CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 14 October 2011

14 October 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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When? December 5 - 9, 2011

Where? Santa Clara, California, USA

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As a participant in CIMdata's PLM Certificate Program you will find out the answers to the following key questions and more:

• Is my company's PLM initiative under control and delivering a significant contribution to our company's success?

• Do we have a clear understanding of where the PLM industry is today, and where it is going tomorrow?

• Can we clearly articulate to our PLM solution provider what they need to do for our company beyond the functions and features to implement?

• Are we familiar with industry best practices for PLM implementation approaches and how to manage this type of change?

• Are we clear on what it takes to successfully integrate a strategic PLM initiative into our enterprise?

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Publishes “Modern Engineering Simulation Environments; Maximizing the value of your CAE investments”

Company News

• ANSYS Listed on Software 500 Index for Fifth Year Running
• Autodesk VARs Reach Platinum Tier Status
  
• AVEVA Continues Successful Expansion in Latin America
• CIMdata Releases Product Report on CONTACT Software
• Exa PowerFLOW Reduces Aerodynamic Drag by 30% on America’s #1 Solar Car
  
• Growth Momentum Propels Altair Engineering to Top Level of the World's Leading CAE Software Companies
  
• IBM Study: Digital Era Transforming CMO’s Agenda, Revealing Gap In Readiness
• Infor Announces New CFO, COO
  
• Mexico’s Fashion Industry Youth Compete in National Contest Sponsored by Gerber Technology
• MSC Software and The Ohio State University Collaborate on Vehicle Design Innovation Research
  
• New Research Study Uncovers Product Innovation Challenges Facing Consumer Goods Manufacturers
• NX Supports the Principia College Solar Car Team in the 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge
  
• Omnify Software Announces Winner of 2011 PLM Customer Innovation Award
• PTC Announces 2012 Real World Design Challenge Theme “Green Aviation”
• Raffles Students Enter Round Two of the International Fashion Design Contest - Green Fashion Competition
  
• Sescoi U.S.A., Inc. - New Appointment to the WorkNC Dental CADCAM Team
  
• University of Michigan Solar Car Team Revs Up SolidWorks to Design World Solar Challenge Contender
  
• ZW3D Environmental Design Contest Extended
  

Events News

• Apache to Exhibit at Upcoming TSMC Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum; Delivering Technical Presentation on 3D-IC/Silicon Interposer Challenges
• Attend Mercury PLM Services Information Exchange on October 20, 2011: "Useful PLM Information from Practical People"
  
• Cadence Issues Call for Papers for the 2012 CDNLive! Silicon Valley Users Conference
  
• CimatronE Mold Making Customers Gain Speed Just by Upgrading
• Delcam India to Support HaasTec 2011 in Chennai
• Delcam to Show Latest CAM Programs at Eurotool Machine Tool Exhibition
  
• Delcam to Show Latest CAM Programs at Fakuma Plastics Show
• Delcam to Show New OrderManager for Orthotics at SCP Conference
  
• Empowering Design and Simulation with Certified Materials Information (Webinar)
• FISHER/UNITECH to Participate in AMTS
  
• Intergraph® CADWorx® fieldPipe Webinar on October 18th and October 20th to Demonstrate Intelligent, Specification-Driven 3D Plant Models From Laser Scan Data
• Intergraph® PV Elite® Webinars on October 26th to Introduce the New ASME VIII-1 Code Case 2695 Feature Which Allows for Thinner Vessels and Lower Cost
  
• Intergraph® Discovery Tours on October 19 and 20 in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan to Feature CADWorx® Plant Integration with CAESAR II® and PV Elite®
• SENER Marine at NAVALSHORE in Rio de Janeiro
• Si2 Announces Sponsorship of “3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging Conference”
  
• Surfware to Present at EuroMold 2011
• Tetra 4D and Anark Announce Easy and Affordable Work Instruction Authoring Solution
  

Financial News

• ANSYS to Release Third Quarter 2011 Earnings on November 3, 2011
• Infosys Announces Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2011
  
• OpenText to Report First Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
• PMTC to Announce Fiscal Q4 Results on Wednesday, October 26th and Host Conference Call on Thursday, October 27th at 8:30 am ET
• SAP Reports Record 32% Growth in Third Quarter 2011 Software Revenue at Constant Currencies
  

Implementation Investments

• Automatic Path Planner for Manikin used by BMW Group
  
• Catalog Data Solutions Publishes Tompkins Industries Case Study
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Key to Successful Expansion at Lion Engineering
• LG Electronics Accelerates Analog Simulation by 10X with Synopsys CustomSim
  
• Marchon Eyewear Goes Live on NGC Software's Extended PLM System
• Material Safety Data Sheet Authoring Automation Tools Enhance Regulatory Compliance at Zotos International
  
• TrueShape Nesting Crafts Success for Expanding Sheet Metal Firm (Customer Case Study)
• Video Available: Predictive Engineering Uses Autodesk Simulation CFD to Analyze Airflow of Firefighters’ Respirator Masks
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies’ Latest RF Design and 3-D EM Simulation Platforms Enhance Multi-technology Design, Speed Simulation
• Allplan 2012: SmartParts − Powerful Modeling Functionality for Architects and Civil Engineers
• Altera Embeds Synopsys' Virtual Prototyping Technology in New ARM-based SoC FPGA Offering
  
• AVEVA Releases AVEVA Engineering
• BlueCielo Launches BlueCielo ProjectForce 2011
  
• hyperMILL® Allows for Automation on Different Levels
• Ilesfay Joins The Aras Partner Program
• Javelin 2012r1 Targets Customer Requests
• Lattice Technology Releases New Versions of XVL Player, Lattice 3D Reporter and XVL Web Master
• Matereality Releases DatabaseLite, a Free Material Database for ANSYS Workbench
  
• MathWorks Strengthens Simulink Support for AUTOSAR Production Programs
• Mentor Graphics Collaborates with Freescale Semiconductor to Accelerate In-Vehicle Infotainment Product Development for the i.MX6 Series of Applications Processors
• OPEN MIND Releases hyperMILL® 2011
• SAP to Deliver More and Accelerated Innovation Without Disruption to SAP® Business Suite
• Tacton Systems Releases New Member in the TactonWorks Product Family
• UMC and Synopsys Collaborate to Develop DesignWare IP for 28-nanometer Technology
• Zuken Offers Faster Design and Improved Communications Between Logical Design and PCB Layout
  

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:

CIMdata’s latest opinion poll was developed to gauge the current level of adoption and future potential use of mobile devices within the context of an organization’s product lifecycle management (PLM) environment. As indicated by the responses, almost half of those who participated in the poll indicated that they feel that mobile devices are great and that they are in the early stages of be adopting within their PLM environment. This is very promising and clearly indicates that adoption is well underway. Approximately, thirty percent (30%) of the poll’s participants indicated that they also feel that mobile devices are great but that they will not be adopted within their PLM environment any time soon. This suggests that the future adoption and use of mobile devices within organizations’ PLM environment could continue to increase. Finally, it should noted that almost ninety percent (90%) of the poll’s participants indicated that they believe that mobile devices are great and they have a role in today’s and/or tomorrow’s PLM environments.

This opinion poll confirms CIMdata’s view of the need and applicability of mobile devices in today’s PLM environments. We have already seen the use of these devices in various industries where product data is needed in the field for maintenance and operations support. We are also seeing companies in multiple industries starting to apply PLM-enabled mobile devices to deliver product data to the factory floor in the support of machine operation and assembly instructions. The future of mobile devices as a data delivery device in a PLM context appears to be very bright and we expect their use to increase significantly over the next three to five years.

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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