Looking back on what happened for the last 10 years in PLM, the one thing is absolutely clear – the position of vendors didn’t change. The ruling top vendors in the PLM business in 2019 are the same vendors that ruled the market in 2009. As we are coming to…
I’ve been coming to Solidworks World for many years. I did it as a Dassault System employee, startup founder, and blogger. Solidworks World was one of those powerful events where you can get a great opportunity to talk to Solidworks customers and partners as well as get first hands communication…
Many manufacturing companies realized that being able to keep their PLM system updated is a very critical element of PLM and IT strategy. Known as “release lock”, the problem is hard to solve. The solution is not obvious. Aras, for example, is selling subscription which is including upgrade service. The…
It has been more than a month since PTC acquired Onshape. Such a big event triggered many conversations about the future trajectory of CAD and PLM solutions as well as their ability to change the market status quo. Here is a PTC slide explaining the rationale behind the acquisition. According…
I’ve been following Autodesk development in PDM and PLM space for the last decade. You can check some of my articles about Autodesk PLM360 and Fusion Lifecycle – Autodesk Future PLM trajectories and How Autodesk plans to connect multiple generations of CAD, PDM, and PLM just a few months ago…
SAP is one of the leading vendors to run business for many companies. Somehow I remember old airport commercial – “A Runs on SAP”. I’m sure you’ve seen it at least once. SAP is a sophisticated and comprehensive environment to manage many aspects of company business data and processes. When…
I’m still digesting tons of information I’ve got last week during AU2019 in Las Vegas. I will continue to share my comments and thoughts during this week and maybe even more. Today, I want to share what I’ve seen at Design and Manufacturing Keynote. It was presented by Greg Fallon,…
Acquisitions are part of every industry development these days. Usually, it is a major event in the company, product, technology and business development for both sides. PTC acquired Onshape a few weeks ago. I published my article PTC+Onshape=what happened? I published just after the acquisition. There are many articles published…
AU2019 is in a full swing. I attended the general keynote session yesterday. From my experience, Andrew Anagnost, CEO of Autodesk presented the vision and gave a few very interesting examples of how we can get better in building, manufacturing and generally working together. My favorite theme in Andrew’s keynotes…
It’s that time of the PLM development again – vendors have started to pay attention to small and medium-sized manufacturing companies. PLM interest to SMB market and small manufacturing businesses was going up and down for the last two decades. It has its own successes and failures but never delivered…
