Bad terminology is an enemy of good thinking. A running joke in PLM industry says that if you ask what is PLM in a meeting room, the number of answers is usually greater than number of people. PLM industry has a big terminology problem. It is hard to agree and…
I’m continue to share my comments after COFES 2018, which took place in Scottsdale, AZ last week. Yesterday, I shared my thoughts about Decentralized PLM round table. Check more here. Today I want to talk about another round table discussion at COFES – Graph Databases: The Next Big Thing. The…
Last week at COFES 2018, I had a privileged to moderate discussion at the round table with a subject “Decentralized PLM”. You probably had a chance to read my earlier blog, which was mentioning COFES roundtable discussions. Setting up the stage I used the following passages to set the stage…
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…
Amazon will compete CAD and PLM vendors by expanding their in downstream value chain. Are you laughing? You might be right. However, you can join group of people talking about Amazon selling only books. This is already history , but this is a history we can learn from. Two decades after…
If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got. Often Henry Ford is credited for this quote and I like to mention it in the context of manufacturing transformation and new technology. To reach its full potential, the manufacturing industry will need to continue…
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’m coming back from Ann Arbor Michigan where I attended CIMdata North American PLM industry and market forum. You can check out the agenda here. The forum is designed exclusively for solution and service providers in PLM economy. The following picture is one sliders CIMdata presentation about 40 years of…
I will be heading to COFES 2018 next week. Almost traditional gathering of CAD friends in warm Scottsdale Arizona. During my first years of COFES, I was coming to Scottsdale from Israel and didn’t appreciate much nice weather in Scottsdale Plaza Resort. However, when you’re coming from snowy Boston, the…
Breaking down silos was PLM mantra for many years. I have to admit – I believed in such approach as well. The concept of breaking silos and establishing single point of truth was such an obvious thing to think about. Unfortunately, the problem of such approach is becoming real as…
