CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 5 September 2008

5 September 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata PLM Market Analysis 2008 Report "Actuals through 2007, Forecasts through 2012"

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CIMdata PLM Market Analysis ? 2008 Report “Actuals through 2007, Forecasts through 2012” comes in two modules.

This report presents an analysis of the 2007 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market. It includes analyses of the overall PLM market and its various sectors. These include cPDm, Tools and Tools sub-sectors, and Digital Manufacturing. This analysis provides CIMdata’s perspective on PLM across a variety of industry and geographic sectors, identifies market trends, reviews investments in PLM-related software and services during 2007, and forecasts PLM investments for 2008 through 2012. The forecasts are based on data available through the first quarter of 2008. It is important to note that the data and revenue information presented in this report are CIMdata’s estimates of the PLM revenue performance of the various suppliers. The PLM Market Analysis Report comes in two modules:

Module 1 presents an overview of the PLM market, overall market statistics, and an analysis of PLM suppliers' performance in 2007.

Module 2 builds on the information presented in Module 1 by providing detailed geographic and industry 2007 PLM revenue results and forecasts from 2008 to 2012. The PLM Market Analysis Report is sold as a stand-alone report or as part of the CIMdata PLM Community Membership.

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Releases its 2008 PLM Market Analysis Report: Comprehensive Information and Analysis of the PLM Market
• The Greatest Interoperability Challenges With Your PLM Systems is our New Opinion Poll

Company News

• CNC Software, Inc. Makes the CAD/CAM World a Little Greener
• Halmstad University Grooms Sweden’s Next Generation Engineers with the Help of Dassault Systemes
• NSF Grant Furthers Geomagic’s Work to Transform Product Design & Development
• RAND Worldwide Updates CATIA V5 Training with R18 Courses
• SoftInWay Introduces an Innovated Educational Version for Turbomachinery Flow Path Design

Events News

• Altair's HyperWorks Technology Conference Offers More Than the Average PLM Event
• AVEVA to Showcase Powerful New Release of AVEVA NET at ADIPEC 08
• Cimatron Group to Present Complete Line of CAD/CAM Solutions at AMB Exhibition
• COADE CADWorx Plant Design Webinar September 18th to Introduce CADWorx Design Review
• ESPRIT 2008 and ESPRIT Mold v9 at Machine Tool Fair OTA 2008
• Free Sept. 23, 2008 ECAD-MCAD Webinar Announced
• Geometric to Showcase CAMWorks 2009 at the IMTS Show
• ICAM Introduces Integrated PSE at IMTS 2008 ? Booth D-3106
• solidThinking, Inc. to Show Off Latest Software at the IDSA 2008 Polar Opposites Conference
• Spatial to Explore Multi-threaded Application Development at Upcoming 3D Insiders’ Summit
• Surfware to Announce Features of SURFCAM Velocity® 4 Powered by TrueMill®, Patent Allowance at IMTS, 2008
• University of Michigan “Focus on the Future” Automotive Research Conferences

Financial News

• Oracle Sets the Date for its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Earnings Announcement

Implementation Investments

• Flexsteel Fashions Furniture Design Advantage with SolidWorks Software
• Jerry Leigh Selects NGC’s e-SPS® Software as Strategic Platform for Global Sourcing and Visibility
• Lamborghini Takes Simulation by the Horns and Selects MSC.Software
• Mentor Graphics Veloce Deployed by Mitsubishi to Deliver High-Quality HDTV Video Decoder Chip
• Nikon Precision Inc. Selects PTC® Arbortext® to Streamline Product Information Delivery
• Pernoud Cuts Data Handling and Quoting Time by up to Half
• Schueco Improves Photovoltaic Solar Panel Performance Using FLOVENT Thermal/AirFlow Simulation Software from Flomerics
• Tycos Continues Collaboration with think3 to Deliver High Standard Tooling Solutions

Product News

• Agilent Technologies and T-Tech Announce Agreement on RF Printed Circuit Board Design and Prototyping
• GibbsCAM Post Processors Available for Mori Seiki's new NZ Series
• hyperCAD® 2008.1 from OPEN MIND; New Version with Numerous Innovations
• Rasterex Releases RxAutoImage R9.0
• Rasterex Releases RxSpotlight R9.0
• Zuken Opens Access and Gives Control to Users of Latest Version of CR-5000
  

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/polls/polls.html. 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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