CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 3 July 2008

3 July 2007

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Agilent Technologies Acquires Nano Instruments Business of MTS Systems Corp.
• Cash Offer for Flometrics by Mentor Graphics
• EDS Announces Expiration of Waiting Period Under Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
• Open Text Acquires Division of Spicer Corporation
  

CIMdata News

• Reminder to Vote in the CIMdata Opinion Poll, How Your Company Manages Simulation & Analysis
  

Company News

• Arena Solutions Adds New Strength to Its Management Team
• Autodesk Presents Revit BIM Experience Award to Design West Engineering for Extensive Use of Revit MEP Software
• Bentley Expands Building Energy Analysis Software Portfolio Through New Exclusive Worldwide Agreement
• Centric and Hokura Enter Agreement Focused on Fashion Industry Services Delivery
• Delcam Sets up Representative Office in Vietnam
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Division holds biggest-ever Sales Partner Meeting
• FDA Expands Cooperative Research and Development Study (CRADA) With Conformia
• Mentor Graphics Retains Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch to Advise On Unsolicited Offer From Cadence Design Systems
• Parametric Technology Awards Top Execs Extra $1.9 Million in Change in Control Bonuses
• Quorum Land System 5.0 Becomes an SAP-Endorsed Business Solution
• SAP Appoints New Presidents in EMEA and Latin America; New Executives to Deliver Further Profitable Growth
• Stephen Diehl Named President and CEO of Surfware, Inc.

Events News

• CAD Schroer Shows Turnkey Installation Providers How to Win More Business Anniversary
  
• Intergraph® Icon Awards Recognize Industry and Government Leaders for Vision and Innovation
• SoftinWay to Exhibit AxSTREAM™ Flow Path Design Software at Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit in Hartford, CT
• Surfware to Present Major New Release of SURFCAM Velocity(R) 4 Powered by TrueMill(R) at IMTS 2008
• Turbomachinery Flow Path Design Workshop Featuring AxSTREAM™ Software Suite to Take Place in Boston, October 7-9, 2008
  

Financial News

• Dassault Systemes Schedules Second Quarter - Webcast and Conference Call for July 31, 2008
• Open Text to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2008 Financial Results on August 19, 2008

Implementation Investments

• Burmeister Selects IFS to Support Future Growth
• Carbon Motors Selects Dassault Systèmes as its PLM Solutions Partner
• Infor Streamlines Collection Design Processes for Celio
• MSC.Software Accelerates Engineering Simulation in Leading Power Management Company, Delta Electronics
• SyCSA Increases Production 200 Percent by Embracing 3D Design Technology
• Variation Reduction Solutions, Inc. Selects Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Robotics for F-35 JSF Project
• VRSI to Use DELMIA Robotics for F-35 JSF Project
• ZTE Improves Documentation Management and Publishing with PTC® Arbortext® Content Publishing Solution

Industry-Wide News

• EDA Consortium Reports Industry Revenue Down Slightly in First Quarter 2008

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Introduces Most Reliable Link Test Solution for OBSAI Standard Interconnects
• Dassault Systèmes Spins Off its French PLM Sales Division “DSF” to Keonys
• Enable Compliance with printLogic 5.6 Dassault Enovia MatrixOne Batch Printing Integration
• FISHER/UNITECH Introduces Direct Recruiting and Placement Services for the Technology Business Sector
• Geometric and Wonderware Partner to Deliver Manufacturing Solutions
• Intergraph® SmartPlant® Instrumentation and PAS Integrity/DOC4000 Products to be Integrated
• Pilgrim Software Introduces SmartEngineer™, a Document Management Solution for Engineering and Quality Collaboration
• Store Construction Module Provides SaaS Project Management Tool for Retailers

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/research/polls/polls.php. Each week the results of the previous poll will be included in the CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to help you stay on top of trends in the PLM industry.

Take a moment to visit the site and vote on our current poll.

The results for the last opinion poll are:

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

Analysis
In another sign that PLM is moving from the engineering department to the board room, more than 55% of the those responding to CIMdata’s latest opinion poll indicated that the most important criteria in their company’s PLM evaluation and selection process were the ability to address their process and business requirements. Coming in a second with approximately 18% were technology features and functions. In CIMdata’s experience this illustrates that more and more companies understand PLM’s business enabling characteristics and as a result fewer companies see these solutions as just an extension of a computer-aided design (CAD) system.

Additionally, less than five percent (5%) indicated that the products and solution suppliers they currently work were an important criteria in their company’s new PLM evaluation and selection process. This would appear to indicate that an incumbent PLM solution supplier doesn’t have a significant edge in new competitive situations. This may reflect a willingness to change, dissatisfaction with the incumbent, or a potential underestimation of the effort/cost that could be required to migrate from a long-time established environment.

Finally, it is important to note that just less than twelve percent (12%) indicated that the future vision and direction of the supplier played an important role. In CIMdata’s opinion this is somewhat disappointing and it may indicate that either today’s solution suppliers are doing a poor job communicating their vision and direction and its value to their customers or that industrial companies are too focused on today’s (short term) requirements – a situation that can have long term negative consequences for a company.

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