CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 18 October 2013

18 October 2013

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Publishes White Paper on Virtually Delivered High Performance 3D Graphics
• CIMdata Speaks at Webinar on Virtually Delivered High Performance 3D Graphics

Company News

• AMC Bridge Announces New Development Center in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine
• CADD Microsystems Launches the CADD Microsystems Foundation by Supporting the Special Olympics of Virginia
• EMO Hanover a success for OPEN MIND
• McCann Technical School Receives In-Kind Software Grant from Siemens PLM Software
• Palempati Promoted To Run WorkNC in India
• PTC Continues Commitment to Shared Value with Support for 2013-2014 Real World Design Challenge® Competition
• PTC Stimulates Channel Growth with New Solution Portfolio, Enhances Executive Commitment with Addition of Industry Veterans
• SURFCAM Names Additional Texas Reseller

Events News

• Aras to Present at CMII 2013 International Conference
• AVEVA World User Days for North America Announced
• Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Customer FORUM Showcases Companies Using the Power of 3D to Transform Industries
• Delcam Thailand to show latest CAM Developments in Bangkok
• Cimatron Sees Growth in Japanese Market
• Nationwide UK Preview of Alphacam 2014 R1
• Radan Shows Logistics Modules and the Brand New 2014 Release

Financial News

• Dassault Systèmes Releases Third Quarter 2013 Preliminary Non-IFRS Results
• PTC to Announce Fiscal Q4 Results on Wednesday, November 6th And Host Conference Call on Thursday, November 7th at 8:30am ET
• PTC to Host FY’14 Investor Day in Needham On Thursday, December 5, 2013
• SofTech Announces Q1FY 2014 Operating Results
• Tata Consultancy Services: Revenues Surge in Q2 Driven by Highest Volume Growth in Last Nine Quarters
  

Implementation Investments

• Auditdata A/S Selects Aras and the Minerva PLM Medical Device Solution
• Mariani chooses MPDS4 for 2D to 3D Packaging Line Design
• Transmode Improves Product Creation and Certification Processes with Empower PLM

Product News

• Altium Delivers New Altium Designer 14
• Bentley Systems Announces Immediate Availability of AutoPIPE Vessel V8iPowered by Microprotol
• BIMx Docs Brings Fully Integrated BIM Projects to the iPhone/iPad
• Delcam adds Vortex high-speed Roughing Strategy to FeatureCAM
• IMSI/Design Updates Its TurboCAD Mac Line to 64-Bit
• KeyShot Becomes First 3D Rendering App for GrabCAD Workbench
• Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Release of Vectorworks Nomad 2.5
• New release of AVEVA Engineering Offers Unrivalled Integration
• Plataine Expands Partnership with Siemens PLM Software to Deliver an Automated & Optimized Solution for the Composite Component Production Industries
• Radan 2014: Something for All
• Siemens NX 9 Delivers up to 5X Product Development Productivity across Industries
• SmartVoice in ZWCAD+ 2014: Innovation for More Convenient Annotation
• TraceParts Partners with RS Components to Offer 100 Million Free 3D Models to DesignSpark Mechanical User Community
• Version 4.0 of PROSTEP PDF Generator 3D even more Flexible
• Zuken Offers Enhanced Support for Manufacturing and Greater Ease-of-use

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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