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A CIMdata eBook in Partnership with Dassault Systèmes

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 21 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, released a new eBook focused on strategies and technologies to reduce risk and improve business outcomes for capital projects in the oil and gas, chemical, and power industries.

Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) firms and owner-operators alike face challenges complying with project schedules and budgets as project complexity continues to increase. Incomplete integration among multi-disciplinary design teams and with project management processes results in problems surfacing late in project execution.

This eBook presents CIMdata’s perspective on the use of...

Educational webinar will present a framework to simplify enterprise network management and enable more effective and efficient collaborative innovation.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Digitize Your Enterprise Network Management for Competitive Advantage.” The webinar will take place on March 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour.

According to research undertaken by the Wharton School of Business, the Network Orchestrators, that is businesses based on digital platforms and virtual networks, are two to four times more valuable and significantly more...

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The morning of February 7, 2017 brought news that Carl Bass was resigning from Autodesk effective February 8. This seemingly sudden announcement is the culmination of years of transition at Autodesk, marked by an accelerated pace over the past few months. Mr. Bass acknowledged as much in a blog post, where he commented that he has been in discussions with the board related to this change “for the past couple of years.”

Mr. Bass is only the third CEO in Autodesk’s history, having taken the helm from Carol Bartz in 2006, who succeeded Autodesk...

The workshop, sponsored by three of CIMdata’s knowledge councils, will take place on June 6 & 7 in Chicago, Illinois.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 7 February 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it will offer a workshop on the topic of “Driving Manufacturing Innovation with Digital Design & Simulation: Challenges, Strategies, and Best Practices for Business Success.” The workshop will take place at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) in Chicago, Illinois on June 6 & 7.

The workshop will start during the afternoon of June 6 and will end on June 7....

Enabling improved manufacturing practices to enable clients to have a higher understanding of their processes and products – delivering enhanced customer satisfaction and increased brand equity.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the expansion of its Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) Consulting Practice. This consulting practice focuses on bridging the flow of data and integrating processes between manufacturing and the design, fabrication, and operation of facilities and infrastructure to improve processes and products through the product lifecycle. The MSE practice will concentrate on new and emerging technologies, including the Internet...

Discussion will take a look at what optimization is and why some engineers are anxious about it.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 26 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata’s Practice Manager for Simulation and Analysis, will join a roundtable discussion that will consider the outlook for Optimal Design Technology. Dr. Meintjes will be joined by Advanced Engineering Solutions’ Dr. Andreas Vlahinos.

Historically, engineers have been able to rely on industry knowledge, expertise, and aesthetics to decide how a product looks. Now, they have an alternative path available—one that involves generative design,...

Presentation will include a discussion on the challenges and opportunities associated with the “single digital thread” vision.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 25 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is pleased to announce that Don Tolle, CIMdata’s Director for Simulation-Driven Systems Development Consulting Practice & Knowledge Council, will make a presentation at the INCOSE International Workshop which takes place in Torrance, California from January 28-31. Mr. Tolle will make his presentation titled, The intersection of PLM, MBSE, SMS: What’s next, on Sunday, January 29 as part of the MBSE Workshop: SE Transformation & MBSE Initiative.

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According to the Aras Corporation (Aras) web site, the company had a very large win at the end of 2016. They closed a 50,000 seat deal at General Motors to support enterprise change management, vehicle bill of materials (EBOM & MBOM), variants and options, and other lifecycle processes. The implementation is underway now.

CIMdata believes that Aras was selected because of its technical capabilities, business model, and the architecture’s ability to support complex configuration management, which was an important use case. CIMdata has...

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Key takeaways:

• De-customization and standardized configuration of PLM and MES solutions are gaining momentum
• Leveraging more than 30 years of enterprise PLM and MES experience, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a global leader in de-customization and standardized configuration of enterprise software solutions
• HPE has helped Penske improve the efficiency of its PLM solution while reducing implementation errors and costs, as well as reducing upgrade time
• HPE has supported a global automotive OEM, which produces more than 9 million vehicles annually, to achieve competitive leadership through the smart standardization of its MES systems

Configuration and Customization in the World...

Webinar will discuss the performance issues faced by users in dealing with large product assemblies.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Ken Versprille, CIMdata’s Practice Manager for Social Product Development & Collaboration, will keynote an ENGINEERING.COM webinar, titled “Managing Large CAD Assemblies,” on February 23, 2017.

The webinar, sponsored by Siemens PLM Software, will discuss the performance issues that users face in dealing with large product assemblies. Dr. Versprille will highlight the market pressures driving the need for large assemblies and expose a number of best practices that...