Everyone speaks about the platforms these days. The word “platform” is overused, but all PLM vendors have started to use it intensively. PLM analysts and researches put a theoretical foundation of platform development. One of them is Product Innovation Platform by CIMdata. Platforms are comprised of multiple applications and integrated…
Financial information is not a typical topic in my articles. However, in a spirit of diversity in the thinking process, I’d like to pick up such an unusual topic for today’s article – to compare CAD vendors CEO compensation. The trigger for this discussion was Yahoo News article – Is…
A few days ago, I shared my thoughts about Manufacturing Marketplaces and trends beyond generative design. If you missed my article, please check it here. One of my observations – marketplaces and manufacturing automation started in silos (eg. 3D printing, CNC machining), but eventually will come to the next level…
There are two things in business that you can find very hard to compete with. These are simplicity and free. Think about it for a few minutes you will find many examples in your personal and business life when you have been completely sold on these two things. PLM industry…
I missed CIMdata Industry Forum this year in Ann Arbor. So, I’m catching up these days on the topic of Augmented Intelligence CIMdata discussed there. I guess, unless you lived under the rock for the last few years, you’ve heard about Generative Design. Here is a new concept is coming…
Data is a new oil. Nobody is surprised when you say it these days. My previous company Inforbix was collecting data from CAD files, PLM and ERP systems and building a semantic network out of this data for search and data analytics. It was a tip of the iceberg of…
I attended the Digital Factory 2019 event yesterday in Boston organized by Formlabs. The event took place in Boston Cruise Terminal. The venue is casual enough to serve as a good place for manufacturing discussions. I’m still digesting the information from the event. Nevertheless, the most important point I captured…
I’m coming to the Digital Factory Boston conference tomorrow. The conference is organized by Formlabs (formlabs.com). The program will be hosted by Jeff Immelt that explores the latest digital manufacturing technologies, and the ways they transform the business of creating, making, and selling products. Jeff Immelt is former CEO of…
My attention was caught by CIO article – The digital transformation debate: It’s about people AND technology. In many voices about digital transformation, this article sounded very balanced providing a perspective on how both process and technology innovation will make digital transformation real. Read the article and draw your opinion….
Think about information creators and consumers in manufacturing organizations. Old PLM sales assumption was projecting 10 information consumers on one information producers in an organization. Once information is created (eg. CAD system) and placed under control, the value of the PLM system was always to distribute accurate information downstream. But…
