CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 19 April 2013

19 April 2013

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces Successful 2013 European Market & Industry Forum and Releases Its 2012 PLM Market Analysis

Company News

• Centric Software Names Fabrice Canonge Vice President, General Manager of European Operations
• Cimatron Donates Leading CAD/CAM Software to North Iowa Area Community College
• D|C|CADD Earns Autodesk MEP Systems Engineering Specialization
• DEM Solutions Named 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Winner
• Pratt & Whitney Partners with University of Connecticut to Advance Additive Manufacturing Research
• PRION Group Announces Global Alliance Agreement with Siemens PLM Software
• Mentor Graphics Collaborates with The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) to Open Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory
• Technia Establishes a PLM Competence Center in Mumbai, India

Events News

• 12th AVEVA World France User Meeting Opens for Registration
• 3D Systems’ Anchors First Inside 3D Printing Conference
• How to Manage and Organize Ideas for Process Improvement
• Industry Analyst Joe Barkai Presents on The Future of Manufacturing at Aras ACE 2013 Conference April 30 – May 2
• Lectra to Sponsor North Carolina State University's Fashion Week 2013
• Mastercam Software Used Exclusively at WorldSkills Leipzig 2013
• Nemetschek Scia Previews Centralized BIM Solution for Steel Fabrication
• New Features in KRONTIME 2013
• Omnify Software to Hold 2013 Global Customer Conference May 16-17 in Lake Buena Vista, FL
• Saab to Present at Aras ACE 2013 Conference April 30 – May 2
• Tata Technologies Engineers Present Two Innovative Papers at SAE 2013 World Congress – Auto Energy Recuperation and Fuel Efficiency, Door Set/Sag Simulation
• Tata Technologies Presents Autodesk Design Smarter Seminar at Automation Alley, Experts to Discuss Benefits of Design Automation Strategy

Financial News

• ANSYS to Release First Quarter 2013 Earnings on May 2, 2013
• CENIT Increases Sales in 2012 by 10% and EBIT by 28% Compared to the Previous Year
• SAP Announces First Quarter 2013 Results – Non-IFRS Software and Cloud Subscription Revenue Increased 25% at Constant Currencies
• SofTech Announces Q3 Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Results
• TCS Closes FY13 with Sustained Growth Momentum

Implementation Investments

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Purchases SoftInWay’s AxSTREAM 3.2 Software for Large Utility Steam Turbines Design and Analysis
• Herrenknecht Uses ESI’s Collaborative Virtual Reality Solution IC.IDO to Make Engineering Decisions
• Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries upgrades from Tribon to AVEVA Marine
• JSC "NIIK" Selects AVEVA for Integrated Engineering & Design

Product News

• 3D Systems Releases Geomagic Design
• ASCENT-Center for Technical Knowledge® Releases 10 New Autodesk Official Training Guides for Autodesk® 2014 Software
• Bentley Releases Bentley Descartes V8i (SELECTseries 4)
• BridgePoint from Mentor Graphics Provides Agilent GC Instrumentation Division an Efficient Methodology for Embedded Software Development
• CAD/CAM Technology Increases Workflow Efficiency in CNC Machining
• CGTech Announces New VERICUT® Training Video Sessions
• CNC Software Company Releases Multiaxis Machining Technology
• Completely Revamped TurboCAD Mac Pro and Deluxe v7 Ships
• Dassault Systèmes Launches My.SolidWorks
• IMAGINiT Technologies Launches Revit Health Check
• Inspection Geni 4.0 Release for the Design Community
• Kubotek Comparison Suite Version 11.5.1 is now Available
• Lectra Continues to Improve Product Development with Modaris® V7R2
• Manufacturing Software Company Uses Technology to Streamline CNC Machining
• Mentor Graphics Announces Successful Integration of the MontaVista Automotive Technology Platform into a Yocto Project 1.3 and GENIVI 3.0-compliant Platform
• RISA Technologies and Tekla Partner to Offer Steel Connection Design In Tekla Structures
• OR Laser and LEDAS Sign Long-term Service and Consulting Agreement
• Trelligence Announces New Affinity 8 Release
• Trimble Announces New Version of Trimble RealWorks Software
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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 most recent poll focuses on the use of PLM enabling solutions to support service in the field. The results for the last opinion poll are:

It is clear from this poll that the respondents do service their products in the field. Many of them (over 73%) manage some or all of their product service information in their PLM-enabling solutions. This is a good finding, as it implies that these companies are leveraging the intellectual assets developed during product development for downstream applications like field service. One big issue facing field service is the configuration of what is being serviced. What is in place in the field is often very different from the product originally delivered to the customer. These changes can accumulate from actions by both the customer and the company that originally provided the product. What is important is that these changes are tracked so that the service team can have the right information, right tools and right parts to take the necessary service actions. Nearly 38% of the companies responding manage all as-maintained product information, and over 62% manage some as-maintained configurations, which illustrates that there is still significant room for improvement.

While companies maintain service information in PLM, it is not the system used to define service plan in all companies, with just under 23% saying they define them in PLM. The poll did not ask, but many ERP systems have such capabilities, or they could be relying on the world’s most common PLM-enabling solution, Microsoft Excel.

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