"Chad Jackson"
I took the word digitalization from “What is Digitalization?” PLM video. Here is what happened…
Digitalization is one of these words that we hear more often these days. The term is used very broadly. Here are the most common flavors – digitization, digitalization, digital transformation. There are tons of publications and theories about what does it mean and how it should be applied in practice….
Cloud PLM – the new generation of Oldsmobile?
Engineering.com webinar with fascinating name – Not your father’s PLM by Chad Jackson of Lifecycle Insight reminded me the textbook example of how some companies are coming ahead of itself. I’m talking about Oldsmobile. The story goes back into 1980s. Management at Oldsmobile were serving a specific market with a specific…
How to stop blaming engineers for PLM sales problems
Why unbundle 3D is hard for PLM vendors?
Unbundling is an interesting trend in many industries these days. It is relatively new marketing and business activity that helps to create new business offering, packages and product configurations. In many situations “unbundling” is a disruptive factors in many industries. Here is how it explained in Wikipedia article: Unbundling is…
PLM: Tools, Bundles and Platforms
CAD: Engineering Bundles vs. Granular Apps?
Packages, bundles, product suites, integrated environments. I’m sure you are familiar with these names. The debates about best of breed solutions vs. single-vendor integrated suites are going long way back in the history of CAD and PLM. Some companies are ready for functional trade-off and afraid of additional integration cost….
How to evaluate PDM before it will ruin your personal productivity
COFES 2014: Will PLM survive until 2020?
I’m attending COFES (The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software) which starts today in Scottsdale, AZ. COFES is not a traditional “Power Point Decks” event. It is a unique type of interaction between people interested in what will drive engineering software beyond five years horizon. The topic of COFES…
Why and when to re-think PDM?
PDM (Product Data Management) isn’t a new discipline. Nevertheless, I think, PDM is going through the time of disruption and renaissance. Cloud, social and mobile technologies are changing the way we’ve been working in the past. From that side, I can see companies that trying to re-invent PDM with a…