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Key takeaways:

• Actify’s solutions enrich and complement existing enterprise environments, such as PLM and ERP, by bridging information silos to provide informed analysis of disparate data, providing product data intelligence.
• The Actify suite works both within enterprise environments and as a standalone solution that provides an intelligent, visual-based view into product information.
• The solutions are deployed as a service and priced by the size of the user community.

Common Data Intelligence Issues

Discrete manufacturers of all sizes share a data problem: How to maximize value from all of the information that is available about products and services? This...

The webinar will show how cloud PLM can be used to help unite disparate best of breed software solutions.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that James White, Director for Additive Manufacturing Strategy, will take part in a webinar entitled, “Leverage Best Of Breed Software With Cloud PLM.” The webinar will demonstrate how users can best leverage the tools they know while still achieving the enterprise governance they need.

Webinar attendees will gain an understanding about:

• The role of cloud PLM in the manufacturing tech stack
• How cloud PLM helps engineers and...

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Key takeaways:

• Infor continues to invest heavily in “Infor OS,” a strong platform technology stack that includes AI (“Coleman”), Data Lake and Analytics, BI, Cloud, and Common User Experience among others.
• Numerous Infor applications are being rewritten to leverage the capabilities of Infor OS, combining them into a seamless SaaS Cloud offering for their users.
• Infor has made a major commitment to embedding AI and data analytics within their full product suite and providing the tools to help their customer through the digitalization journey.

CIMdata recently attended Infor’s Innovation Summit 2018 held March 19 and 20 in...

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Key takeaways:

• Multi-disciplinary Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is still in the early stages of industry adoption, similar in nature to the state of MCAD and MCAE technology adoption in the early 1990s.
• Early adopters of model-based engineering techniques are working to implement an integrated MBSE/MDAO approach within selected programs and domains with positive metrics of success; albeit not without the normal cultural challenges of organizational/process change and related people training.
• System architecture design and modeling languages such as SysML are maturing to meet the needs of the engineering community in designing, developing, and maintaining more robust...

The presentation will consider the how digitalization will impact the future state of engineering.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 4 May 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its Vice President, Stan Przybylinski, will make a presentation at SAP’s PLM-Infodays entitled, “Digitalization and the Future of Engineering.” SAP’s PLM-Infodays will take place at the SAP University, St. Leon-Rot, Germany on 8-9 May. Mr. Przybylinski’s presentation will take place during the afternoon of day 1 of the event, on 8 May.

The recent corporate emphasis on digitalization has been driven by technology trends like social, mobile, analytics, cloud,...

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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...