CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 4 December 2009

4 December 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Gerber Technology Announces Acquisition of Yunique Solutions

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces Date and Location of Its Next CIMdata PLM Certificate Program

Company News

• Autodesk Education Community Hits Major Milestone With One Million Members
• Autodesk Launches Expanded Marketing Channel for Building Product Manufacturers
• Infor Kicks Off UK Recruitment Campaign for New PM and EAM Channel Partners Infor Acquires 50 New Partners Across EMEA in 2009
• Knovel Launches Nanotechnology Collection
• Planet Vectorworks Offers a New Way to Get News about Nemetschek North America and Vectorworks
• STAR-CCM+ V4.06 Becomes Most Popular Product in CD-adapco History
• Think3 Transitions Engineering Services Division to BWIR
• Zuken Announces Massive Expansion of CADSTAR Sales Agents Network in North America

Events News

• Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate Connected SCA-Compliant Design Tools at SDR Forum 2009
• Battery Modeling Expert to Unveil Coupled Li-ion Simulation Tool
• Delcam to Launch Latest Orthotics CADCAM in Orlando
• Delcam to Launch Solid Doctor for Data Repair at Euromold
• RAND Worldwide Participates in Autodesk University 2009
• Webinar on Lean Project Management: How to increase efficiency and visibility in your projects using VdotT

Financial News

• Magma Reports Revenue of $29.7 Million for Second Quarter -- Exceeds All Financial Guidance
• Mentor Graphics Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Results
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009

Implementation Investments

• Catalog Data Solutions Online Catalog Selected by General Bearing Corporation
• CGTech NC Software Offers Precision Verification
• China's Power Industry Continues Investments in AVEVA Solutions
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Aids Move to Five-Axis Machining at Messier-Bugatti
• el dorado inc. Uses Autodesk Software To Design Sustainable Kansas City Police Facilities
• Exar Corporation Selects Magma's Titan ADX to Accelerate Analog Design
• Landing Gear Advanced Manufacturing Corporation in China Deploys MSC.Software's Engineering Analysis Solutions
• Oerlikon Solar Selects Intergraph(R) SmartPlant(R) 3D and P&ID Design Software
• Peugeot Sport Selects HyperWorks Suite to Streamline Development Processes of LMP1 Race Car
• PROSTEP Awarded Multi-Million-Euro Contract
• Ricardo Adopts Windchill® to Manage Global Engineering Processes
• SHP Leading Design Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award
• SolidWorks Customer BUB Racing Recaptures Motorcycle World Land Speed Record
• Technia Delivers PLM Solution to the Electric Power Producer OKG
• Terex Selects Zuken as Vendor of Choice for Electrical Design

Product News

• ANSYS Releases Ansoft Designer with Nexxim 5.0 Software
• ArchiCAD 13 Greek Version Released
• BlueCielo Ships InnoCielo 2009a Engineering Content Management Suite
• BSD Announces BIM Linking Solution
• CFdesign's New Autodesk Revit Integration Gives Architecture and Design Engineers The Power of Performing AEC and MEP Design Studies
• Delcam Adds Parasolid Kernel to PowerSHAPE CAD Software
• Delcam’s New FeatureCAM 2010 on Video
• Design Professionals Hit The Jackpot With New NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Solutions For Autodesk Applications
• ESI Announces the Sheet Metal Forming Simulation Suite Version 2009
• ESI Releases the PAM-CEM Simulation Suite Version 2009
• ESPRIT 2010 CAM Software Now Shipping
• Fast Kineo Collision Detector KCD V2.05
• Flow Science Announces Release of FLOW-3D/MP Version 4.0
• KOMPAS-3D V11 Released
• Kubotek Officially Releases KeyCreator Version 9
• Latest Gridgen Release Cuts Hybrid Mesh Sizes by More Than Half
• Lattice Technology Releases New XVL Converter for Autodesk Inventor 2010
• Magma Announces Talus Design 1.1 and Talus RTL 1.1 -- Enhanced Synthesis Products Deliver New Capabilities, Reference Flows and Interfaces
• Magma Announces Talus-Based RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow for Imagination Technologies' POWERVR Graphics Accelerator -- Delivers Repeatable Results, Speeds Deployment
• Micro Estimating Partners with Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation
• New Sopheon Strategic Roadmapping Software Enables Users to Quickly Adjust Strategies in Response to Changing Market Conditions
• Oce Solutions Showcased at Autodesk University 2009 Enable AEC Users to Streamline Operations, Leverage the Value of Color
• PDF3D 10th Release Extends Rich Media Creation to Windows 7
• SYCODE Releases CATIA V4 and V5 File Import Plug-ins for AutoCAD
• SYCODE Releases Inventor File Import Plug-in for AutoCAD
• SYCODE Releases Pro/ENGINEER File Import Plug-in for AutoCAD
• SYCODE Releases Six Neutral CAD File Format Data Exchange Plug-ins for AutoCAD
• 3DVIA Composer Features Automatic Path Planning
• TXT e-solutions Continue Innovating and Reinforcing PLM Offering for Fashion with New PDMi (Product Data Management and Intelligence)
• VISTAGY's Seat Design Environment™ 2009 Speeds Time to Market by Automating Entire Engineering Process

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.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

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