for digital transformation.
• Surviving and thriving in today’s world require a modern enterprise architecture that creates a digital thread that properly manages digital twin configurations across the full lifecycle so effective decisions can be made.
• Compromises in legacy or monolithic architectures inhibit fast, accurate impact and traceability analysis, two critical decision processes in today’s fast paced innovation-driven business world.
• The Aras PLM Platform provides a strong foundation for digital transformation initiatives and...

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Key takeaways:

• MSC Software brings to Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (Hexagon MI) a deep understanding of the challenges faced by the automotive industry in developing safe and reliable autonomous vehicles without physically driving billions of miles.
• Hexagon MI offers numerous simulation tools as part of its autonomous road vehicles development platform, VTD, for representing vehicle dynamics, traffic and road scenarios, active safety sensors, and motion-control intelligence.
• Hexagon MI’s simulation offerings have been widely applied in the development of automated vehicles to: 1) study realistic traffic conflict scenarios; 2) produce reliable vehicle response simulations at different levels of...

The white paper focuses on efforts in Germany, India, China, Japan, and the United States

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 22 January 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of a white paper focused on Industry 4.0, a German-defined initiative that has been taken up in countries around the world.

The Industrie 4.0 initiative started in 2006 as one point in a 10-point high-tech German strategic plan and has consistently promoted the Internet of Things and services since then. Their effort recognized the importance of social platforms, mobile, analytics, cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT)...

Over the last several years, the information technology (IT) world has dramatically changed due to several strong influences including social, mobile, big data/analytics, and the cloud (SMAC). Some would add the IoT to this list. The next big thing seems to be digitalization, which leverages solutions addressing the SMAC and IoT trends to help companies fundamentally transform their businesses. According to a recent survey, top-performing businesses are currently spending 34% of their IT budget on digital transformation, with 44% planned in 2019.

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