SAP is changing their business model. Engineering.com article – First of its Kind: New SAP Pricing Model is Based on Digital Access by Verdi Ogwell brings some nuggets and ideas about SAP business model changes. The first in its kind, digital model suggest new way to license direct human access and…
Earlier this week Stan Przybylinski of CIMdata presented 2018 PLM market analysis results at CIMdata 2018 industry and market forum in Ann Arbor. CIMdata forum is a great opportunity to get early visibility on trends and market. The event is organized specially for PLM vendors and services providers. PLM market…
I usually say, the most though competitor is status quo. Why status quo is complex? Because it requires a potential customer to make a change, which is very painful. Even if the change will lead to improvements, people will be looking how to avoid it if they can. Because people…
To integrate PLM with other islands of information in manufacturing company, downstream applications and value chain is a big deal. Every single PLM implementation I was involved into requires integration. From very simple (just to bring this spreadsheet into PLM) and up to very sophisticated ones integrating PLM with ERP,…
Collaboration becomes increasingly important for manufacturing companies. Earlier this week, the news about Airbus deal with Google G-suite created some buzz. In the following article, Airbus CIO explains why Airbus abandoned Microsoft for Google Docs. Here is the key passage: Airbus tied the shift to a digital transformation taking place…
I was invited to speak at Develop3D Live 2018 about Data Management. If you followed my blog earlier, you might seen articles about Data management 2.0 before Develop3D Live. Check my earlier blogs here and here. This 1.5 hours sessions combined four presentations made by Joe McBurnie, Mike Payne, Neil Cooke…
Collaboration isn’t a new word in a lexicon of 3D, CAD and PLM software. Sometimes, collaboration sounds a bit buzzy, but if you think about it from a practical standpoint, we do need to have tools that can help us to communicate and work together with remote teams or even…
It took me few days to catch up on my writing about Solidworks World 2018. But I’m not done yet. Now it is a time to catch up on all writing about Solidworks World. Also, this year, I was attending SWW18 with my OpenBOM badge, which means I didn’t join…
My last post about SOLIDWORKS World 2018 is about dreams. I’ve heard Bernard Charles, Dassault Systemes Vice Chairman and CEO said “We all have big dreams”. I wanted to find what is the biggest dream of SWW2018 that match my dreams about future of engineering and manufacturing. Here is my…
One of the announcements done at SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2018 was SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE PLM services. Apology for extensive use of capital letters, but this is how Dassault Systemes Marketing wants us to spell these product names. So, what is about? From the last day keynote session, I captured the following video….
