CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 4 June 2010

4 June 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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NC Software Market Assessment Report

The NC Market Assessment Report provides the only comprehensive market analysis of the worldwide NC software and related services marketplace available in the industry. It includes extensive information on the market size, trends and segmentation, authoritative rankings of NC software vendors, and results of targeted market surveys. Individual vendors are discussed. The Market Assessment Report also contains more than 70 figures and is updated on an annual basis. With each update, the precision of the estimates is increased and the reports are expanded to include additional market-related material. This continuous improvement provides added value to the user. The first report Version 1, was issued in 1Q94. Additional information is provided in each update. Version 19 is now available.

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Acquisitions

• AVEVA Acquires Logimatic's MARS Business to Create a New Centre of Excellence in the Fields of Project Management and Planning
• AVEVA Acquires World-Class Operations Integrity Management Solution

CIMdata News

• CAM Software Market Leaders Named by CIMdata

Company News

• CAD Gorilla Becomes an Autodesk Authorized Developer
• Completion of the EC funded PreCarBi Project for the Simulation of Liquid Resin Infusion of New Composite Materials
• Logica Announces UK winner of its Global Innovation Venture Partner Programme
• Mentor Graphics Receives Supply Support Award from Huawei Technologies for Achievements Related to Veloce Emulation Products
• Spring Technologies Pursues its International Development with a New US Subsidiary
• Synopsys Press Publishes The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards
• Think3 Announces its New Software Partner Program
• VISTAGY Appoints Bruce Boes as Vice President of Product Management & Marketing
• ZWSOFT Appoints Techiesoft as the Exclusive Partner in UAE

Events News

• CGTech to Show Latest Release of VERICUT at IMTS
• Delcam to Launch New Feature-Based CAM at IMTS
• Delcam to Launch Polish Subsidiary at MACHTOOL
• Delcam to Show High-Accuracy Dental CADCAM in Asia
• Geometric to Showcase eDrawings Publisher 7.2 for Pro/ENGINEER at PTC User/World 2010
• GibbsCAM to be Demonstrated at Haas Demo Days
• Management Day at 47th DAC: Decision-Making at the Intersection of Business and Technology
• NEi Software Announces Webinar Series -- Advancements in Simulation
• New at 47th DAC: Embedded/SOC Enablement Day Focused on Embedded Processor-Based SOCs
• Panels at 47th DAC of Interest to Both EDA Developers and Design Community
• SoftInWay Announces Turbomachinery Training Schedule for July-December 2010
• SpaceClaim and Cadventure Explore 3D Digital Design Through UK Seminars and Workshops
• WorkNC Dental CAD CAM in Partnership with Dental Wings at Sino-Dental Beijing

Financial News

• PTC to Provide Investor Update at the PTC User World Event on Monday, June 7, 2010

Implementation Investments

• Automotive Supplier Honsel Shifts to CIM DATABASE’s PLM Technology
• Catalog Data Solutions Configurator and CAD Downloads Selected by White Drive Products
• GKN Aerospace Selects VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® and SyncroFIT® Software to Design and Manufacture Winglet for Bombardier CSeries
• Ingersoll Rand Expands PLM Footprint with PTC’s Windchill Solution
• Innovative Australian Manufacturer Simplifies Product Development with KOMPAS-3D
• ITP - Industria De Turbo Propulsores - Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter as its Global PLM Solution
• Knee Brace Makers Adding Good Looks to Superior Performance
• Tacton Systems Provides Configurator Sales Tools for Alfa Laval
• Tara Technologies Selects Pilgrim Software’s Solution as its Process and Compliance Management Platform
• TPK Touch Solutions Selects Aras PLM Software
• Western Glove Works Selects Centric Software Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) System

Product News

• Bentley Integrates Civil Engineering and Stormwater Modeling Products to Improve Workflows
• Cabinet NG Introduces Web-based Document WorkflowCollaboration
• Endeca Joins PTC® PartnerAdvantage™ Program to Provide Information Visibility and Analytics across Enterprise Systems
• IFS Launches New Document Management Solution for Increased Efficiency
• Japanese Editions of Maple 14 and MapleSim 4 now Available
• Lattice Technology Releases XVL Player 10.2
• Lectra Fashion PLM V2R2, an Even More Powerful Solution for the Fashion Industry
• Mentor Graphics Announces FloEFD Pro 9.3.1 Product for Fully-Embedded Support of PTC Pro/ENGINEER for Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Simulation
• Mentor Graphics Introduces Precision Rad-Tolerant Product to Provide Unique Advanced Radiation Effects Mitigation
• Mentor Graphics 0-In Formal Version 3.0 Brings New Level of Automation to Formal Verification
• Mentor Graphics Releases 0-In CDC Version 3.0 to Support Verification Needs of Larger, More Complex Designs
• MSC.Software Releases SimManager 2010
• Okino Releases v5.3.2 "PLM" (Product-Lifestyle-Management) 3D File Conversion Pipeline Based on the "JT Open" Initiative
• Open Text Expands Social Media Offerings to Help Businesses Drive Bottom Line Results
• Professional Systems Associates Announces the Release of CMPRO’s New Process Workflow Engine
• Synopsys Announces Synphony HLS Support for Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs
• ZWCAD 2010 Update Patch Announced to Support DWG 2010

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.
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