CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 9 October 2009

9 October 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Siemens PLM Software Purchases Rulestream Engineer-To-Order (ETO) Software Technology and Brand Assets

Company News

• ANSYS Accelerates Student Team to Finish Line
• ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge® Releases Updated Autodesk® Inventor® 2010 Sheet Metal Design & AutoCAD® Electrical® 2010 Fundamentals Training Guides
• AspenTech Opens Middle East Office in Bahrain
• Dassault Systèmes Implements Web 2.0 Solution for Global Knowledge Sharing
• FISHER/UNITECH is Named Michigan Proprietary School by Department of Labor and Economic Growth
• IMAGINiT Technologies Now Authorized to Offer Autodesk’s Moldflow Suite of Products
• MicroStrain Wins Omnify Software 2009 Customer Innovation Award
  
• PCO Innovation Extends Operations in the United States
• Tata Technologies Announces ‘Accelerate PLM’ Deployment Solutions
• TECOSIM Establishes RADIOSS Competence Center in Cologne, Germany

Events News

• Autodesk Manufacturing Academy Provides California Engineers with Training on Digital Prototyping Software, Management Skills and Career Advancement
• Bentley Announces Winners of 2009 Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards
• Dassault Systèmes Customer Conference 2009 Opens With “Emerge With Advantage” Theme; Keynotes, Technology Tracks and Customer Testimonials Reinforce Conference Focus
• Delcam Announces More than 35 Partner Stands at EMO
• Delcam Offers Three More Chances to See Latest FeatureCAM in USA
  
• Delcam to Launch Japanese PowerMILL 10 at Mechatrotech
• Delcam to Show Latest DentCAD Dental Design Software at Expodental
• ESPRIT by DP Technology at the Wichita Industrial Trade Show, Wichita, Kans., Oct. 21-22
• IMAGINiT Technologies Launches “Design Green” Sustainability Roadshow
• KOMPAS Highly Appreciated at International Engineering Fair
• PTC to Showcase Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 During Forthcoming Regional UK & Irish Trade Shows
• Speakers at Boeing and Northrop Grumman Interoperability Summit to Focus on Critical Product Data Issues; Arizona Summit Registration Deadline Extended to Oct. 23
  
• Surfware, Inc. to Demonstrate SURFCAM “V5” at SOUTH-TEC
• Synopsys Recognizes Technical Excellence at SNUG Boston Conference

Financial News

• Dassault Systemes Schedules Third Quarter Results Webcast and Conference Call for October 29, 2009
• Eyelit Inc. Achieves Record Revenue, Growth, and Profit in the Third Quarter of 2009
• Infosys Technologies Announces Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2009
• PTC to Announce Fiscal Q4 Results on Tuesday, October 27th and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, October 28th at 8:30 am ET
  

Implementation Investments

• Ambitech Adds AVEVA Laser Model Interface to its Project Suite
• Ars Electronica Center Chooses Dassault Systemes 3DVIA to Develop State-of-the-Art Virtual Reality Applications
• Dassault Systèmes Sponsors Richard Petty Motorsports No. 44 Car in NASCAR’s Pepsi 500
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Keeps Lead Times Low and Quality High
• Glass Packaging Manufacturer Anadolu Cam cuts Design Time by 50% with Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA
• Global Aerospace & Defense Company Selects IFS Applications
• High-Performance Motorcycle Manufacturer Picks Autodesk Inventor
• IFS Applications is Selected by Brookfield Renewable Power
• Leading Hydraulics Research Group Extends 3D Visualization, Deploys PDF3D
• SolidWorks Helps Design that Matters Create Low-Cost, Low Maintenance Infant Incubator for Third World
• Synopsys DesignWare USB 2.0 and Ethernet IP Enables First-Pass Silicon Success for STMicroelectronics
• Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD Used to Simulate Solar Cell Performance Characteristics at NREL
• VISTAGY’S FiberSIM® Software Reduces Time “From Art to Part” by Over 70% on the SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

Product News

• Agilent Technologies’ SystemVue 2009.08 Unlocks RF-DSP Co-design, Custom Flow for “Model-Based Design”
• Altair Announces Outstanding Adoption Of Its HyperWorks Enabled Community After First Year Of Operation
• ArchiCAD 13 Norwegian Version Released
• Autodesk and Trimble Create AutoCAD Civil 3D Data Exchange Tool to Help Break Down Barrier Between Engineering and Construction
  
• Cadence Enables Early Validation of Next-Gen 4G/LTE Wireless Designs with Rohde & Schwarz T&M Solution
• Cadence Extends Its TLM-Driven Design and Verification Solution to Support Leading Embedded Software Environments
• Cadence Introduces Incisive Enterprise Verifier, Delivering Dual Power of Formal Analysis and Simulation Engines
• COADE Announces Updated Links between COADE PV Elite for Pressure Vessel and Exchanger Analysis and Dimensional Solutions Foundation3D
• COMSOL Extends Partnership with PTC
• CR-5000 Board Designer 12 Steps-up Electronic Product Design Quality
  
• ITI TranscenData Releases CADfix 8.0
• Service Pack 2 Released for Kinnosa 4.1
• Siemens Integrates Virtual Planning With Physical Production to Maximize Manufacturing Productivity
• Siemens PLM Software Announces New Releases for its D-Cubed™ 2D Component Software Solutions
• Siemens PLM Software Delivers NX 7.0 with “HD3D” and Enhancements to Synchronous Technology
• Spatial adds JT Support to CAD Translation Product Line
• WorkPLAN Enterprise Gets Expert Scheduling from Preactor Interface

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.

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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.
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