CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 15 May 2009

15 May, 2009

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Publishes 2008 NC Software Market Report Showing Market Growth of 5.2% in 2008
• “ECAD-MCAD Collaboration Solutions”A New White Paper from CIMdata
  

Events News

• CimatronE and GibbsCAM Highlighted at Machine Tool Event in Italy
• COADE Discovery Tour to Feature CADWorx Plant Design Suite on May 26 in Lisbon, Portugal
  
• “Mastercam X4 Live!” Event Unveils CAD/CAM Announcement
• Sescoi Concludes French User Seminar Events
  

Company News

• Arena Reports Double-Digit Increases in First Quarter Customer Annuity Subscriptions
• Cadence Announces Winner of Second EMEA Student Design Contest Engineering
• Cognizant And SAP Announce Global Services Partnership
  
• Dassault Systèmes Wins PACE Award for DELMIA Automation
• Delcam Achieves Third Place in CAM Sales
  
• Delcam CRISPIN to show latest footwear CADCAM at Shoe & Leather
• Delcam launches Professional Services Group with Singapore Seminar
  
• GibbsCAM Certified by Autodesk for Inventor 2010
• IMAGINiT Technologies Supports Autodesk Assistance Program for Displaced Workers
• New Web Image for think3
• Open Text Enterprise Library Services Achieves SAP Certified Integrations
• Oracle and SYSTIME to Co-Develop Business Process Integration for Oracle's Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  
• PTC to Speak at the JPMorgan Technology Media and Telecom Conference On Monday, May 18, 2009
• Siemens PLM Software Appoints Steffen Buchwald to Drive Continued Growth in Russia
  
• think 3 and BWIR sign letter of understanding on Engineering Services
• V.i. Labs’ Software Piracy Data Validates Industry Trends
  
  
  

Financial News

• A Fifth of PC Software in United States is Pirated, Posing Challenges to High Tech Sector and Cyber Security
• Agilent Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
• Aspen Technology Announces Selected Preliminary Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009
• Avatech Solutions Reports Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Results
  
• Microsoft Announces Debt Offering
  
• MSC.Software Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2009
  

Implementation Investments

• CGS Customer Priscilla of Boston Recognized as an Apparel Top Innovator
• Chico’s FAS, Inc Selects Gerber Technology’s webView Product to Improve Global Collaboration, Workflow and Tracking
• Five-year partnership will see TCS helping Volkswagen Group UK consolidate in order to ‘sell more vehicles, sell more parts, drive down costs'
  
• Infor Lights the Fires of Cost Control at Promethean
• Mentor Graphics CFD Application Helps Develop Spray Gun with 50% Larger Pattern in Significantly Less Time
• Synopsys IC Validator Adopted by NVIDIA
• The Italian province of Piacenza has kicked off a major manufacturing project by developing a ‘virtual bridge’ with help from Dassault Systèmes
• Vectorworks User Nathan Kipnis Designs Home of the Decade
  
  
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Introduces Education Kits for Analog, Digital and RF Engineering Curriculum
• Algor Offers Expanded Modeling and FEA Techniques and Improved Support for Multiple CAD Tools
  
• ANSYS 12.0 High-Performance Computing Capabilities Mean More Productive Use Of Engineering Simulation
• Auto Repair Wizard Introduced in TransMagic R8
• Berkeley Design Automation Delivers Analog FastSPICE Platformwith 2x Higher Performance and 10x Higher Capacity
  
• Centric Adds Product Profitability Planning Module to PLM Suite
• Centric Software Introduces Connector To Link WEBPDM, Centric 8 PLM Suite
• COADE Releases CADWorx Design Create and CADWorx Design Viewer for Publishing and Viewing Date-Limited, Password Protected Review Models
  
• DS SolidWorks Extends Support for SolidWorks 3D CAD Software
• Intergraph Expands SmartPlan 3D Plant Design Software Functionality
• Lattice Technology Releases New Lean Manufacturing Book, Available Free of Charge
• NGC Takes Compliance to a New Level with Latest Releases of PLM and Global Sourcing Software
  
• Siemens PLM Software Announces New Releases For Its D-Cubed 2D Component Software Solutions
• Spatial’s Rapid Application Development Framework Accelerates Manufacturers’ Time-to-Market
• Synopsys PrimeTime PX Power Analysis Solution Achieves Broad Market Adoption
  
• TransMagic Introduces STL PRO for RAPID Manufacturing
  
  
  

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:

CIMdata’s April survey looked at the need for PLM-related analytics. This has been an area of interest for the past two or three years, and the PLM solution providers are building more analytics capabilities into their product suites. The results of the poll provide some insight as to the need and potential use of PLM analytics. The first question asked whether companies develop and/or use PLM analytics. The responses were nearly evenly split—53% indicated use and 47% said they were not using analytics. This reflects the state of maturity in that while analytics are become more important, many companies have not put in place the solutions and mechanisms to enable the capture and use of them. Even when some analytics are available, users may not have access to them in a manner that encourages use. We believe that this will change over time as analytics become more embedded in the product development and management lifecycle.

When asked if PLM analytics would be helpful, 43% responded “definitely” and another 43% said “maybe.” Only 14% of responders indicated that they didn’t know, or that analytics would not be useful. This large positive response reinforces our thinking that PLM analytics is becoming an important part of PLM-related information, and that the need will continue to grow. Who will use PLM analytics? Responses to the poll indicated that 35% think engineers and designers need analytics to help them perform their work. Another 42% of respondees said that product / program development managers need analytics. Combined (77%) these responses reflect a strong need by those working directly within the product development processes for PLM-related analytics to help them work better. Others for whom it was felt that analytics could be beneficial are operational staff, e.g., VP of Engineering, (15% of responses) and corporate management (8% of responses). The responses reflect that persons at all levels of the enterprise can use PLM analytics; however, each will have different needs and will use different analytics within their work.

When asked about PLM analytics benefits, responses were relatively evenly distributed. Almost 18% indicated that analytics related to program status would be helpful, and more than 34% indicated that analytics related to problem areas are needed. Another 27% indicated that one of the major benefits would be to help better understand how product decisions can impact corporate performance. Almost 15% indicated that analytics would help speed the decision-making process and about 6% indicated there could be other benefits. These responses indicate that using PLM analytics can provide benefits in many areas of product development. As PLM analytics become more widely-used, we expect the benefits to increase both to help individual productivity as well as improve corporate performance.

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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