CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 2 July 2009

2 July 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• ITI TranscenData Acquires Proficiency

CIMdata News

• CIMdata, Inc. Successfully Introduces PLM Certificate Program
• Last Opportunity to Vote in our Current Opinion Poll

Company News

• Assemblies Over 20 000 Parts – Easy With KOMPAS-3D; ASCON Awards Winners of 7th KOMPAS-3D Modelling Contest
• COADE CADWorx P&ID Featured in Chemical & Engineering Progress May 2009 Issue
• COADE Donates CADWorx Plant and CADWorx P&ID Software to Louisiana Technical College
• Delcam Adds to Toronto Support
• Dyadem Expands Direct Presence in Europe
• Enthusiastic and Positive Global Adoption of MapleSim Beats Expectations
• NSERC-Toyota-Maplesoft Industrial Research Chair in Mathematics-Based Modeling and Design Announced
• Rand Worldwide Now Offering Siemens PLM Software to Meet Customer Driven Demands
• Seoul Data System Introduces ROHR2 Program System in Korea
• Virage Logic Expands Presence in India to Serve Growing Market Demand for Broad IP Portfolio
• Virginia Tech And The MathWorks Collaborate To Expand Matlab And Simulink Use Throughout Engineering Students And Faculty

Events News

• Cadence CDNLive! EMEA User Conference Energizes the Electronics Industry
• COADE Webinar on Using PV Fabricator for Developing Vessel Fabrication Drawings Scheduled for July 16, 2009
• Delcam to Show Complete CAM Range in Vietnam
• Delcam’s ArtCAM Users to Meet in Kansas City
• ESPRIT at Difficult Manufacturing Technology Show 2009, Nagoya, Japan, July 2-4
• 46th Design Automation Conference Management Day Provides Timely Insights and Valuable Interaction with Industry Peers
• SoftInWay Has Scheduled Educational Events for Engineers for July-December 2009

Financial News

• Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008
• Cranes Software’s FY09 Consolidated Revenues up 33% to Rs. 5,289 Million and PAT Higher by 6% to Rs. 1,213.1 Million

Implementation Investments

• Aquantia Deploys Synopsys IC Validator and IC Compiler for 40nm Quad 10GBASE-T Design
• Billabong Selects NGC for PLM and Global Sourcing
• Carl Zeiss Meditec Reduces New Product Introduction Cycle with PTC CoCreate
• Catalog Data Solutions Selected by Northwestern Tools for Online CAD Downloads
• Defense Group Saab Signs Corporate Agreement With IFS
• Eyelit's Integrated Manufacturing Execution (MES) Software Selected by Umicore Electro-Optic Materials Division for Germanium Wafer Production
• Hitachi Achieves 40% Reduction in PCB Place-and-Route Design Time With Cadence Global Route Environment
• Renault Chooses Dassault Systèmes Full V6 PLM to Improve the Company’s Productivity and Product Quality
• Synopsys MVSIM Adopted for Low Power Verification of STw8500 Mobile SoC Platform
• Virage Logic Sees Strong Adoption of Company's Broad 40nm IP Product Portfolio
• Worldwide Aerospace Supplier, LISI AEROSPACE, Chooses HyperWorks to Streamline Development Processes for Fastener Systems

Product News

• ANSYS Releases ANSYS Icepak 12.0 Software
• Cadence Collaborates with Toshiba Corporation on Integrated Design Environment for COT and SoC Design
• Collision Avoidance in 3D Immersion
• Interoperability a Key Enhancement of AVEVA Marine
• LightWork Design Releases LightWorks 8.1
• Mentor Graphics Extends Catapult C w/Support for Control Logic to Enable Full-Chip High-Level Synthesis
• OptiTex Introduces Fabric Testing Utility

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 latest poll continued to explore the need for, and use of PLM analytics. In the latest poll, the first question asked was what PLM analytics would be most useful. Responses to this question were evenly divided across all options. Providing visibility to outstanding changes and resource dependencies were the two most requested needs (27% of respondents each). Such visibility would enable designers, engineers, project managers, and others to understand the number of changes pending incorporation and in development, as well as the number of completed changes. Visibility into the cost, schedule, and use/availability of resources helps identify risks and bottlenecks in the development process and enables managers to be proactive in addressing these issues.

The third most requested need (22%) was for information related to scheduling so that managers can quickly review the status of development projects and programs. Cost information was identified by 14% of responders as another need for analytics. The status of project cost (over/under/on budget) is important in managing overall budgets to ensure that funding is available when needed.

When asked how frequently users would like to get analytics, the overwhelming majority (71%) indicated that real-time delivery and access is preferred. This reflects the continuing pressure to make decisions faster and to continually shorten the product development process.

Finally, most respondents (59%) indicated that they would like to see PLM analytics delivered in multiple ways, e.g., email, automated phone calls, and pop ups within other applications as well as via standard reports.
These responses continue to reinforce the need for more status about the development process—from cost to schedule to resources as well as information about ongoing tasks and changes—to be available online and in real-time.

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