CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 11 June 2010

11 June 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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The Passing of a PLM Industry Visionary

Peter Bilello, acting President of CIMdata, today issued the following statement: “CIMdata is saddened to announce that Eddy D. Miller, CIMdata President and a pioneer in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) industry, died Sunday, June 6, 2010, after a short illness. Ed was a valuable colleague and friend whose wit and wisdom will be sorely missed.”

Mr. Miller, who . . .

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Acquisitions

• Dassault Systèmes Acquires Exalead
• Synopsys to Acquire Virage Logic Corporation

CIMdata News

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

Company News

• Advanced Innovation Tools of Spain Joins the Aras PLM Software Partner Program
• Autodesk Seek Gains Ground with Building Product Manufacturers, Design Professionals
• AVEVA Joins the Business Software Alliance as a New Worldwide Member
• Bentley Appoints Dru Crawley, 'Father of EnergyPlus,' as Director, Building Energy Performance Products
• CAD Gorilla Releases 2011 Autodesk Inventor for Beginners Training
• Dassault Systèmes’ Lifelike Experience Technology Enables First 3D World Expo
• ESI North America Fuel Cell Simulation Advancements Presented to Department of Energy (DOE)
• Infor Promotes Soma Somasundaram to Head Global Product Development
• Invention Machine Adds New Resellers To Its Growing Innovation Network
• Mentor Graphics Publishes High-level Synthesis Reference Book in Answer to Increasing Adoption of Technology
• PTC Celebrates Customer Innovation With PlanetPTC Community
• Synopsys and IEEE-ISTO Launch an Industry Wide Technical Advisory Board to Evolve Interconnect Modeling Standard

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions at DAC 2010: Power and Noise Solutions for Chip-Package-System Convergence
• BETTER INNOVATION Nano Makes First Appearance in Canada
• Cimatron, DMG, ISCAR Demonstrate Dramatic Reductions in Machining Times With 5-Axis Technology
• Cordys Introduces Greater Flexibility to PLM Systems with BPM and Collaborative Engineering at PTC/USER World Event 2010
• ESI Will Speak at the 6th International Styrian Noise, Vibration and Harshness Congress in Graz, Austria
• ESPRIT 2010 at the 21st Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo, Tokyo, Japan, June 23-25
• Geometric to Showcase CAMWorks 2010 at ACMEE 2010
• Intergraph® PV Elite® Webinar on June 23rd to Offer Tips and Tricks for Pressure Vessel Design
• Omnify Software Hosts Webinar on RoHS and REACH Compliant Product Design
• Si2 Announces Member Demonstrations at the Design Automation Conference
• SPESA Expo 2010 Draws Strong Attendance from the Americas and Beyond
• Zuken Leverages Aerospace Capabilities at Aero Engineering 2010

Financial News

• PTC Updates Q3 and FY’10 Revenue Targets, Maintains $1.00 EPS Target for FY’10

Implementation Investments

• Agilent Technologies’ Device Modeling Software Enables Successful Development of Hua Hong NEC’s RF Device Modeling Platform
• CJ Cheiljedang Selects Dassault Systèmes V6 to Establish Next Generation R&D System
• DesignGroup Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award for Extending Use of Building Information Modeling to Sustainable Design
• Giken Speeds Up Proposal Preparation and Design Process with Dassault Systèmes’ Design Solution
• McCain Improves Core Business Performance With SAP® For Consumer Products Solution Portfolio
• Mentor Graphics Design-to-Silicon Solutions Implemented as Part of Samsung Electronics' New 32nm High-K Metal Gate Offering
• Orion Acquires ENOVIA PLM from Technia to Improve Product Launch Performance
• Purdue Uses MSC Software's SimXpert in Undergraduate Coursework
• Samsung Electronics Achieves First-Pass 32nm Silicon Success Using Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform
• TRI Engineering Deploys Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Solutions to Fully Digitize Robot Teaching
• TSMC Includes Apache’s Power and Noise Solutions for Reference Flow 11.0 and Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 1.0
• UMC Adopts Magma's SiliconSmart ACE for Standard Cell and I/O Cell Characterization and Modeling

Product News

• Answerthink's Industrial Machinery and Components Solution Receives SAP Qualification
• aPriori Announces Availability of New Progressive Die Costing Module
• Automotive Industry Raves About New Time-Domain Acoustic BEM Solver
• Bluebeam Software Debuts Studio for Real-Time Collaboration in PDF
• Cadence Announces Comprehensive SOI Design Hub
• Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Improves Factory Automation Production Line Efficiency
• D-Cubed 2D DCM AND 3D DCM from Siemens PLM Software Integrated into Sescoi’s WorkNC-CAD Hybrid Modeling
• Delcam Offers More Accurate Dental CADCAM
• Fujitsu Develops World's First Ultrafast 3D CAD Engine
• Geomagic Releases Studio and Qualify 12: Simple, Integrated and Powerful 3D Software
• IBM Announces New Offerings to Help Organizations Drive Innovation While Managing Cost and Risk
• IC Manage Announces Global Design Data Management for Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer Solution
• Kubotek Launches KeyMachinist Mill Low-Cost CAM Product
• Luxion Releases KeyShot 2
• Magma and SynTest Integrate DFT into RTL-to-GDSII Design Flow to Increase Designer Productivity
• Magma's Talus IC Implementation System Supports TSMC 28-nm Process Technology Through Reference Flow 11.0
• Mentor Graphics Announces Calibre xACT 3D for Fast and Accurate Extraction Using 3D Field Solver Technology
• Mentor Graphics Collaborates with GLOBALFOUNDRIES on Advanced Design and Manufacturing Flow Based on Calibre
• Mentor Graphics Underscores Support for OVM and Extends That Support to UVM Across Multiple Products
• Mentor Graphics Works with TSMC to Speed SoC Verification with Calibre Automatic Waivers
• PTC and HP Expand Relationship Through Customer Loyalty Program
• PTC Extends Windchill PLM Leadership; Unveils Four Microsoft Sharepoint 2010-Based Solutions
• PTC To Release Mathcad® 15.0
• Synopsys Delivers Comprehensive Design Enablement for TSMC 28-nm Process Technology with Reference Flow 11.0
• VX Corporation Releases Version 14.4

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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