CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 7 March 2008

7 March 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata’s 2008 PLM Vendor Forum, “The Emergence of Large Enterprise Suppliers: New Opportunities for All”, will provide a focused review of the impact of the emergence of large-scale PLM suppliers and the challenges and opportunities that this market evolution creates for all PLM suppliers, along with a discussion of effective strategies to address these challenges. As always, CIMdata’s perspective on the state of the PLM market and trends will be reviewed in detail, as well as the first public exposure to CIMdata’s 2007 PLM Market Analysis; including statistics regarding market growth across PLM domains, industries, and regions, and the performance (revenue and market share analysis) of leading PLM providers.

Join us at this primary gathering of PLM technology and service providers to focus specifically on the PLM market and issues concerning its development and growth.

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Commentary: RuleStream Standards-Based Engineering for Custom Manufacturing
• How to Manage Analysis Data
• Last Call to Vote in CIMdata's Opinion Poll on Your Company's PLM Strategy

Company News

• Automotive Warranty Management Solution Requires Industry Collaboration
• FIT and Yunique Solutions Partner in New Fashion Product Lifecycle Training Program
• INCAT-HAL Aerostructures Limited Launched
• Microsoft Launches Document Interoperability Initiative
• New Survey From AIIM Reveals Organizations Continue to Struggle With Unstructured Information
• Paris to Beijing: Dassault Systèmes’ 'Virtual Plus Reality Challenge', a Three-Dimensional Race Based on Innovative 3D Technologies

Events News

• AVEVA Marine Users’ Meeting – 3 to 5 June 2008, Kobe, Japan
• ESPRIT 2008 to be Exhibited at Design & Manufacturing South
• E-Z-GO and Visiprise to Participate in New Product Introduction Event with IndustryWeek
• Save the Date! BlueCielo ECM Frontiers 2008 Americas – June 1-3, 2008, Coral Gables, Florida
• Sequence CTO Frenkil Details Ultra-Low Leakage Power Strategy at DATE
  

Financial News

• IBM: Watchtower Has Received Necessary Regulatory Approvals in Relation to the Recommended Cash Offer to the Shareholders in Telelogic
• IFS Enters a New Phase – Plans to Double Product Revenue and Sets New Financial Goals

Implementation Investments

• Algar Plastics Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Solid Edge and CAM Express Solutions
• Autodesk Honors Rutherford & Chekene for Integrated Project Delivery with Revit BIM Experience Award
• China Coal Research Institute Shanxi Coal Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. Automates Product Information Processing with PTC® Pro/ENGINEER®
• Delcam’s ArtCAM JewelSmith Used to Decorate VIP Jaguar
• GOŠA FOM Equipment & Machinery Company a.d. Selects Siemens PLM Software as its Global PLM Provider
• Hartmarx Selects NGC's e¬-PLM and TPM Software for Product Lifecycle Management and Shop Floor Control
• IHC Merwede Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Solid Edge and Teamcenter Express
• InterDesignTechnologies Selects D-Cubed 3D DCM for Mechatronics Simulation
• Many Companies in PLM Market’s Fastest Growing Segment Select Siemens PLM Software’s Velocity Series
• Nordic Windpower Adopts Arena PLM to Accelerate Rollout of Advanced Turbines in the U.S. and Abroad
• Penske Races To Win at Daytona 500 With PTC® Pro/ENGINEER®
• Pentair Processes Flow Faster with Dassault Systèmes
• PrimeYield LCC Enables Litho-Clean Tapeout for LG Electronics HDTV Application Chipset
• Seawell Limited Selects AVEVA PDMS for UK Operations
• Siemens AG Selects 3D JT Data Format as Global Standard for Long-Term Data Retention
• Singapore Institute of Technical Education incorporates AVEVA Marine Solutions
• Telelogic Signs Record 14.7 MEUR Group Agreement with the EADS Group
• Thales Alenia Space Satellites Blast Off with Technology from Dassault Systèmes
• Vendor Docs Management and Global Collaboration on Singapore Oil Terminal

Product News

• Ansoft Releases Nexxim v4 and Ansoft Designer v4
• CollabNet Virtualization Offering Cuts IT Infrastructure Costs By Half
• Dassault Systèmes Unveils Dymola 7.0
• Expansion of Ecosystem Drives Global SAP® Business ByDesign™ Solution Momentum
• Geometric Releases New Version of “eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER” With Support for Wildfire 4.0
• IMSI/Design Launches Green TurboCAD Professional v15
• Infor Announces New Version of Infor PLM
• KOMPAS-3D V9 and SpaceExplorer: it's Pleasure to Design
• New Software Versions v11 & v6 Now Available; PDM Add-Ons support Teamcenter 2007 (Unified Platform)
• Open Text Unveils Enterprise 2.0 Strategy
• Open Text Introduces Solution to Accelerate Social Computing and Collaboration in Organizations
• Robert McNeel & Associates and SpaceClaim Announce Rhino and SpaceClaim LTX Round-trip Integration
• Save Time, Get the Best of Both Worlds with CADSTAR E³.logic
• Siemens PLM Software Expands Alliance With Wipro Technologies to Further Enhance Value Delivery in High Tech and Telecommunications Sectors
• SolidWorks’ 3D ContentCentral 2008 Further Unites Global Engineering Community
• Streamline Online Review and Collaboration With Spicer ViewCafé 4.2
• Synopsys Enters Embedded Memory Market With Highly Differentiated IP
• Tech Soft 3D and Comet Solutions Announce HOOPS® Licensing Agreement
• The MathWorks Introduces New Versions of MATLAB and Simulink Product Families
• Valor Expands Its Business: Appoints Silgal as Representative in Spain and Portugal
  

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/research/polls/polls.php. 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 results for the last opinion poll are:

In CIMdata’s latest opinion poll, users provided insight as to the level of use of simulation and analysis (S&A) as part of the design and engineering processes. Almost 60% of the respondents indicated that they performed S&A on some portion of their products while another 37% indicated that they uses S&A on all their products. Only 5% indicated that they did not use S&A. Structural analysis was the most performed with CFD, Thermal and Motion all approximately equal in use. The respondents indicated that both S&A specialists and general designers are performing S&A.

This poll indicates a growing trend to use simulation and analysis more completely and consistently as part of the product development process. It also shows that S&A is being used by more than S&A specialists, i.e., it is becoming embedded in the normal design process. There will always continue to be a need for S&A specialists, and that more comprehensive S&A will be conducted as part of product development. However, embedding S&A capabilities within other tools and the capture of S&A best practices such that they can be shared and reused is enabling a wider group of users to perform many S&A functions. CIMdata expects this trend to continue and that S&A will become a fundamental part of the development process, not just a specialist activity.

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