CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 31 May 2013

31 May 2013

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Dassault Systèmes to Acquire Apriso

Company News

• 3D Systems and SYNNEX Corporation Join Forces on 3D Printer Sales
• Advanced Solutions Awarded Advanced Specialization in Process Plant
• Cansel and ClearEdge3D Announce new Reseller Agreement
• Capture Real Time with Javelin’s White Paper
• Centric Software Earns Coveted Spot on Prestigious Red Herring Top 100 List
• D|C|CADD Expands with Second Austin Location
• HingePoint Announces AEC Technology Autodesk Partnership
• Joint Venture Contract Signed Between AVIC-BIAM and ESI Group
• Kelar Pacific, LLC Announces an Exclusive Partnership with CTC in California
• Lectra Appoints Shane Cumming as Vice President of Sales, Fashion for North America
• Moldex3D and PME fluidtec enter into a Joint Development Agreement for Fluid Injection Molding Process Productivity Enhancement
• Nemetschek Vectorworks Establishes Local Presence in Chicago and Los Angeles with Regional Account Managers
• PCO Innovation and PTC Reinforced their Strategic Partnership
• Siemens’ new Learning Advantage for Academia aids Manufacturing Competitiveness
• TopSolid’Wood 2013 at Ligna
  

Events News

• ASCON to Hold C3D and PLM Briefings at COFES Russia 2013
• Autodesk to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Technology Conference
• AVEVA Exhibits at Nor-Shipping 2013
• AVEVA Presents at High-Profile Alberta Events
• CCE Showcases Free Software at Siemens PLM Connection 2013 Conference
• CimatronE Live Milling with Mitsubishi at Feimafe, Brazil
• COFES Russia 2013 Begins in Peterhof
• Edgecam More Than Doubles UK Training to Meet Demand
• New York City Department Of Buildings To Keynote Event On NYC Building Information Modeling (BIM) Site Safety Guidelines
• Top Systems and LEDAS Present Brand New Geometric Kernel RGK at COFES Russia 2013
• TowerJazz Participates at DAC with Major EDA Vendors to Showcase Latest Tools Combined with its Superior Technology
  

Implementation Investments

• Al Ajmi Engineering Consultants Selects Proliance Software to Standardize Capital Program Management
• CaetanoBus Streamlines its Electrical Design Processes Using Capital Software from Mentor Graphics
• Children Worldwide Fashion Selects Centric Software for Product Lifecycle Management Software
• Delcam’s ArtCAM Gives Ice Sculpture Higher Quality in Half the Time
• Jason Wu Implementing Cloud-Based FashionManager Solution
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies' Newest 3-D Electromagnetic Simulation Software Release Targets EMI Compliance
• CNC Software Unveils Mastercam X7
• Delcam Launches free CAM for SolidWorks
• DEXMA Labs Releases PLM Solution with new Approach for Small to Mid-sized Companies
• Enhancements to ANSYS® HFSS™ Promote Streamlined Electromagnetic Simulation
• Fatigue of Composite Structures: New Tool for Fatigue Life Prediction of Woven Fibres
• Mentor Graphics and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Deliver 20nm Design Kits for Advanced Design Enablement
• MyCadbox™ Online CAD Viewer Released
• New Stand-Alone CAD Piping Software to be Released at CADavenue.com
• Scientifically Aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform 9.0 Breaks New Ground in Big Data Management
• Siemens’ Dimensional Planning and Validation Software now Benefits SMB Manufacturers
• Yunique Solutions Announces Release of PowerGrid to Accelerate Data Entry and Editing in YuniquePLM
• ZW3D Pushes the Limits of 3D Printing with Lower Design Complexity
  

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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