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Key takeaways:

• Managing electronic components that meet design requirements in an increasingly complex systems development environment is error-prone and time consuming and the lack of accurate information can drive up costs and impact product launch schedules
• Ensuring electronics components are compliant (e.g., to RoHS, REACH, environmental, and conflict minerals) and not obsolete in the rapidly moving electronic products market requires considerable effort throughout a product’s lifecycle
• Trusted commercial data sources integrated with PLM solutions can dramatically increase product development productivity while avoiding delays and additional sourcing costs
• The Aras...

Free educational webinar focused on developing a strategy for educating PLM solution providers, will take place on December 2, 2015.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 5 November 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Training Best Practices for Solution Providers Education: The key to unlock PLM market value.” The webinar will take place on December 2 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will consider the options available for PLM solution providers when considering internal and partner PLM training.

According to the webinar host, CIMdata’s Practice Lead for PLM Success, Chris Gregory, “CIMdata’s consulting reveals that...

Arena Solutions: Providing a World-Class Cloud Solution

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 5 November 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a white paper on cloud-based PLM. PLM in the cloud has not only become accepted, it is now widely sought after in the high tech and medical device industries—with their enormous supply chains, highly regulated products, and being driven by first mover advantage. This white paper reviews the fundamental definitions of cloud computing, punctuates their salient differences, and highlights the characteristics of world-class cloud platforms while reviewing the capabilities of the company who was the originator...

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Key takeaways:

• Over 330 customers from 45 countries converged on the AVEVA World Summit in Dubai on 20-22 October 2015
• AVEVA’s acquisition of software assets from Schneider Electric will result in a much larger company, serving more industrial markets that will reduce AVEVA’s traditional reliance on the oil & gas industry
• AVEVA extended their support for visual decision making by introducing AVEVA Engage, a new solution that puts lifecycle data in context and makes it more accessible to all types of users supporting the design, construction, and operation of complex assets

Over the last decade, Dubai pursued...

Presentation will provide an overview of the new “PDM light” backbone at Airbus.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 4 November 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm is pleased to announce that Anders Romare, Vice President and Head of Engineering Applications at Airbus will make a keynote presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the Global Automotive Industry. This one-day event will be held on 24 November at the Sofitel Bayerpost, Munich, Germany.

The presentation, ARAS – the Airbus “PDM Light” Backbone, will provide attendees with an overview of the area of usage for this new “PDM light” backbone within...

Originator of Multi-Tenant Cloud PLM Makes Solution Scalable for Largest Enterprises

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 3 November 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a program review of Arena Solutions and their PLM portfolio.

Arena Solutions was the originator of multi-tenant cloud-based PLM. Since their inception they have continued to expand and evolve the functional capabilities of their solution portfolio, their hosted delivery model, and the underlying technology so that it is now capable of supporting the largest global enterprises. This paper discusses the issues facing manufacturing organizations across all industries and the need to have scalable,...

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Key takeaways:

• SAP is expanding their reach across the extended supply chain, focused on needs and opportunities in the age of smart connected products
• The platformization of the SAP portfolio on S/4HANA illustrates the evolution of the product innovation platform as defined by CIMdata and others
• Expansions like Innovation Management, Product Lifecycle Costing, and others are bringing new energy into SAP PLM, expanding their solution coverage to the full product record

CIMdata attended SAPs Extended Supply Chain Management (eSCM) analyst event at SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany on 29-30 September 2015. The SAP team put on a...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 28 October 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the start of its inaugural PLM Road Map for the Aerospace and Defense Industry. The theme of the event is Free at Last with 3D Model Based Design? No, Not Yet, Just a Little Bit Longer: Status Check and Next Steps for Aerospace & Defense OEMs and their Supply Chain Partners. Around 150 people registered for the event which took place at the Westfields Marriott, near Washington, Dulles.

The event comprised presentations made by industry-specific PLM users interleaved with short vignettes about topics of...

Presentation will explore the evolution of Model-Based Systems Engineering in the automotive industry.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27 October 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm is pleased to announce that Professor Dr.-Ing. Martin Eigner of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the Global Automotive Industry. This one-day event will be held on 24 November at the Sofitel Bayerpost, Munich, Germany.

Over the last decade or so, the exponential increase of embedded software, controllers, and other electronics found within automotive systems and the overall vehicle has elevated systems engineering to...

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Key takeaways:

• Product complexity is increasing as products become smarter and more connected
• As new methods and paradigms for design emerge the importance of PLM to manage the increased scope of requirements and information needed for design, development, manufacturing, and service continues to increase

Introduction

In their latest article on how technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) are changing products and business models, PTC President and CEO Jim Heppelmann and Dr. Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School discussed How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Companies.^[1] CIMdata is...