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Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Pentland Brands Limited, owners of the Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, ellesse, SeaVees and Mitre brands, has adopted the Infor Nexus supply chain platform. The technology will help Pentland Brands improve visibility of inventory, enhancing collaboration with suppliers, automating the vital procure-to-pay process, and accelerating the onboarding of new suppliers and partners.

The Pentland Brands UK businesses are already live on the platform, with the US-based businesses going live at the end of 2021.Now its entire supplier network across China, East Asia and Europe is connected to Infor Nexus, with standardised...

Sud Express, the French women’s apparel retailer, has adopted Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides innovative business solutions for the planning, design, development, procurement and distribution of products – including apparel, footwear, sports equipment, furniture, home furnishings, beauty products, food and beverage, and luxury goods – that enable companies to achieve their strategic and operational goals for digital transformation.

Founded in 1977 by Patrick Bellaïche, Sud Express is a premium brand serving multiple generations of active and modern women. Sud Express has revenues of just under 50 million Euros a year, 350 employees, 140 shops based mainly...

Atos announces that it has been awarded a new contract to supply and install a new supercomputing cluster at Technische Universität Dresden (TU) in Germany. The supercomputer will be used for data intensive HPC tasks and data analysis at the Center for Information Services and High-Performance Computing (ZIH). Based on Atos’ powerful BullSequana XH2000 architecture, researchers at TU Dresden will use the new supercomputer for computational tasks in environmental research, life sciences, materials sciences and engineering, as well as for basic research in physics, chemistry and mathematics. It is scheduled to start operations in autumn 2022.

"We are pleased to continue...

Oracle has announced that Qatar Airways has implemented Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) as the multiple award-winning airline transitions through the pandemic and embarks on a major global expansion. With Oracle Cloud EPM, Qatar Airways financial teams gain the transparency and flexibility needed for more accurate planning, budgeting, and forecasting. The improved processes are helping the airline increase agility, improve insights and enhance business decision-making across the organisation.

As one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines Qatar Airways serves over 140 destinations, operating a fleet of more than 200 aircraft from its global hub at Hamad International Airport in Doha,...

Altium LLC announces the European dates for AltiumLive 2022 CONNECT, the industry’s leading electronics design conference. The free three-day virtual summit will take place February 2-4, one week after the Americas event. Both conferences will feature the same dynamic educational content and will include live Q & A sessions, interactive design education seminars, and online meet & greets.

Celebrating its fifth year, AltiumLive is the biggest global virtual conference for printed circuit board (PCB) designers. The annual gathering attracts the printed circuit board (PCB) design community’s greatest and brightest, with over 30 technical sessions on five uniquely curated tracks containing valuable...

Photonics West, the world’s premier lasers, biomedical optics, and optoelectronics event, is right around the corner and we cannot wait to see you in person at this one of a kind event! Stop by booth 1843 to learn more about the newest Zemax product releases and get a sneak peek at what is coming later in the year.

And don't miss our OpticStudio STAR Module demonstration to learn more about the SPIE and Photonics Media Prism Award Finalist.
OpticStudio STAR Module Product Demonstration: From Concept to CubeSat: Design and Iterate Faster with Zemax Software
Tuesday, 25 January 2022

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Key takeaways:

  • Multi-domain simulation models exist at many different levels of abstraction based on the decisions product leaders are making at different stages of the product lifecycle. Keeping the model abstractions coherent with each other is the next innovation needed to assure best decisions can be made in the context of current system performance requirements.
  • Pervasive sensing enables massive data collection for product performance analytics. Product usage is measured in near real-time providing valuable insights to designers, engineers, and their management.
  • Orchestrating the “as used” product measurements and the corresponding simulation models (i.e., digital twins) as...

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On Tuesday, January 11, Aras Corporation announced the merger of Minerva Group, one of Aras’ leading implementation partners, effective immediately. Minerva develops vertical industry solutions for medical devices and high-tech electronics companies based on the Aras Innovator Platform. Additionally, Minerva has extensive experience in the automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial equipment manufacturing industries and has a series of tools and add-ons to speed implementations helping customers to shorten their time-to-value.

Minerva is a long-time partner that has implemented Aras at nearly 100 companies and has a strong reputation with their...

ChristmanA-optANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 11 January 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Chairman Emeritus, Alan Christman, died January 9, 2022, in Boca Raton, Florida, following a short illness. Mr. Christman served as CIMdata’s chairman from 2009 through June 2017.

Peter Bilello, President & CEO of CIMdata, today issued the following statement: “CIMdata is sad that Alan Christman, a pioneer in CAM and NC programming technologies since the late 1960s and interactive CAD/CAM technology since the late 1970s, has died. Alan was a colleague...

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Low-code platforms help manufacturers bridge legacy domains and modern digital processes

Key takeaways:

  • While CAD, PDM, and ERP are often the core solutions in a digital thread, there can be hundreds of ancillary and legacy apps that contribute to the thread. Also, multiple data repositories can contain decades of data.
  • Connecting data, processes, and people is easier said than done, and once established, keeping the data and integrations current with processes and procedures often requires error-prone manual work or “enrichment” on both sides of any integration.
  • The digital twin paradigm requires implementing a robust and flexible digital...
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