CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 19 August 2011

19 August 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• ESI Group Announces the Acquisition of IC.IDO, the Leading European Vendor of Immersive Virtual Reality Solution
• HP to Acquire Leading Enterprise Information Management Software Company Autonomy Corporation plc
• SGI Acquires OpenCFD Ltd., the Leader in Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software

CIMdata News

• PLM Road Map 2011 Update: Expanded Information & Breakout Track Details Now Available

Company News

• Arizona State University Develops Aerospace Engineering Curriculum Based on MATLAB and Simulink
• AVEVA Joins OpenHCM Consortium
• CIMdata Recognizes Geometric as One of the Five Most Rapidly Growing CAM Software Vendors in 2010
  
• Concepts NREC to Represent IOSO across the Globe; Two leading software companies have agreed to offer IOSO Design Optimization Software to turbomachinery customers
• CONTACT Expansion in the DACH Region; New sales manager south, another office in Munich
• Delcam Sales Partner SEACAM Appoints Twelfth Partner in Brazil
• 4D Technologies Announces CADLearning for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012
  
• Fujitsu Establishes Common Eco-Design Standard for Development Centers in Japan and Europe
• ICAM Signs VAR Agreement with Desktop Engineering ltd.
  
• KPEC GmbH is PROSTEP PDF Generator’s 3D Sales Partner for Turkey
• Leading Universities in Brazil Join Bentley’s Be Careers Network
• Mori Seiki helps the Nuclear AMRC to Grow the UK Nuclear Supply Chain
  
• Planit Support Portal Usage Grows, as Early Response Times Increase
  
• PRION India Wins the “Best Service Partner of SISW India 2011” Award
  
• Siemens PLM Software Named HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year
• 2011 Tekla North America BIM Award Winners
  

Events News

• Altair Engineering Announces HyperWorks 11.0 Workshop Series
• Altair ProductDesign to Unveil BUSolutions LCO-140H, the World's First Series Hydraulic Hybrid Transit Bus Sept. 7, 2011
• Aras to Sponsor CMII Europe 2011 in Germany
• Delcam Offers Free Update Days for UK Users
• Delcam to Hold Free Technical Update Seminars Across North America
• Delcam to Launch OrderManager for Orthotics at AOPA
  
• Delcam to Show Latest Inspection Software at GTMA Metrology Event
• Endeca to Host Webinar on Social Intelligence
  
• Making the Case: Why Product Management is Critical to Company Success (Free Webinar)
• Pro Engineer - MATLAB Connector Webinar, September 16, 2011
• Register for the Upcoming COE Ask the Experts Webcast: Implementing PLM Change in a Multi-Cultural Environment
• Speakers and Poster Authors Announced for 2011 FLOW-3D World Users Conference
  
• Supply Chain Integration is Focus of Third Boeing/Northrop Grumman Global Product Data Interoperability Summit
• 2011 NAFEMS European Conference: Simulation Process and Data Management (SDM) Call for Papers; Abstracts Due September 5
• What's New in SpaceClaim 2011+ (Webinar, August 24)
  

Financial News

• Autodesk Reports 16 Percent Second Quarter Revenue Growth
• HP Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results and Initiates Company Transformation
• Mentor Graphics Reports Fiscal Second Quarter Results
  
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2011
  

Implementation Investments

• AGCO Licenses 4CS iWarranty Service Intelligence and Supplier Warranty
• Antonov State Enterprise Selects Siemens PLM Software for Cargo Aviation Projects
  
• Brazilian Utility Sabesp Deploys Bentley’s WaterCAD, Reduces Water Loss in Sector of its East Business Unit by 57 Percent
• Edgecam “Won Convincingly” in Search for New Software
  
• Health Sciences Company Nordion Inc. Selects Pilgrim Software’s On-Demand Solutions
• Leading Aerospace Engineering Services Company Hyde Group Selects HyperWorks for Structural FE Analysis
• OJSC Aviadvigatel Develops Russian PD-14 Engine for the MS-21 Jetliner with Siemens PLM Software's NX and Teamcenter Solutions
  
• Poly-Ject Steps Up to Cimatron to Deliver High Quality Tools 40% Faster (Case Study)
• Quelch Roughing 400% Faster with GibbsCAM VoluMill
  
• TEKTELIC Communications Adopts Omnify Software for Product Lifecycle Management
  

Product News

• AEC (UK) Launches Updated CAD Layer Standard
  
• Autodesk Debuts AutoCAD for Mac 2012 Products Built for Mac OS X Lion
  
• Autodsys Releases IntelliCAD 7 Standard
• Bidirectional Transient Field Cable Co-simulation in CST STUDIO SUITE 2011
  
• Cabinet NG Introduces Industry First Features with CNG-WEB 8
• CCE’s EnSuite Enables Global Interference Checking of Multi-CAD Assemblies
• Celeritive Technologies Signs VoluMill™ Agreement with NCCS
• COMSOL Releases Geomechanics Module – Advances into Soil and Rock Mechanics Simulations
  
• Important Update for AutoTURN 8.0 and AutoTURN Pro 3D Available Now
• MathWorks Adds OPC-HDA Support for Process Historian Data Analysis within MATLAB
  
• Moldex3D eXplorer 2011 for Solid Edge Officially Joined in Moldex3D's Family Products
  
• SyncroFIT® 2011 Software for Airframe Assembly and Fastener Management is Now Available for NX
  
• Tetra 4D Announces Release of 3D PDF Converter v. 3.2
• Zuken Launches Electrical Topology Diagram Generation Software
  

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:

The intent of CIMdata’s most recent poll was to encourage more conversation about the reality of how too many PLM projects are currently being executed and experienced across our multiple industries.

When asked what percentage of PLM initiatives encounter substantial unexpected obstacles, surprises, detours, and interruptions in the project along the way, an overwhelming 75% responded that the majority of PLM projects do. And some 30% responded that they thought nearly all PLM projects experience these challenges! If these sample poll results are accurate for industry in general, it means that the PLM community (i.e., the PLM software vendor, systems integrators, consultants, and others) hasn’t provided the guidance, skills, training, software, etc., or some combination of said elements, needed to be foolproof.

When asked to identify the primary cause of these challenges, the reasons attributed were in order: technical, business, organizational, solution, and last financial. The good news is that very few projects are believed to go off the rails due to the wrong solution selected or from an unresponsive supplier. The bad news is that too many PLM projects are encountering technical obstacles in which CIMdata believes the majority of could have been predicted and mitigated with more realistic planning and assimilation of best practices.

These results confirm what CIMdata’s has seen from audits we have performed or projects we have been asked to complete or restart. Rarely do we encounter a technical obstacle that we have not seen before and know can be successfully overcome. As example, we often advise our clients in CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Certificate training programs that the technical issues of application integration, interoperability, migration, and data quality can cause the best intended PLM projects with even modest scopes to fall behind schedule and above budget. We also often discuss the cultural adoption issues that tend to get in the way of an organization’s ability to take 100% advantage of the new process and business capabilities provided by the chosen solution. In the end, PLM is like most complex multi-variables equations—they take a focused effort and can be more easily solved by organizations that can bring to the table experience and a well defined set of best practices.

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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