CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 30 April 2010

30 April 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata China PLM 2010 Report

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This CIMdata report is a comprehensive assessment of the People’s Republic of China’s ("China") PLM market that:

• Identifies and analyzes 2009 market trends, and reviews investments in PLM-related software and services for the China PLM market as well as for the major sub-segments
• Includes forecasts of PLM China investments for 2010 through 2014.
• Presents and discusses estimates of 2009 revenue performance of the various suppliers to the China PLM market and its sub-segments.

Price: US $3500

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Acquisitions

• Open Text’s Acquisition of Shares of Burntsand Inc.

CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News “Systems Engineering Offers Big-Picture Design”
• CIMdata Successfully Delivers its 2010 EMEA PLM Vendor Forum
• CIMdata Reports that NC Software Market Declined by 13.1% in 2009
• Geometric Search Enhances Product Development (CIMdata Brief)
• Opinion Poll on Your Company’s Usage of Social Computing in Product Development (New)
• Opinion Poll Results for the Role of PLM in Coping With Economic Downturns

Company News

• Eurostep Participates in the European Aircraft Industry R&D Project CRESCENDO
• Delcam Completes 10 Years as World’s Leading CAM Specialist
• PTC Donates Product Development Software Including Pro/ENGINEER, Windchill and Mathcad to the Real World Design Challenge
• Siemens PLM Software Named China’s #1 PLM Solution Supplier by Leading Industry Analyst
• Sim3 Partners with Dassault Systèmes to Offer SIMULIA Solutions

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions to Exhibit at ChipEx 2010, Present on Power Integrity and Noise Closure Solutions for CPS Convergence
• CENIT Presents Process Automation Solutions at its Automotive Congress on 22 June 2010
• CENIT Will Showcase Innovative Solutions at AUTOMATICA 2010 June 8-11, 2010
• Call for Papers: COMSOL Conference 2010 Paris
• Delcam’s Complete CAM Range on Show in Russia
• Delcam’s New PowerINSPECT to Debut at EASTEC
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Boosts Programming and Machining Productivity
• Delcam to Show Latest Footwear CADCAM in China
• ESPRIT 2010, by DP Technology, at PDX/Amerimold Cincinnati, Ohio, May 11-13
• ESPRIT 2010, by DP Technology, at Ortho Tec 2010, Winona Lake, Warsaw, Ind., May 12-13
• 47th Design Automation Conference Announces User Track Program Offering Presentations for Designers, by Designers
• Intergraph® CADWorx® Reseller ECE Design to Conduct an Intergraph CADWorx® Plant Webinar on May 14 Discussing 2D Isometric Drawings and PLANTMO-CAD
• KOMPAS-3D V11 Presented with a Great Success at Hannover Fair 2010
• Register for COE's May Ask the Experts Webcast: Ready -Set - Migrate
• SAP Reveals Solutions and Strategies to Drive Customer Business Growth at SAPPHIRE® NOW in Frankfurt and Florida
• Tribold Raises the Bar for Enterprise Product Management at Management World 2010
• Xerox, Lear and other Leading Companies to Present on Enterprise Open Source PLM at Aras Community Event

Financial News

• Arena Kicks Off 2010 With 25% Growth in Subscription Sales
• Aspen Technology Announces Date of Third-Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast
• Cadence Reports Q1 2010 Financial Results
• DS Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results with New License Revenue Up
• Geometric FY10 net increases 578% to INR 466.6 Mn
• LECTRA : Q1 2010 Financial Results Clearly Exceed Expectations
• Open Text Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results
• PTC Announces Q2 Results, Initiates Q3 Guidance and Updates FY’10 Targets
• PTC Q2 Fiscal 2010 Prepared Remarks
• SAP Reports Double-Digit Growth in Software and Software-Related Service Revenues for the First Quarter 2010

Implementation Investments

• Autodesk Inventor Helps Utility Scale Solar, Inc. Save Capital, Speed Development
• Autodesk Inventor Powers Development of Small Wind Turbines for Home Market
• Jerry Leigh Implements NGC’s e-PLM® Software Following Successful Rollout of e-SPS®
• KOMPAS-3D Helps Emergency Services to Save Lives
• Major Chinese Companies Gain Substantial Productivity Improvements With WorkNC CAM Software
• Martek Power Goes Live on Oracle® E-Business Suite 12.1 Using Oracle Business Accelerators
• PARTsolutions Continues Momentum by Signing Five New Manufacturers
• PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard Company Selects Intergraph® SmartMarine® 3D

Product News

• Affordable New Software Subscription for Infrastructure Professionals Enables Upgrade to Dynamic Collaboration Best Practices
• Altair Adds FTire by cosin scientific software to the HyperWorks Partner Alliance
• Altair Smashes Full-Vehicle Crash Simulation Time Barrier: CAD-to-Results in Less Than 24 Hours
• Autodesk Launches Easy-to-Use, Low-Cost Drawing Software
• Avatech Solutions Releases Avatech AutoOffset for Civil Engineers and Surveyors
• Cadence Debuts Verification Computing Platform, Accelerating Time and Improving Quality of System Development
• Cadence Issues Blueprint to Battle ‘Profitability Gap’; Counters Semiconductor Industry’s Greatest Threat
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Certified for Autodesk Inventor 2011
• ESPRIT CAM by DP Technology Receives Autodesk Inventor 2011 Certification
• IBM Makes Buildings Smarter With Drawbase Software
• Lattice Technology Releases XVL Web Master ver. 8.2; Update Enhances Automation of 3D Manufacturing Data into HTML
• Mentor Graphics and Lauterbach Collaborate to Deliver a Hardware-accelerated, Software Development and Debug Platform for SoC Verification
• Mentor Graphics Selected as a Key Freescale Commercial Linux Strategic Partner for QorIQ and PowerQUICC Processors
• MSC.Software Releases Marc 2010; Significant Performance and Functionality Enhancements Give Users Broader Range of Nonlinear and Multiphysics
• New Synopsys Universal DDR Controllers Improve Performance and Reduce Cost of Embedded DRAM Interfaces

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 PLM can best help them cope with economic downturns. Just over one-third (36%) of the poll participants indicated that PLM can be used to help enable fewer resources to do more, and just under one-third (30%) indicated that PLM can help reduce the cost of development. In many ways, these two choices go hand-in-hand. During recessions, companies often downsize to cut costs, but still expect the same work to be accomplished. As a result, they often require those who are left to do more. In reality, for many companies this is usually difficult to accomplish (i.e., to produce the same work product with less people). This is especially the case when many of the people let go in a recession are those that are close to retirement and hold a significant amount of corporate, product, and process knowledge.

The economic downturn that much of the world is currently experiencing has caused many companies to thin their resources across the board. Often, the first to go are their support staff, e.g., information technology (IT), administrative assistance, etc. Typically, companies then look to thin staff numbers by offering early retirement packages. Unfortunately, this usually results in a significant loss of knowledge. CIMdata’s experience actually indicates that this often results in the loss of domain expertise that can take years to learn and recapture into the organization. Unfortunately, cutting staff can only do so much—product and process innovation and the knowledge associated with it will still be critical in the years to come. Fundamentally, the short-term gain in the reduction of costs can be far outweighed by the long-term loss in productivity and perhaps even an increase in product issues that result from the loss of key knowledge.

It is clear from this opinion poll that the participants understand that PLM can be used as a way to help reduce costs as well as increase productivity. For those that understand how PLM can be used as a process-enabler and as a knowledge management solution, this should be of no surprise. What is surprising is that 10% of those who responded to the opinion poll indicated that they felt that PLM could not help them cope with economic downturns. This is somewhat disappointing given all the documented PLM benefit examples and implementation case studies that can be found on vendor websites, in conference presentations, and even on CIMdata’s site. Clearly, this indicates that more PLM awareness is required in the market.

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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