Bringing Together PLM and Factory Automation: The Surprising Success of PTC...
The 2018 alliance between PLM developer PTC and automation company Rockwell is one of the more surprising events to occur in recent years. The move by PTC chief Jim Heppelmann and his Rockwell...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: SAP Phases Out PLM to Become Reseller of Siemens Teamcenter in...
After what must have been years of negotiations, two longstanding market competitors have become more like friends with the announcement of SAP and Siemens Digital Industries deciding to form a...
View ArticleThe Pie Chart of PLM Procrastination
Product lifecycle management encompasses a world of contradictions and misunderstandings; this is often—but not always—due to sales and marketing jargon and a lack of consistent language across the...
View ArticleSiemens-SAP Partnership Unites PLM with ERP. Marriage of Convenience?
In the world of digitalization, SAP and Siemens Digital Industries have been leaders providing enterprise platforms, digital twins and digital thread applications, from PLM to ERP, CRM, MES, SCM, SRM,...
View ArticlePLM in the Pandemic. Interview with Oleg Shilovitsky
Why are these guys smiling in the middle of a pandemic? You will need to watch the video to find out. Caution: you have to be a CAD/PLM geek to think anything about this is remotely funny. (Scroll down...
View ArticleThe Medidata Acquisition Proved to be Dassault’s Q2 Hit in Light of the...
In the light of recent developments, Dassault Systèms' purchase of Medidata just over a year ago may prove to be a pure strike of genius. The company engages in clinical trials for medical technology,...
View ArticlePLM and Model-Based Product Support: PTC Wins Prestigious $100 Million U.S....
Is it possible to produce really big business given the coronavirus pandemic’s crippling effects on many of the world’s large enterprises and organizations? Absolutely. Just ask PTC’s CEO, Jim...
View ArticleThe Future of Digitalization Speaks Low Code: PLM Insights from Mendix World...
Seriously? There's no app for that? With low code, engineers can build their own apps using a minimum of programming skills. In recent years, digitalization, personalization and digital transformation...
View ArticleA Stroke of Genius That Saved the Day: Siemens’ Purchase of Mentor
Siemens AG Group recently reported its third fiscal quarter (the second quarter of the calendar year), which saw an overall slight decline in revenue. In light of the global coronavirus pandemic, of...
View ArticleThe Long and Winding Road to the Cloud: Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE and Why...
Change is often a tough process when moving a PLM platform from an on-premise installation to a Cloud equivalent. Dassault Systèmes’ journey is a good example of how long and winding the road to this...
View ArticleHow Low-Code Platforms Power Insight-Based Decisions Across Digital Twins
(Image courtesy of Scratch Team/MIT Media Lab.) Digital twins help design, simulate, operate, maintain and optimize their physical twin counterparts. Understanding the decision-making processes and...
View ArticleSOLIDWORKS' CEO: "We Will Never Fight With a Low Price as an Argument for PLM...
One of the secrets behind Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS’ journey to becoming a world-leading software in the mainstream desktop 3D CAD arena is its sensitivity to users' wishes regarding improvements in...
View ArticleOne of the Great Minds Behind SOLIDWORKS’ Success is Dead. RIP, Vic Leventhal
One of the legends of the CAD industry is dead. Vic Leventhal was the man who organized SOLIDWORKS’ sales and market approach in the early years—something he did so successfully that the desktop-based...
View ArticleMaking All the Right Moves: Saving Ericsson and Dassault From a PLM Failure
Reaching Phase 1 in Dassault's 3DEXPERIENCE PLM platform implementation at the Telcom giant Ericsson should have taken 15 months. Instead, by the time the first phase of the system launch took place...
View ArticleAras Continues to Extend Its Low-Code Platform Capabilities to Build...
Aras, a digital industrial application company, announced the availability of Aras Innovator 12 with increased usability and greater efficiency across the extended enterprise. (Picture courtesy of...
View ArticlePTC, John Bean Technologies and Freshly Frozen Little Green Peas
On the surface, freezing freshly harvested green peas may not sound too advanced. However, this is much more challenging than meets the eye—at least, if it is being done on an industrial scale. Leif...
View ArticlePLM and Digital Threads Are Not Quick Fixes When the Coronavirus Downturn...
What's happening in the PLM field for the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry? The issue is a hot topic not only in the wake of the dramatic coronavirus’ effects, but also related to...
View ArticleTECHNIA CEO Quests for an Acquisition that Sharpens Simulation Competence
Why is TECHNIA, one of Dassault Systèmes’ leading PLM channel partners, acquiring another simulation company? I examine the matter in today's article. As recently as the end of 2018, TECHNIA completed...
View ArticleCIMdata on Siemens Teamcenter X: “Fully Embracing the Cloud”
Contributed By: Peter A. Bilello, President and CEO, CIMdata Inc. For more than twenty years, there have been dozens—if not hundreds—of enterprise-level cloud-based software solutions designed to...
View ArticleHot News: PTC Acquires Arena PLM, and What This Means in the PLM World
Today's hot news in the PLM world is PTC’s surprise announcement regarding the purchase of PLM developer Arena Solutions. It’s clear that SaaS in the cloud is something that PTC’s chief, Jim...
View ArticleWhat PLM Professionals Can Gain from Digitalization
A roundtable featuring Peter Bilello, president and CEO of CIMdata; Marc Halpern, VP and analyst with Gartner; and Torbjörn Holm, founder and technical fellow with Eurostep. (Image credit: CIMdata’s...
View ArticlePLM Meets the Digital Thread
CIMdata recently held a unique virtual event to share important information to all PLM professionals. (Image courtesy of CIMdata.) This year’s CIMdata PLM Roadmap and PDT conference, jointly organized...
View ArticleDelivering Business Value from Data Continuity, Model-Based System...
How mature and robust is the digital thread in your organization? How are industries addressing the long-lasting requirement for enterprise integration, and is it getting easier or just more complex?...
View Article“World Class CAD and PLM” is the Goal: Sportscar Developer Koenigsegg...
Dassault Systèmes' CAD software CATIA is one of the most commonly used systems in the automotive industry. The V5 version of CATIA is the one that most often applies; therefore, it is an important...
View ArticleSKF CTO’s Homework to PLM Developers: "Get Better at Working Together"
She is one of an increasing number of women in power in what was previously an almost completely masculine-dominated domain: the engineering arena within manufacturing OEM companies. We're talking...
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