CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 11 September 2009

11 September 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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MSC Software Receives Additional Acquisition Proposal

MSC.Software Corporation announced that on September 8, 2009, the MSC Board of Directors received an offer from a private equity firm to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of MSC at $8.00 per share in cash (the "New Offer"), subject to certain terms and conditions. After reviewing the New Offer, the MSC Board determined that the New Offer constituted a "Superior Proposal" as ...

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Acquisitions

• Apache Design Solutions Acquires Sequence Design

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Releases a New Product Review: CFD for Mechanical Design Engineers
• CIMdata Releases a Review of IFS’ Project-Based PLM Support Capabilities
• CIMdata Releases its 2009 PLM Market Analysis Report: Comprehensive Information and Analysis of the PLM Market
• “PLM Goes to the Shop Floor” by CIMdata’s President Ed Miller
• The Localization of Product-Related Content, a CIMdata Brief

Company News

• Avatech Solutions Announces New Exclusive Client Service
• Bentley Appoints Solutions Executives for Utilities and Communications, Power Generation, and Process Manufacturing
• Delcam Establishes Healthcare Division
• ESI’s German Subsidiary Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Receives Charles Babbage Grant From Synopsys
• Mentor Graphics Announces 21st Annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards Program Winners
• New Guide on Benefits of “ease of use” Applied to CADCAM
• Patent Issued for VizSeek’s Search Technology
• Zuken Streamlines CADSTAR Sales and Support in the UK

Events News

• Delcam to Host Aerospace Seminar with Dormer Tools and DMG
• ESPRIT 2009 by DP Technology at South-Tec Advanced Productivity Exposition, Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 6-8
• Free Webcast: Leveraging SAP for Product Lifecycle Management in the Life Sciences
• GibbsCAM Demonstrated at Upcoming R3 Mazak Event
• GibbsCAM MTM Solutions to be Highlighted at EMO 2009; Includes Support of All Multi-Task Machine Functions with over 750 Postprocessors
• Isicad and upFront.eZine Organized “The Future of MCAD” Roundtable
• ITI TranscenData Presenting Multiple Topics at the 2009 COE Aerospace & Defense Workshop
• Leaders in Multiphysics Simulation to Gather for Fifth Annual COMSOL Conference
• Omnify Software to Host Sixth Annual Customer Conference
• Register Today for the COE 2009 Industry Workshop - Automotive
• Siemens to Showcase Joint PLM and Production Systems Solutions for Machine Tool Industry at EMO Milano 2009

Financial News

• Oracle Sets the Date for its First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Earnings Announcement

Implementation Investments

• Caché Chooses NGC for PLM and Global Sourcing
• Dayang OMS Selects vPlan CAD to SMT Solution
• EON Brings New Boeing Design To Life
• Fashion Accessories Icon LeSportsac Selects RLM FashionManager ERP Solution
• Hytrol Conveyor Company Selects IFS Applications for Configure/Engineer-To-Order Manufacturing
• Korea Aerospace Industries Cuts Electrical Design Time Using Mentor Graphics CHS Tools
• Madura Garments Starts Lawson Fashion PLM
• Magma Camelot CAD Navigation Software Adopted by Analytical Solutions for Failure Analysis
• Maria Grachvogel Debuts Her Spring 2010 Collection at New York Fashion Week
• PTC Extends PLM Leadership with Otis Elevators’ Switch to Windchill
• Siemens AG Adopts Teamcenter Software as its Corporate-Wide Standard
• SWEP Selects Siemens PLM Software's Teamcenter as its Corporate-Wide PLM Platform
• TOMCO Wins More Business With WorkNC
• Turkish Aerospace Industries Selects VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® Software to Accelerate UAV Development Program
• Vancouver Transportation Network Project Captures Autodesk BIM Experience Award

Product News

• Accurate Documentation From 3D CAD Designs With Improved Authoring Tools
• ANSYS and SpaceClaim Streamline Engineering Design and Simulation Driven Product Development
• Autodesk Announces New AutoCAD Plant 3D 2010 Software
• CAD Schroer Announces Major New Release of MEDUSA4® - Version 4.0
• COADE Announces Special PV Elite Upgrade Offer for CodeCalc Customers; CodeCalc Support to End December 31, 2009
• GRAPHISOFT and Tekla Team Up for Best-in-Class AEC Workflow
• Kubotek Spectrum Multi-CAD Viewer Available Now for $99
• New Licensing Option For Agni Link CAD-ERP Data Integration System
• New Release for think3’s TD PLM 2009
• Open Text Outlines Vignette Strategy and Product Plans
• PDXpert PLM 2010 Edition Updates Multiple BOMs, Searches Design Files
• Synopsys First to Announce DDR3 IP with Support for 2133 Mbps Data Rates and 1.35V DDR3L
• Zuken Improves Complex Vehicle Design Capabilities through Partnership with Gigatronik

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:

In CIMdata’s latest opinion poll, participants were asked to indicate how different factors impact product success. The following chart shows the percentage of respondents rating an item either highest impact (5) or second-highest impact (4).

The results show that bringing a completely new product or significantly improving an existing product can have the most impact on the success of the product in the market. It also illustrates the importance of good service and support on customer satisfaction. Interestingly, lower cost and longer service life, while important, were considered less an impact on success. This would indicate that respondents believe that customers are willing to pay more for new and improved products. This has been true in the past when a first-to-market product (or significantly improved product) has been able to command premium pricing until the competition can catch up. Green/sustainable design is considered less important than other factors, but CIMdata thinks it will grow in importance in the coming years.

When asked who sets priorities for new product design, customer requirements were most important. The following figure shows that after customer requirements, sales and marketing, and design and engineering have an equal role in setting product design priorities. It is interesting to note that reacting to competition was considered less important and than sales and marketing, or design and engineering. However, requirements and priorities from those two groups often reflect competitive factors, e.g., sales and marketing requesting a product feature already available in their competition.

Corporate management was rated the least important when compared to the other factors in the poll; however, many of their priorities may have already been included in sales and marketing requests. The bottom line is that creating new and improved products that meet or exceed customer expectations and requirements is still the best path to success in today’s highly competitive markets.

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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