CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 19 July 2013

19 July 2013

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• 3D Systems Completes Acquisition of Phenix
• PTC Acquires Enigma; Advances Market Position in Service Lifecycle Management (SLM)

Company News

• Bentley Systems’ London Office Achieves LEED Silver Certification, Underscoring Company’s Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
• Cansel earns Autodesk Civil Infrastructure Specialization
• Delcam adds 30 Graduates and Undergrads to Birmingham Staff
• F1 in Schools and Autodesk Partner to Deliver Design Software to Students Worldwide
• Free CAD Downloads up, Further Growth Predicted
• Industry Partnership Forms “Complete Solution”
• MachineWorks expands its Support and Development
• Nemetschek Allplan is joining the “TUM Center of Digital Methods for the Built Environment” at the Technical University of Munich
• Red Cedar Technology Announces Distribution Partnership with Xitadel Group
• solidThinking Partners with Boundary Systems to Support Rapidly Growing solidThinking Inspire User Community
• SURFCAM Appoints South Korean Reseller
• Tata Technologies signs MoU with BITS Pilani
• Trace One Names Michael Bromme as Senior Vice President to Further Drive US Market Growth

Events News

• 3D Systems to Present at Needham Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference
• Aras Announces ACE 2013 Japan September 26 Tokyo
• TopSolid at EMO Hannover 2013

Financial News

• Infosys: Q1 Revenues Grew by 13.6% Year-on-Year; 2.7% Quarter-on-Quarter
• Tata Consultancy Services: Strong Volumes Drive Another Stellar Quarter
• TOA Technologies Raises $66 Million to Transform Global Field Service Management
• SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013

Implementation Investments

• Accuride International now Offers 3D Downloads in 15 CAD Formats
• BAE Systems Standardizes on Infor
• CD-adapco Brings Virtual Testing Capabilities to USA Luge
• Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics
• Russia’s Technoproekt Strengthens its Relationship with AVEVA

Product News

• 3D Systems Announces Geomagic 2014
• Altair's Compute Manager 12.0 Scales Beyond 500 Concurrent Users and 500,000 Jobs, Managing Big Data from HPC Faster
• Altium releases Maxim Integrated Board-Level Design Content Online
• CADLearning Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Course for Architects, Students and Faculty
• Delcam Enhances Integrated Electrode Solution
• EMA Announces CircuitSpace 5.0
• Edgecam Global Community Launches Alongside New Software Release
• FabStream ™ Announces Official Production Version of SoloPCB Design™ Software
• IMAGINiT Technologies Launches Utilities for Civil 3D 2014
• Mastercam X7 Mill Brings Speed, Efficiency, and Automation
• New AVEVA Bocad software offers 30-40 percent project savings
• New i GET IT Knowledge Management Subscription Packages Open Leading On-line Engineering Training Portfolio to All Subscribers
• PDF3D C TECH Partnership Brings Technological Advantage to Geological Engineers
• Silicon Labs and Altium Release Design Content for EFM32 Gecko MCUs
• Vector Software Announces Integration with Polarion Software Products
• Visure Solutions Integrates with ALM Hub to Simplify Data Exchange Between Customers’ Tool Chains
• Yunique Solutions Announces YuSnap Mobile App Combining Creativity with Efficiency to Further Accelerate the Fashion Product Development Process with YuniquePLM
• ZW3D 2013 Student Supports Global Education with Over 10 Languages Available

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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