Today’s manufacturing environment is changing more quickly than ever before. New technologies are allowing manufacturers to increase the speed at which they design, manufacture, and distribute their products while still maintaining high-quality standards. These changes have led some industry insiders to believe that product lifecycle management (PLM) will expand into…
I’ve been catching up on conferences and virtual events earlier today. One of them was a virtual Autodesk University 2021. The event that usually was happening live and gathering ~10 thousand people, for the second year was a complete online event. The event is completely free and you can check…
PLM space is hot these days and the money is coming to PLM space. Earlier this year, Autodesk made an acquisition of another cloud PLM vendor Upchain. At this time, we can say that Autodesk is buying PDM/PLM software companies on average every 10 years, Upchain acquisition generated few interesting…
The world is more connected these days than ever before. Since COVID19 is in charge of digital transformation, millions of people were literally forced to work remotely and learn how to connect in the virtual environment and keep their works and goals. Engineers and manufacturing companies were part of this…
Each period in history brings its own power. Back in the 17th century, during Dutch Golden Age, the value of tulip bulbs reached extraordinary levels. Energy resources and oil were and still are some of the most powerful resources. Back in 2017, the Economist published the article titled “the world’s…
CAD and PLM companies are on the run towards the cloud. Each company has its own journey, stories, strategies, and technologies. But you won’t find any company in the universe of engineering and manufacturing software these days that is not trying to find its path towards the cloud, SaaS, digital…
Earlier this week I attended the Autodesk Accelerate 2021 event. The event was originally started back in 2014 as an Autodesk PLM event, but within the time was transformed into a special manufacturing and innovation event. This is the second virtual Accelerate event. Earlier events took place in Boston and…
I’ve been following Autodesk’s last move in the PLM business – Upchain acquisition. The first preliminary assessment was based on the initial presentations and briefings done by Autodesk and left many open questions about what Autodesk plans to do with the recently released Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage and future plans…
Earlier this week, I had a chance to attend the PLM Market and Industry Forum organized by CIMdata. It was the follow-up session of the North America Forum. CIMdata had two presentations by CIMdata CEO and President, Peter Bilello, and VP, Stan Przybylinksi giving the update about a mid-year market…
The calls to simplify PLM systems are not something new in the industry. Although industry pundits might keep arguing about who invented the PLM concept and when it was first introduced to the work, there is almost full agreement about the value and complexity of PLM at the same. It…
