CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 15 August 2008

15 August 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Autodesk Announces Intent to Acquire 3D Geo, Leader in Geospatial Infrastructure and Urban Modeling Solutions

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Publishes a New Review of the Dassault Systemes’ V6 Program; A Focus on a “PLM 2.0” Vision for Enterprises
• Reminder: Only Ten Business Days Remain to Participate in our Latest Opinion Poll
  

Company News

• Magma Names Kevin Moynihan General Manager and Vice President of Design Implementation Business Unit
  

Events News

• AVEVA to Showcase Unique Global Engineering Capabilities at the Seatrade Middle East Maritime 2008
• COADE Discovery Tour in India Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite Sets Attendance Records
• Delcam China to Show Complete New CAM Range at CIMES
• Delcam to Show Latest PowerINSPECT Release at IMTS
• OPEN MIND at AMB 2008 in Stuttgart: hyperMILL®: The Comprehensive CAM Solution for Flexible Production
• SAP Expands Scope of Annual SAP(R) TechEd Events to Address Unprecedented Ecosystem Growth
• Synopsys Showcases DesignWare IP Solutions for PCI Express, USB and SATA at Intel Developer Forum 2008
• 2009 Abaqus Users' Conference Call for Papers; Abstracts Due by November 6, 2008
  

Financial News

• Autodesk Reports Record Revenue of $620 Million in its Second Quarter of Fiscal 2009
  

Implementation Investments

• Alchip Adopts Synopsys' Eclypse Low Power Solution
• Aspen Technology Selected by Cabot Corp. to Enhance Its Global Supply Chain Systems
  
• Computer Gaming, Desktop Software and Retail Applications Developers Turn to 3DVIA Virtools for 3D
• Delcam’s ArtCAM Helps Royal Mint to Commemorate End of First World War
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Aids Growth at Toolmakers
• Dyadem Helps Moll Industries Design Out Defects Before Manufacturing
  
• Infor Automotive Essentials Fuels Growth for Grupo Aunde
  
• Kirloskar Brothers Utilize PTC’s Pro/Engineer® to Design Pump Engineering Solution for Turnkey Indian Irrigation Project
• Mentor Graphics Eldo Adopted by TSMC for Cell Library Characterization of 40 Nanometer Technology Node
• PEAK Surgical Uses SolidWorks Software to Develop Low-Temperature Surgical Cutting and Coagulation Tools
• PTC® Retail Solution Launches at JCPenney
• RTI Biologics Selects Pilgrim Software for Compliance & Quality Management Solutions
  
• Wison Heavy Industry Selects AVEVA for Use on Offshore Projects

Product News

• ArtCAM, a Creative Yet Simple Way to Making Authentic Furniture
• Autodesk Announces Stitcher Unlimited 2009 and ImageModeler 2009 Software Products
• Autodesk Announces 10-Year Anniversary Release of Maya Software
• Autodesk Revolutionizes Plastic Part Design With Technology Preview of New Inventor Plastic Features
• Bentley’s Forthcoming MicroStation Release to Incorporate Luxology’s Photorealistic Rendering Engine
• BlueCielo Launches InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework 2008
• Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp. Licenses Luxology’s Nexus Rendering Technology
• Geometric Releases NestLib® Version 21.5
• InterSpec Named an Autodesk Preferred Industry Partner
• New Versions of Autodesk NavisWorks Product Line Now Available
• Pilgrim Software Introduces SmartDesigner™ ? A Tailoring Solution for SmartSolve® Applications and Beyond
  
• Powerway Suite Targets Highly Audited Industries
• RuleStream to Extend AutoCAD Integration with Autodesk’s RealDWG Platform
• SpaceClaim Standardizes on HyperShot for Photographic Rendering of 3D Designs; Relationship Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2008
  
• Sparx Systems Partners With Siemens PLM Software to Integrate Advanced UML Modeling with Product Lifecycle Management
• Synopsys DesignWare IP for PCI Express Used as the Gold Standard in Intel Lab at Intel Developer Forum
• Synopsys Launches Full Range of Silicon-Proven DDR3 and DDR2 IP Solutions for SoC Designs
• Trubiquity Expands Sales Partnership Program to Japan
• Trubiquity Introduces TRUfusion to Automate Data Exchange
  

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
The results of last month’s poll (What is the primary driver for deploying PLM solutions within your business) indicate that cost savings and cycle time reductions are still the leading drivers for PLM implementations. These two areas represent over 50% of the responders primary drivers (25% for cost savings and 28% for cycle time reductions). These have been the primary drivers for over four years ? in a similar CIMdata poll in 2004 over 53% indicated the same primary drivers. New product introduction also remains important with 16% of respondents indicating that it was a primary driver. These results confirm that enterprises are under pressure to get new products to market faster while continuing to reduce costs. These pressures reflect the need for companies to improve their profitability and maintain their competitive position through faster delivery of more products.

Improving manufacturability is also an important driver with 14% of respondents indicating it was primary. This is up from just over 3% four years ago and indicates the increasing importance of being able to more efficiently (and more cost effectively) manufacture the increasing number of new or improved products being brought to market. Other factors such as serviceability and regulatory compliance are drivers but at this time less important than cost and time reductions.

For comparison results from this poll when it was featured in 2004:

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