CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 20 November 2009

November 20, 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Company News

• ANSYS Named To Software Top 100
• Automated Product Development in South Africa Joins Aras Partner Program
• China’s Ministry of Education & Autodesk Partner to Support Engineering Education
• Dasbat to be value-added reseller for Dassault's product life cycle solutions
• Dassault Systemes and Khalifa University Take Steps to Position the UAE as a Global Leader in Virtualization Methods and Product Innovation
• Dassault Systemes Unveils Collaborative Innovation Initiative for Consumer Packaged Goods
• DS SolidWorks Named by The Boston Globe to Globe 100’s Top Places to Work
• Geomagic Adds Parametric CAD Model Creation to its Standard Geomagic Studio Software
• Gerber Technology Attains Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status
• Hinduja Group Firm Signs MoU with Dassault Systemes
• Open Text Deepens Integration with SAP(R) Solutions across ECM Suite with Content-Enriched Business Processes
• Successful Open Text Content World Highlights ECM and Business Excellence
• Tekla provides BIM Software for Middle Tennessee State University’s Concrete Industry Management Program
• ZWSOFT Offers Free Upgrade to ZWCAD 2010

Events News

• ESPRIT by DP Technology at HTEC Industry Partner Summit and Haas Open Days, Zaventem, Belgium, Nov. 24-26
• SESCOI Demonstrates WorkNC CADCAM parallel computing capabilities at Euromold

Financial News

• Avatech Solutions Reports Profitable First Fiscal Quarter Results
• Cimatron Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2009
• HP Board Declares Regular Dividend, Sets Annual Meeting and Record Dates

Implementation Investments

• Aerostruktur Faserverbundtechnik GmbH selects Altair’s HyperWorks Suite to streamline development process of airborne structures
• Amstrad goes live with ERP system from IFS
• Bombardier Aerospace Standardizes on VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® Software for All Composites Design-to-Manufacturing Processes
• CPG Implements First-Ever Agile PLM Release 9.3 at Avema Pharma Solutions
• Delcam Software used for Sculpting by Robot
• Ferrari Optimizes Thermal Comfort Using ANSYS
• Forestry Equipment Maker STIHL Optimizes Planning With Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA
• IBM and Dassault Systemes Help Panasonic Home Appliances Company Develop Smarter Cooking Appliances
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Commits To Jotne Interoperability Solutions Based on STEP/PLCS
• Mando Selects MSC.Software’s Engineering Solutions to Improve Product Development
• SADEV Selects MSC.Software's SimXpert Software to Increase Product Performance and Reliability
• STONY APPAREL Chooses NGC for Integrated PLM, Global Sourcing and Apparel ERP Solution
• The European Commission Joint Research Center Selects Intergraph® SDI Solution as Pilot for Monitoring Air Quality in Europe
• Why Shouldn’t the Blind Drive?
• Zaha Hadid Architects Develops Visionary Buildings with Software from Dassault Systèmes Partner Gehry Technologies

Product News

• ANSYS, Inc. has released the latest version of FLUENT for CATIA V5 5.0
• Dassault Systèmes Launches V6R2010x
• Eurostep Announces Share-A-space R7
• IFS launches Advanced Planning Board, giving customers unprecedented control over manufacturing resources
• Kineo Cam Announces the new release of Collision Avoidance KCD
• Knovel Empowers Engineers to "Get Personal" With My Knovel
• Lawson Announces Enhancements to Lawson Fashion PLM
• Mentor Graphics Delivers Optimized Android Development System for the OMAP35x Processors from Texas Instruments
• Omnify Software Offers RapidStart PLM for Small and Mid-Size Manufacturers
• SpaceClaim Announces New Engineering Software Release

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 responses to last month’s question (Which area of the business would you expect to receive the most value from PLM, but which hasn’t had PLM applied to it yet) were quite interesting. The difference between the highest and lowest answers was 8% - not a significant difference when looking at the various potential answers. However, the answer receiving the highest rating (26%) was “Enterprise Content Management.” Slightly behind the first answer was “Systems Engineering Support” with 23%. Again, not a significant difference between these top two rated areas of potential value that are not supported by PLM capabilities in the responding companies.

The third and fourth rated areas, both with approximately 18% response, were “Enterprise Simulation Management” and “Manufacturing Operations Support.” The area receiving the last place rating (16%) was “Field Configuration Management.” In all of these cases, the ratings reflected reasonable demand for PLM support for the area. In fact, PLM support for these areas is clearly available and PLM is known to provide significant benefit in each. The next question is, “what are we going to do about it?” There is clearly an opportunity to gain additional value by expanding the use of PLM into new areas of the business.

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