CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 4 October 2013

4 October 2013

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces Expansion of Simulation & Analysis and Systems Engineering Consulting Practices
• ENOVIA Product Update: A CIMdata Highlight
  

Acquisitions

• Accenture Completes Acquisition of PRION Group
• Autodesk Signs Agreement to Acquire Structural Fabrication and Detailing Technology from Graitec
• Bentley Extends SACS’ Leadership in Engineering Software for Offshore Structures with Acquisition of MOSES

Company News

• Cimatron to Integrate MachineWorks' Polygonica Technology
• Luxion Announces ABISSE as KeyShot Reseller
• Phase II of Composite Data Management Project to Extend Support for Composite Innovation
• Tata Technologies Partners with iSquare to Provide Highly Specialized Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry
• TCS Named in Forbes’ World’s Most Innovative Companies List
• Tri-D Technologies Partners with Dassault Systemes

Events News

• 3D Systems Celebrates Manufacturing Day with Open House Events Nationwide
• Aras Sponsors Product Innovation & PLM Road Map Conference
• ATS to Showcase Edgecam during Six Solidworks Events
• Autodesk Hosts Annual Investor Day
• AVEVA exhibits at ADIPEC 2013
• AVEVA exhibits at INMEX India 2013
• Breakthroughs in Simulation & Optimization for Advanced Design & Engineering Take Center Stage at the 2013 Americas Altair Technology Conference
• CADLearning to Participate in Autodesk University Brazil 2013
• Delcam’s Complete CADCAM Range on Show across North America
• Delcam’s latest Developments on show at Euromold
• Visit Optitex at the IFAI Expo Americas 2013

Financial News

• 3D Systems Announces Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Third Quarter and Nine Months 2013 Results
• Infor to Hold Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q1 Fiscal Year 2014
• Infosys to Announce Second Quarter Results
• Rand Worldwide Reports Fiscal Year 2013 Results

Implementation Investments

• Aeronamic Selects Aras PLM and Minerva as Implementation Partner for Precision Manufacturing
• Entry Level Radan Doubles Ageing Nisshinbo Production
• Legendary Whitetails Selects NGC for PLM, Supply Chain Management and Raw Materials Management
• PVH Europe Chooses Centric Software for Product Lifecycle Management
• Rand Secure Archive Releases North American Survey Results on Data Governance

Product News

• Adams/Machinery Simulation Solution Continues its Market Momentum by Reducing Modeling Time by up to 80%
• ADX and Autodesk Form Partnership to Integrate Digital Design and Fabrication
• Altair Introduces HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel for Faster, More Accurate External Aerodynamics Simulation
• Automatic Machining Enhancements in WorkNC Dental V4
• BobCAD-CAM CNC Software Provider Releases New CAD-CAM Technology
• CAD MicroSolutions Partners with Altium to Provide Electronics Design Software, Support & Training
• CD-adapco Selects Siemens’ D-Cubed Software
• GibbsCAM Simplifies Machining Turbomachinery Components
• IMSI/Design Releases TurboCAD LTE V6 Line-Up
• NTT Data Joins the Aras Partner Program
• OPEN MIND Technologies AG: hyperMAXX now also for 2D Machining
• Perforce Software Announces Free, Cloud-Based Document Collaboration Service
• PTC Introduces PTC Mathcad® Prime™ 3.0; Supports the Most Advanced Engineering Design Calculations
• RuleDesigner PDM Express Available for Engineers using CATIA V5
• Siemens PLM Introduces Parasolid v26.0
• With Addition of Eight New Publishers, Knovel On Track for Record Year
  

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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NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
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