Position Papers

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Key takeaways:

• CIMdata believes that the SIMULIA brand of Dassault Systèmes has made tremendous progress in simulating product, nature and life. The renewed focus on industry solutions rather than brand products makes it much easier for end users to apply the simulation technology to their specific needs.
• Systèmes digital healthcare solutions show that SIMULIA’s simulation capabilities are now available to a much broader audience and span the entire innovation cycle. CIMdata believes Dassault Systèmes is a leader in providing simulation to the digital healthcare industry.
• With the 3DEXPERIENCE Twin, Dassault Systèmes makes another step forward in...

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Key takeaways:

• The Aras PLM Platform is redefining customization in the PLM market; the days of worrying about the potential impact on upgradeability are disappearing.
• The platform’s ability to deploy quickly with real-time customization of predefined best practice applications is a key market differentiator; it is engineered to be highly customized.
• The platform’s architecture has been designed to protect investment and ensure future adaptability; it is engineered to be sustainable.
• Upgrades are performed by Aras specialists at no extra cost as part of the Aras subscription.

Introduction

For several years, the Aras Corporation (Aras) has included no-cost version-to-version upgrades...

Leading PLM solution and service providers to sponsor PLM conferences.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm and Eurostep, organizer of PDT North America, have today announced the key sponsors for the upcoming PLM Road Map North America and PDT North America conferences. The participating sponsors are Aras Corporation, Configit, IpX, Mercury Digital Services, and Siemens PLM Software. The events will take place on 15-17 May at the Tysons Corner Marriott in Virginia.

“We are honored to have these leaders in PLM...

This educational webinar will show how PLM is at the core of analytics-driven innovation.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 25 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “PLM at the Core of Analytics-Driven Innovation.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

CIMdata believes that the two conditions necessary for the successful transformation of a business into an innovative and efficient digital insight-driven enterprise are: (1) a deep understanding of analytics tools development and (2) the ability to combine a...

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

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 24 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Mr. Jeff Plant, Chief Architect and Director of Airplane Level Engineering Integration at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will make a keynote presentation at PLM Road Map North America 2018. This two-day event will be held in collaboration with PDT North America. Both events will take place May 15-17 at the Marriott Hotel, Tysons Corner, VA which is near Washington D.C. The theme for this year's event is “Charting...

Thought leadership will be provided on the topic of digital transformation.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is pleased to announce that Mr. Ken Amann, Executive Consultant, will be in attendance at the annual COE Experience & TechniFair which will take place in San Diego, CA from April 15-18.

Mr. Amann will join a panel discussion on the topic of "Digital Transformation from a PLM Perspective." The objective of the panel is to discuss how customers leverage their current investment in PLM technology to further their enterprise’s digital transformation. The discussion,...

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Key takeaways:

• With more than $10B in acquisitions, Siemens has expanded its software portfolio significantly including heavy investments in Siemens PLM Software.
• Siemens is now in the top-10 software providers worldwide.
• MindSphere is playing an increasing role in PLM with the theme of turning Data into value.
• Siemens PLM Software in conjunction with Siemens AG delivers a comprehensive and cohesive end-to-end message.
• Siemens is diligently working to define all aspects of digital twins and connect them with a digital thread.

CIMdata recently attended Siemens Innovation Day 2018 held in Chicago, Illinois on March 27th at the DMDII facility;...

This educational webinar will explain how PLM is building and protecting brands.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 12 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “PLM’s Application in the CPG Industry: Protecting the Brand.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

It is well understood that maximizing brand value is a competitive necessity; unfortunately, many companies do not possess the end-to-end capabilities to do so in a consistent and repeatable manner. This webinar will discuss why companies in the...

Strong ROI secures executive support

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, released a new eBook focused on Return on Investment (ROI) for PLM Deployments in the Food and Beverage (F&B) Industry.

This eBook describes how a well-developed ROI can help gain executive support for deploying a PLM solution. The eBook reviews what items should be included in an ROI model. It then identifies some of the critical issues where PLM can impact F&B companies. It closes with both CIMdata and several SpecPage customers’ viewpoints of how SpecPDM can help F&B companies...

End-to-End Configuration Management is a Necessity.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 April 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, released a new whitepaper focused on Configit’s end-to-end configuration lifecycle management approach titled “Configuration Lifecycle Management: End-to-End Configuration Management is a Necessity.”

This whitepaper describes how for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in multiple industrial segments, including automotive, product complexity is increasing well beyond their ability to support it with traditional configuration management approaches and technologies. For many companies, the increased product complexity is being driven by the rapidly-increasing amount of embedded electronics and software, and the desire for more...