CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 18 November 2011

18 November 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News “#DSCC11 Interview: Stanley Przybylinski, CIMdata, on Trend & Tools for PLM”
• Dassault Systèmes’ Industry Strategy Comes Into Focus at DSCC 2011 (CIMdata Commentary)
• The mobility revolution: What does it mean for CAE? (New Opinion Poll)
• The Sky’s the Limit (CIMdata Commentary)
• Poll: "Is Digital Manufacturing the new CAD solution for process design?” (The Results)
• Progress of Oracle’s PLM Vision and Reality Evident at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (CIMdata Commentary)
  

Company News

• Altair Appoints Miles Mahoney as President of Its HiQube Business Intelligence Software Division
• Altair Engineering Receives Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
• Altair Receives Top Honors in 2011 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards
• Cadence Wins TSMC EDA Partner Award for 3D-IC Technology
• CADFEM Joins VCollab Software Distributor Network
• Delcam appoints Edge Team for SolidWorks reseller in Denmark
• Equalis and Hypios Expand Partnership for Open Innovation
• FISHER/UNITECH Offers iPad 2 with SolidWorks Premium
• Siemens PLM Software Joins General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy to Sponsor The EcoCAR 2 Student Engineering Competition Series
• Siemens Software Recognized by DataQuest Magazine as The Leading PLM supplier in India

Events News

• Cimatron Invites 30,000 Expected at FabTech to Explore its Powerful DieDesign Solution
• Mechdyne Partners with Dassault Systemes at Design LA Event
• ProductCenter Inventor Integrator (SofTech Webinar)
• Softech Exhibiting ProductCenter PLM at Autodesk University 2011
• WorkNC Dental Open Dental CADCAM Software Builds on its Reputation at Dentech China
  

Financial News

• Autodesk Reports 15 Percent Third Quarter Revenue Growth
• Mentor Graphics Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Results
• Rand Worldwide Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results

Implementation Investments

• ANSYS High-Performance Computing Crucial to Red Bull Racing F1 Championships
• Atos Supports Thales in Creating its Firm of the Future: More Global, More Collaborative, More Secure
• ATP Architects and Engineers Firm Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award
• Intergraph® Technology Enables Bayer Technology Services to Engineer New Plant in China
• North Carolina State University Selects Lectra PLM for College of Textiles
• Radan – the Cool Software for “Green” Fridges (Customer Case Study)
• Sinclair Knight Merz Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise to Optimize Project Delivery
• Setforge Engineering Selects MSC Software’s Marc to Optimize Forging Process
• Strata Selects Dassault Systemes' PLM Solutions to Support End-to-End Engineering to Manufacturing Processes

Product News

• Aras Announces Alternative Structure Browser for Large Assemblies
• Autodesk Takes Simulation Mobile with New ForceEffect App for iPad
• Delcam adds direct modelling for manufacture to PowerSHAPE CAD system
• Flatirons Solutions Achieves EMC Certified Solution Status
• Latest Synopsys FPGA-Based Prototyping Tool Releases Improve Speed and Turnaround Time
• Luxion releases KeyShot®
• Mentor Graphics Announces Further Capital Tool Expansion with New Product that Cuts Wire Harness Manufacturing Costs
• Mentor Graphics Integrates Inflexion UI into GENIVI-Compliant Embedded In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) Base Platform
• Oracle Unveils New Release of Oracle's Agile Product Lifecycle Management for Process
• PTC Extends the Capabilities of Windchill
• SimManager 2012 Enables Dramatic Increases in CAE Throughput
• Vero announces the launch of Machining STRATEGIST V13.0
• ZWSOFT Announces ZWCAD 2012

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:

Digital Manufacturing (DM) supports the definition of the processes used to produce a product, including simulation and analysis of those processes, and the manufacturing environments used, including production equipment and lines. It provides the bridge between design and production. While DM solutions have been available for several years adoption of DM has been slow. This survey explored the status of DM programs within industrial companies.

One of the major reasons for the slow adoption of DM is that most companies do not have a formal DM strategy. Approximately 52% of the respondents to the poll said that their company did not have a DM strategy even if they were using some combination of DM type tools (40% indicated they are using some tools without any strategy while 12% indicated no DM strategy). The lack of a strategy generally indicates that a company is continuing to operate as they have in the past – getting local tools for individuals or small groups that have manufacturing engineering tasks. They are not looking to see how they can best leverage design information as part of their overall product development and manufacturing processes.

Companies that have DM strategies are at three different levels of maturity. At the lowest level, the company has defined a strategy (18% of respondents) but has not yet begun to execute it. These companies have recognized the need for effective DM but need to make tool selections and do their manufacturing process definitions before they can begin to achieve DM related benefits. At the middle level of maturity (approximately 12% of respondents), the company has selected tools and defined some of the processes but has not yet deployed the solution throughout their enterprise. These companies need to continue deployment to fully maximize their return on their DM investments. At the highest level of maturity, a company has a defined DM strategy and is actively deploying it across their enterprise (16% of respondents).

The bottom line is that only 30% of respondents indicated that their companies are actively deploying a DM strategy. These companies are making the investments needed to improve their overall product development and manufacturing capabilities and improve the market competitiveness. CIMdata’s experience and research strongly indicates that these companies will be the most successful in the years to come.

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
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