CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 17 April 2009

17 April 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• IBM—A Leading Provider of Product Lifecycle Management Solutions (CIMdata Commentary)
• PTC Expands Mathcad Management (CIMdata Highlight)

Company News

• Annual Contest of KOMPAS-3D Professionals Continues
• Arena Solutions Adds New Premier Level to Its Trusted Advisor Program
• Autodesk Brings Historic Designs to Life in New Discovery Channel Series DOING DAVINCI
• Autodesk Extends Reach to Worldwide Partners and Resellers with Partner Portal
• Autodesk Helps Inspire Student Designers at FIRST Robotics Competition
• Autodesk Offers AutoCAD 2010 Software to Student Engineering and Design Community Members
• Intergraph® Renews Partnership with Rolta
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM cuts prosthetic programming times by 75%
• Lectra Names Simon Poulton Vice President of Sales, Strategic Fashion and PLM for North America
• Zweave Offers PLM Stimulus Package
• ZWSOFT Announces Winners of ZWCAD CAD Design Contest

Events News

• Announcing the ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2009: Mechatronic Development – an Interdisciplinary Challenge
• Apache Design Solutions to Host Noise Integrity Workshop at the Design Automation and Test, Europe (DATE) Conference
• COADE Discovery Tour Scheduled in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for April 28th Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite
• Delcam GmbH to Show Latest PartMaker at Turning Days, Germany
• Delcam to Show Latest Signmaking Software at Sign and Digital
• ESPRIT 2009 by DP Technology at the Erie Tool Show, Erie, Penn., April 21-22
• ESPRIT 2009, by DP Technology, at the Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS) 2009, Columbus, Ohio, April 28-30
• ESPRIT 2009, by DP Technology, to be Exhibited at the Lean Manufacturing Expo, Buena Park, Calif., April 22-23
• Gibbs-Mazak Collaboration Extends to Exhibits
• Latest GibbsCAM MTM Multi-Task Machining Enhancements Featured at PMTS 2009
• Oil and Gas Industry to Benefit From ANSYS Successes at Offshore Technology Conference
• Oracle Kicks Off Registration for Oracle OpenWorld® San Francisco 2009
• The MathWorks Shares Expertise on Model-Based Design at SAE World Congress 2009
• Webcast: Optimizing Product Development Processes from Formula 1 to Aerostructures

Financial News

• ANSYS, Inc. to Release First Quarter 2009 Earnings May 7, 2009
• Cadence Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results Webcast
• DS Releases Preliminary First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
• MSC.Software to Report First Quarter Financial Results and Hold Conference Call on May 7, 2009
• PTC to Announce Fiscal Q2 Results on Tuesday, April 28th and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, April 29th at 8:30 am ET

Implementation Investments

• American Wave Machines Inc. Uses PTC CoCreate to Design the World’s First Standing Wave Surf Machine
• Aston Martin Chooses STAR-CCM+ for Vehicle Aerodynamics and Thermal Management
• IHI Corporation Selects ANSYS Quality Assurance Services for Development of Nuclear Equipment
• Leading European metals and mining company signs services contract for implementing IFS Applications
• NXP Adopts Mentor Graphics’ Veloce Hardware Emulator to Accelerate Time-to-Market for Their HDTV and Set-Top-Box Chip Sets
• Organogenesis, Inc. Selects Pilgrim Software’s ECQM Platform to Manage Key Compliance & Quality Systems
• Priva Technologies Integrates Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer Solution Into SoC Design Flow
• PTC Delivers Enterprise PLM Solution to Force Protection, Inc. for Faster Product Innovation
• Sequence PowerArtist Slashes Power, Significantly Increases Productivity at Ubicom
• Synopsys PrimeTime Advanced On-chip Variation Analysis Enables Renesas to Accelerate Timing Closure at 65-nm and Below
• USANA Health Sciences Goes Live on Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management

Product News

• Akoya Announces Launch of Design Workbench Product Suite
• Autodesk Developer Network Supports 2010 Software Portfolio for Design
• CollabNet Transforms Distributed Software Development With Release of TeamForge 5.2
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Certified for Autodesk Inventor 2010
• EVE Significantly Enhances Hardware Debugging Capabilities of Its Leading Emulation Platform
• HARcad Enables the Development of Wiring Harness Systems According to ISO 9001
• Informative Graphics Enables Agile Enterprise Content Management With Multi-Format Viewing and Collaboration for IBM FileNet P8
• Magma's New Talus Design Delivers Fastest Design Turnaround and Superior Results for Advanced Chips
• New Version of Lectra's Software Suite for MFC Furniture Automated Leather Cutting System Improves Productivity for Upholstered Furniture Manufacturers
• Proficiency Solutions Power Dassault Systèmes CATIA Migration Solution
• Synopsys Introduces Lower Power, High-Performance Architecture for AMBA 3 AXI On-Chip Interconnect
• The MathWorks Introduces New Versions of MATLAB Parallel Computing Products
• think3 Presents TD-PLM, the New Web Based Solution for Implementing a PLM System
• 3Dconnexion Launches Its Most Powerful 3D Mouse Ever: the SpacePilot PRO
• TransMagic R8 to Support 3Dconnexion's 3D Mice

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 results for the last opinion poll are:

The latest CIMdata Opinion poll (March 2009) sought to understand what PLM solution suppliers can do to successfully sell their solutions in today’s stressful economic times. The choices from which participants selected primarily focused on various forms of cost and/or benefit-related strategies. As illustrated in the graphic, one-third of poll participants indicated that the solution supplier community needs to do a better job articulating their solutions’ value propositions (e.g., show how their solutions reduce cost and improve efficiency). This is not too surprising since during stressful economic times, most companies are clearly looking for quick return on investment (ROI) initiatives. What is somewhat surprising is that only 7 percent of participants indicated that solution suppliers should offer alternative payment schemes (e.g., leasing, etc.). In times where many companies are generally cash-poor and/or reluctant to layout cash, it would actually make sense for them to seek purchasing arrangements where they don’t have to spend capital to receive measurable business benefit.

Another surprising result of the poll is the very low percentage of participants who indicated that the most important thing that could be done was for solution suppliers to ensure that their software supports a company’s preferred Information Technology (IT) platform (e.g., .NET, Java, etc.). This is surprising because managing multiple technology platforms can, and usually does drive up support costs significantly. Furthermore, it has been CIMdata’s experience that companies generally seek to reduce IT support costs during stressful economic times by consolidating platforms and/or systems. This is a trend we have seen during past stressful economic times and one which we expect to see more of in today’s economic climate.

Finally, it is worth noting that 24% of poll participants indicated they feel that all of the strategies mentioned are valid options for PLM solution suppliers seeking to be successful in today’s stressful economic climate. This in fact means that more than 50% of poll participants would actually like to see PLM solution suppliers better articulate their solutions’ value propositions. This is by no means a rounding error; clearly this is an area in which solution suppliers have to do a better job.

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

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