Fundamentally new technologies don’t become productive until a generation after their introduction. The time it takes people to learn how to use new tools and how to introduce these tools to businesses is very long. We have seen examples of adoption in personal computing, productivity tools, mobile devices and some…
For many years PLM and ERP were like water and oil. One is positioned for innovation and another is positioned for business execution. You cannot mix them and they belongs to two different categories of products. Until now the mix of ERP and PLM only happened from ERP side, when…
Talk to many people about PLM and they tell you that process management is one of the key elements in PLM implementations. I have a mixed opinion about this statement. It is hard to argue about importance of processes. But here is the thing… what is the process? For some…
Everyone needs data, but nobody wants to be responsible for data management. I learned it during many years of working with engineers and manufacturing companies. Engineers prefer to keep files on Dropbox and not get involved into PDM (product data management) development. PDM was always perceived as a tool that…
I’m coming with one more update the progress with my new video blog – Musings about Bill of Materials. It is still very much work-in-progress I’m doing. If you missed my earlier posts, please check it here – – Musings about Bill of Materials or here 10 years of blogging and…
For many years, PLM companies lived with the vision and value proposition of single source of truth (SSOT). Last month in Chicago during PLMx session, I shared my ideas how PLM can extract more business value from PLM. Check my article here. The idea of digital value chain sounds appealing…
Timing is everything in this life. And you cannot change it. Good skills and wrong timing still means no results. Timing is sales is absolutely critical. No matter what piece of sales puzzle you’re working on, timing is an important factor and element of any sales process. And when you…
Cloud PDM is the topic I’ve been following for some time. Check my articles about cloud PDM here. One of the first company that tried to mix cloud and PDM was GrabCAD Workbench. Several cloud PDM systems were developed since that time to change the way PDM is done at…
PLM universe is buzzing after $70M investment that Goldman Sachs put in Aras. Check my earlier article – Does Aras have enough money to win over Enovia, Teamcenter and Windchill?. Don’t miss comments from Aras Chief Strategy Officer, Marc Lind about who is a buyer for Aras solution and why…
I’m making progress with my work on new Beyond PLM video blog – Musings about Bill of Materials. If you missed my previous updates, you can catch up here Video blog progress – Musings about Bill of Materials or here 10 years of blogging and starting video blog. I define my…
