CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 7 May 2010

7 May 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata Releases its 2010 China PLM Report

Management consulting and research firm CIMdata announces the availability of its first China Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Report. This report provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the People’s Republic of China’s (“China”) rapidly-evolving Mainstream PLM market. The report discusses the major China PLM trends and issues, PLM purchase investments in software and services, PLM adoption in various industry sectors, and market growth forecasts that pertain to this important and quickly expanding economic region....

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News: Milford Firm Finds Solution to Engineers’ Annoyance; Online catalog aims to help companies avoid waste

Company News

• Autodesk Announces New Design Software Solutions for Education Market
• Cimatron Expands Its Network in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand
• CimatronE Selected as the Designated Multi-Axis Machining Software by China National Competition
• Hankook Delcam Supports Dental CADCAM Training in Korea
• Kaplan EduNeering and ProtonMedia Announce Alliance
• Magma "Titan Up!" Program Empowers Analog Designers to Improve Productivity and Reuse
• Tata Technologies Expands iPRODUCTS Reseller Network to UK
• Tomorrow’s Engineers Take Charge of the Planet; SolidWorks Education Edition 2010-2011 Equips Students for Sustainable Design Careers
• WorkNC CAM Software is Still Number 1 in Japan
• ZWSOFT Announces Winners of ZWCAD Design Contest 2010

Events News

• CGTech to feature the Virtual Machining Gallery at MACH 2010
• CimatronE and GibbsCAM Show Latest Versions at MetalTech Malaysia
• Delcam to Show Metrology Range at MACH
• Delcam’s Aerospace Software and Services on Show at Farnborough
• Easy5 2010 - What's New
• Elysium Inc., Kubotek USA and Lattice Technology Inc., Announce Product Development and Manufacturing Seminar in Manhattan Beach, CA, on May 12th 2010
• Fishbowl Solutions is a Featured Presenter and Exhibitor at PTC/User World Event 2010
• Geometric to Show CAMWorks® 2010 at EASTEC
• Last call to Save on Registration Fees for PTC/USER World Event 2010 Taking Place June 6-9 at the Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida
• Lectra to Present Latest Technology Innovations for Apparel Brands and Retailers at SPESA Expo 2010
• Lectra to Showcase Latest Fashion Solutions at Techno Mode 2010 in Montreal (Booth Number 11)
• NEi Software to Debut NEi Nastran V10 at SAMPE
• SAP Fosters Social Media Dialog With Newsroom and Blog Platform for SAPPHIRE® NOW

Financial News

• ANSYS Reports Strong Revenue and Earnings Growth for the First Quarter and Increases 2010 Outlook
• Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010
• Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join its First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results Conference Call Wednesday, May 19, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time
• Avatech Solutions to Report Fiscal 2010 Third Quarter Results on Monday, May 17, 2010
• ESI Group Full-Year 2009/10 Results
• Magma Schedules Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2010 Earnings Call and Webcast for May 27, 2010
• Nemetschek Increases Revenue and Earnings
• Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010
• Upcoming Financial Results Conference Calls

Implementation Investments

• Acer Deploys Product Lifecycle Management System to Improve Product Development Flexibility
• Couture Designer Label - Rajesh Pratap selects WFX On-Demand
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Gives Faster Programming and More Efficient Machining
• Deutsche Blisterunion Selects Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM for Automated Product Release Process and Electronic Document Management
• ENI Saipem Standardizes on Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Engineering and Design Solutions Suite
• Indochine Goes Live With 200 Users In 6 Weeks
• KLH Engineers Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award for Comprehensive BIM Approach
• Secure Electronic Medical Records Come to the iPhone and iPad, Courtesy of Dassault Systemes and echoBase Partnership
• Sogeti High Tech GmbH Multiplies Number of HyperWorks Seats by Almost Factor Five
• University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Deploys ANSYS Software, Arming Students for the Real World
• VIA’s Centaur Achieves Significant Benefits Using Cadence Virtuoso Space-Based Router at 65 Nanometers

Product News

• Accept Expands Support for Enterprise Agile Teams; Accept360™ Version 6.0 Enriches Enterprise Collaboration and Agility
• Cadence Accelerates SoC Realization, Reduces Costs With New Open Integration Platform
• COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4.0 Now Shipping
• Dassault Systemes and IBM Expand Global Alliances
• EMC Announces Continued Growth in its EMC Documentum xCP Partner Ecosystem
• ESI Reinforces its Welding Simulation Suite with Visual-WELD
• EtQ Introduces Product Data Management Module
• Flowmaster Announces the Launch of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Flowmaster V7
• IBM Introduces New Offerings To Help Clients Optimize Their Business Processes To Fuel Growth
• Informative Graphics Launches New Suite of Products for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010
• Intergraph® Releases New Version of SmartMarine(R) 3D Software for Offshore and Ship Design
• Latest Synopsys IC Compiler Release Delivers More Than 2X Speed-Up, Enhanced In-Design Technology and Production Support for 28/32nm
• Mentor Graphics Calibre InRoute Delivers True Manufacturing Signoff During Physical Design Closure
• Mentor Graphics Veloce Delivers 400X Acceleration for OVM Driven Verification
• MSC.Software Releases Dytran 2010
• Open Text Announces Rights Management Services for the Open Text ECM Suite
• Synopsys Launches Industry's First MIPI® DigRF(SM) v4 IP
• Synopsys Unveils Ethernet Controller IP With New Audio Video Bridging Feature

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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