CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 3 June 2011

3 June 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM management consulting and research firm previously announced the acquisition of Collaborative Product Development Associates, LLC (CPDA), a well-known, leading provider of critical analyses of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) activities. . .

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Acquisitions

• Lawson Software to Mail Definitive Proxy Materials
• PTC Sets New Standard for Managing Hardware and Software Development Lifecycles with MKS Integrity Acquisition

CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News “Simulation Data Management Emerges”
  
• CIMdata Publishes Visual Components for Factory Simulation; “Scalable Robotic & Material Flow Production Simulation on a Single Platform”
• CIMdata’s Dr. Meintjes is Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Panelist at LMS Americas Automotive Conference
• “Green Design: With Simulation and Analysis, Going Green Offers Many Benefits” by Peter Bilello
• Take CIMdata's Quick Poll on What PLM Projects Struggle with the Most
  

Company News

• Altair Expands as Its Product Design Division Seeks to Place Engineers and Designers in More Than 1,000 Positions Across the U.S.
  
• Open Low-Power Methodology Ushers in New Era of Low Power Interoperability
• Where The Jobs Are: Siemens is Targeting the Millennial Generation to Fill Open Engineering Positions With College Training, Internships and Advanced Job Offer
  

Events News

• Agilent Technologies Delivers Comprehensive Millimeter Wave Simulation and Modeling Solutions for TSMC’s 60-GHz CMOS Wireless Reference Design Kit in TSMC 65nm Process
• Apache Design Solutions at DAC: Advancing Low-power Innovation
• Apache’s Power, Noise, and Thermal Solutions for TSMC Reference Flow 12.0 and Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 2.0
  
• AspenTech Highlights Commitment to Russian Process Industries at Customer Executive Forum in Moscow
• BigLever CEO, Dr. Charles Krueger, Invited to Present the Latest Advances in Product Line Engineering for Systems and Software at IBM Innovate 2011
• Delcam Offers 3D Woodworking Software for $149.00 at AWFS
  
• Delcam to Show Higher Productivity Orthotics CADCAM Software at Foothealth
  
• Hankook Delcam to Show Complete Open Implantology at SIDEX
• LeverX Essentials: Fundamentals of SAP Quality Management (Webinar)
• LMS North America is Pleased to Announce the Final Agenda for the FREE 2011 LMS Americas Automotive Conference to be held at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency on June 14th and 15th
  
• Magma's Talus IC Implementation System Supports TSMC 28-nm Process Technology Through Reference Flow 12.0
• Magma's Titan and FineSim Validated for TSMC's Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 2.0 for 28-nm Processes
• Si2 Announces Board of Directors for 2011-2012
  
• STMicroelectronics Joins Si2 Industry Standards Efforts
• Synopsys and TSMC Collaborate to Deliver Custom Design Solution for 28nm Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 2.0
  
• Synopsys Hosts Special Events With Industry Leaders at DAC 2011
  

Financial News

• Oracle Sets the Date for Its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Earnings Announcement
• SofTech Announces Reverse Stock Split Approved at Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  

Implementation Investments

• Catalog Data Solutions and Ecreativeworks Announce Partnership; Ecreativeworks Industrial Websites to use CDS CAD Download Solutions
• Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands Chooses Altair's HiQube Business Intelligence Solution to Manage and Analyze its Enterprise Business Information
• Collegiate Fashion Designer Vesi Incorporated to Implement NGC's Extended PLM and ERP Software to Improve Collaboration, Streamline Business Processes
• Customer Case Study: Orbiting Satellite Payloads Created by Edgecam
• German Metalwork Producer Solves all of its Design Problems with KOMPAS-3D CAD Software; Wolfgang Buscher Metallbau' Success Story
• MBDA Missile Systems Selects VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® Software as Part of Company’s Global Improvement Plan
• Polestar Simulates Winning Racecars with MSC Adams
  
• SolidWorks Helps Thule Tackle Sports Gear Transport Challenges
• Students of Baltic State Technical University Will Use AxSTREAM to Learn and Practice Turbomachinery Design
  
• Toyota and DENSO Transition Mass Production Engineering To MathWorks R2010b Release
• Z Corporation Rapid Prototyping Technology Helps Stanley Black & Decker Make Better Tools Faster
  

Product News

• Alphacam – Parallel and Flat 3D Machining Just Got Even Better
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Certified for Autodesk Inventor 2012
  
• ESI Announces PAM-STAMP 2G Version 2011, a Single Software Suite for Sheet Metal Forming Simulation
• Gerber Technology Automates Transfer of webPDM Data to YuniquePLM with Yunify – A Powerful Data Migration Tool
• MathWorks HDL Tools add Xilinx FPGA Hardware Verification
• MecSoft Announces VisualXPORT for Autodesk Inventor 2012
• Mentor Graphics Addresses 28nm and 3D-IC Requirements in TSMC Reference Flow 12
  
• Mentor Graphics Announces New Capital Tools that Expand Coverage Beyond the Electrical Design Domain
• Mentor Graphics Completes 28nm Physical Design and Verification Flow for GLOBALFOUNDRIES Technology
  
• Mentor Graphics Delivers Essential New Capabilities in TSMC Analog/Mixed Signal Reference Flow 2.0
  
• Mentor Graphics Forges TLM Synthesis Link Between Hardware Implementation and Virtual Prototyping
• Mentor Graphics Provides Calibre Verification and Tessent Test Solutions for 3D-IC in TSMC Reference Flow 12
• Mentor Graphics Works with Tezzaron and MOSIS on 3D-IC Prototyping Service
• Synopsys Collaborates With STMicroelectronics to Help Achieve Critical Milestone in 20-nm Design
  
  
  

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 most recent poll, the intent was to assess how well PLM solution suppliers are providing support to their customers, and to determine if there is a difference between the quality of support obtained directly from the solution supplier versus that received from a value added reseller (VAR) or channel partner.

The good news is that 50% of those responding believe that user support was either good or excellent from solution suppliers and resellers alike. For solutions suppliers, the percentage of those responding excellent compared to good was approximately the same. However, for resellers, those responding excellent was only half of those responding good.

These anecdotal results confirm what CIMdata routinely hears in our work with industrial clients worldwide; PLM solution suppliers are doing a good job in providing customer support with some room for improvement. However, there is an opportunity to improve the capacity and training of PLM resellers and channel partners to excel by providing more than just ‘’good” support, which is required in today’s hyper competitive technology landscape.

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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