CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 31 October 2008

31 October 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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2-5 DECEMBRE 2008, Paris Nord Villepinte - Hall 6 -France

At SCS Paris 2008 in collaboration with Thésame, CIMdata presents " Mechatronics Role in a PLM Strategy," on Wednesday, 3-December, from 10:00am to 12:00pm. As products continue to become more complex, and have begun to include a range of mechanical, electronic, and embedded software components. Successful PLM strategies and environments must provide solid support for product definition and management in this environment and must be able to handle the full product definition. This session will focus on the importance of managing the complete product definition, successful approaches taken by industrial companies, and the impact on their ability to deliver more competitive products and services to their customers."

You are invited to visit us at Hall 6 - Booth E 068

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Company News

• CGTech Invited to Chinese Numerical Control Competition (CNCC) as Special VIP Guest
• Dassault Systèmes Names Michel Tellier CEO of ENOVIA
• Delcam Offers Free Guide to Quality Control with On-Machine Verification
• ESI Group and COMEX NUCLEAIRE Collaborate to Reduce Design and Operational Costs
  
• ESI Group Strengthens Its Position in Europe and Opens a New Subsidiary in Italy
• HP Offers Customers New Level of Performance with Thin Client and Blade Workstation
• i get it® Signs On Its 100,000th Subscriber
• Lectra Appoints Roy Shurling President of Lectra North America
• New Management White Paper Series from First Trace
• Siemens PLM Software Provides $327 Million In-Kind Software Grant to Honolulu Community Colleges’ Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training
• Siemens PLM Software Signs Reseller Deal With TTL
• Study 3D Modeling on KOMPAS-3D Basis; ASCON to present a new training opportunities for 3D CAD beginners

Events News

• Altair Engineering Strategists to Project What Lies Ahead for Product Design at the 2008 NAFEMS North American Regional Summit Oct. 29-31, 2008
• Anark Showcases 3D CAD Transformation Platform at COE 2008 Aerospace & Defense Industry Workshop
• BlueCielo Presents InnoCielo ImandrA for IBM FileNet P8 at IBM Information on Demand 2008
• BlueCielo Showcases InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise and FDA Module at 2008 ISPE Annual Meeting
• CGTech to Feature VERICUT 6.2 at EUROMOLD 2008
• COADE’s CADWorx User Conference in Houston a Major Success
• Delcam to Show Machining And Inspection Developments at Autosport
• Delcam to Show New CAM Range at Metalex in Thailand
• ECE Solutions Introduces PIDMO for CADWorx Plant Design Suite at COADE’s CADWorx User Conference in Houston
• EMC to Welcome Nearly 1,500 Attendees at Momentum Europe 2008
• 46th Design Automation Conference Introduces New User-Focused Technical Presentation Track
• 46th Design Automation Conference to Feature IC Design Chain in Exhibit Floorplan
• INCAT® Will Present Two Technical Sessions at COE 2008 Industry Workshop – Aerospace and Defense
• New Sescoi Productivity Solutions Make Their Japanese Debut at JIMTOF

Financial News

• Aspen Technology Announces Selected Preliminary Financial Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009
• DS Reports 2008 Third Quarter Financial Results Well in Line With its Objectives
• Geomagic Receives $8M Investment from Valhalla Partners
• Lectra : First Nine Months of 2008 Results
• Magma Announces Second Quarter Earnings Call and Webcast
• PTC Announces Record Q4 and Full Fiscal 2008 Revenue; Issues Q1 Guidance and Full Fiscal Year 2009 Targets
• PTC: Q4 and Fiscal 2008 Prepared Remarks
• SAP Announces 2008 Third Quarter and Nine Month Results

Implementation Investments

• Autodesk Names ClearEdge Power as Inventor of the Month for October 2008
• Avnera Standardizes On Magma Implementation Flow -- Cites Fast Design Completion
• Cadence Encounter Test helps Hitachi Improve Product Quality and Lower Manufacturing Test Cost
• Cadence Low-Power Solution Enables Legend Silicon to Achieve 90nm First Silicon Success
• Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) selects CollabNet for Open Software Development Framework
• Eurostep France Receives Contract from Bouygues TRAVAUX PUBLICS to Deliver Building Information Management (BIM) Proof Of Concept
• Florida Department of Transportation Joins Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription Program
• Grace Semiconductor Adopts Cadence Virtuoso 6.1 PDK Development System
• Inotera Memories Expands Adoption of Magma's YieldManager, Leverages Enhanced Bitmapping Analysis to Maximize Yield of Advanced Memory Devices
• Litwin PEL Selects AVEVA PDMS for UAE Operations
• Moai Electronics Accelerates Flash Memory Controller Tapeout with Cadence Logic Synthesis and DFT Solutions
• Procter & Gamble Extends Strategic Relationship by Selecting Dassault Systèmes for New Product Development
• Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter and Solid Edge Software Named Standard Technology for Van Oord
• Synopsys DFT MAX Compression Achieves Mainstream Usage at 90 Nanometers and Below
• Trubiquity Announces Q3 Customer Wins
• Zlomrex Implements IFS Applications in Companies Belonging to the Group

Product News

• Agilent Technologies’ EMPro 3D Electromagnetic Design Platform Reduces Design Time
• COADE Releases CADWorx fieldPipe for CloudWorx, for Producing Intelligent, Specification-Driven Models from Laser Scans of Piping Systems
• Delcam Launches World’s First Tribrid Modelling Design Software
• GibbsCAM 2009 Shipping to Customers
• Hanley Releases MultiSurface Aerodynamics 3.1
• IBM Unveils Software to Help Clients Manage Content, Process and Compliance
• LEDAS Opens Up Parametric Modeling for Google SketchUp Users
• Mastercam Mill X3 Makes Current Processes More Efficient and Automated
• Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Platform Media Player for Rapid Delivery of Multimedia Applications
• Mentor Graphics Broadens Support of OVM Compliant Verification IP for IEEE802.3-2005 Gigabit Ethernet-based Designs
• New IBM Solutions Help Midsize Companies Maximize Business Performance and Efficiency
• Release of RuleDesigner PDM Support for Pro-E Wildfire 4.0
• Significant Enhancements are Added to ICEM Shape Design R19
• SURFCAM Velocity 4 Beta Shipped, Wins Praise From Testers
• Synopsys Announces Availability of DesignWare SATA PHY IP in SMIC 130-nm Process Technology
• Theorem Solutions Opens the way for the CATIA and 3DXML Communities to Work with JT Data
• Valor Offers New Dashboards Solution
  

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:

Here are the results from when we ran the poll in 2004 for comparison.

CIMdata Analysis

The latest CIMdata poll results identified that integration among CAD systems is the greatest interoperability challenge for companies (41% of responders). This is up from 23% four years earlier and indicates that managing CAD data from multiple sources across organization and the supply / design chain is growing in importance. As more companies outsource design to their partners, multi-CAD integration will remain a key success factor.

Integration with other PDM systems was identified as a leading challenge by 13% of responders – approximately the same as four years ago. This issue will continue as multiple PDM solutions are used throughout the design chain. However, as new architectures and standards are adopted, PDM to PDM integration, while essential, is becoming easier.

Several other interoperability areas were considered less challenging in the current poll versus four years ago. These include integration with enterprise resource planning systems and supply chain management. Each of these areas has been addressed by PLM solution providers during the four year period with both better integrations to third party solutions and incorporation of these functions within larger PLM solution suites. This has reduced the need/problems of integration for these areas.

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.

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