Presentation will show how a harmonized enterprise PLM platform can assist in global medical device compliance.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 14 April 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that David Sherburne, an Executive Director in the IT department at Carestream Health, will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech and Medical Device communities.

With over 30 years of experience spanning product design, IT applications development, project management, and process re-engineering, David Sherburne brings a unique perspective to conversations on enterprise IT programs. As a frequent contributor to industry publications and conferences, he regularly explores leading edge...

Presentation by Disney’s Matthew Loew will share the challenges and the lessons learned.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 7 March 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Matthew Loew, a senior project manager at Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), will make a keynote presentation at CIMdata’s Simulation-Driven Systems Development Knowledge Council workshop taking place in Troy, Michigan on April 27. The event is being held in conjunction with NAFEMS’ Engineering Analysis & Simulation in the Automotive Industry: Emerging Standards & Practices event.

Drawing on inspiration from the Walt Disney quote, “We keep moving forward, opening up new doors,...

Event presents PLM Industry Trends, 2015 Global PLM Market Growth, and Major Research Topics

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 April 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the successful completion of its 2016 North American PLM Market & Industry Forum—the first in a series of five global events. This year’s North American Forum was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 31 March 2016. There were 58 PLM industry participants, representing 22 leading global PLM software and service providers.

CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forums represent the world’s premier event for software and service providers focused specifically on...

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Key takeaways:

• SAP PLM has evolved into a capable solution to support lifecycle strategies for all but the most complex products from ideation through life
• SAP is expanding their “single source of truth” to include electrical/electronic components, requirements, and software assets
• SAP offers both discrete and formulation PLM on the same platform and several customers are leveraging their solution to address this type of product the complexity of products that combine these aspects

SAP management, partners, and customers were out in force at the SAP Insider Event at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las...

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Key takeaways:

• A&D value chain processes and technologies have to support a wide variety of complexities including development cycles of five to ten years; increasing complexity of systems, materials, and electronics; strict compliance and maintenance requirements; and decades long service lifetimes
• A critical concern in most A&D related companies is knowledge loss; over 35% of employees are baby boomers who started retiring in 2008
• Many product-related IT systems are obsolete and need to be replaced to support increasing business and product complexity as well as to capture and manage the knowledge that is leaving through retirement
• TCS...

Workshop will take place on May 25, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 30 March 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that CIMdata’s Innovation Engagement & Governance Knowledge Council will present a workshop on the topic of “Where do Good Ideas come from—strategies and tools to innovate better and grow faster and more efficiently in today’s connected economy.” The workshop will take place at the Biltmore Inn and Suites in Santa Clara, California on May 25, 2016.

The workshop is the must-attend event for industrial organizations and solution providers who are interested in...

Free educational webinar focused on gaining a better understanding about the use of PLM-enabling solutions to support knowledge capture and management processes, will take place on April 14, 2016.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 1 April 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “PLM Support for Knowledge Capture & Management.” The webinar will take place on April 14 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will consider the role that PLM-enabling solutions can play in providing a repository where individual thoughts and ideas are brought together to form a base of knowledge and as the...

Presentation will share an industry use-case in the application of Modelica and Functional Mockup Interface/Functional Mockup Unit.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 24 March 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Dr. Hubertus Tummescheit will make a presentation at CIMdata’s Simulation-Driven Systems Development Knowledge Council workshop which will take place at Michigan State University’s Management Education Center in Troy, Michigan on April 27. The event is being held in conjunction with NAFEMS’ Engineering Analysis & Simulation in the Automotive Industry: Emerging Standards & Practices event which will take place at the same location on April 28.

The...

Presentation will share details about how a strategic initiative to improve Dell’s on-time delivery experience was implemented.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17 March 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Sandeep Waghchoure, Director of the Business Transformation Program Office at Dell, Inc. (Dell), will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech and Medical Device Industries on the topic of empowering people to innovate.

In his presentation, “Innovating Organizational Change Management with Enterprise Deployments,” Sandeep Waghchoure will share information about a complex cross-functional strategic initiative that was undertaken at Dell leveraging 4 Disciplines...

Event will take place on April 25-25, 2016, in Chicago Illinois.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 March 2016—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Dr. Suna Polat, Director, Collaborative Innovation & Social Product Development Consulting Practice, will lead a special session at the Innovation & Growth Leadership Summit, which takes place on April 25-26, in Chicago, Illinois.

Sustaining profitable business growth is difficult for established enterprises in today’s networked economy. Good ideas can emerge from anywhere, and the next big competitor could even be a start-up. Businesses are aware, and are desperately seeking out new strategies, tools, and...