Engineering.com article by Verdi Ogewell – New Leaders in Forrester’s PLM Wave: Why Siemens Will be a Tough Nut to Crack for Dassault and PTC was my Friday portion of PLM strategic reading. Verdi is well known for his visionary article presenting collections of PLM strategies. The current article was…
3D EXPERIENCE WORLD 2021 was live earlier this week and I was watching a few sessions. Moving from products to experience – Bernard Charles, Vice Chairman and CEO of Dassault Systemes was telling it from the virtual stage of 3DX21. The grand vision of DS is to target the pain…
For those of your long time with PLM and Enterprise Software, I bet you’ve heard about TLA, which stands for a three-letter acronym. Check out any publications about PLM, and you will find tons of them – CAD, PDM, PLM, MES, SCM, ERP, CAE… You can continue the list and…
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…
The weekend is coming and this is a time for some PLM dramas. Engineering.com and Verdi Ogewell is usually not disappointing. The article published earlier this week Siemens’ New Low-Code Platform Mendix an “Aras PLM Killer?” is a great PLM thriller with the complex scenario, but unfortunately, stalemate conclusion. Read…
To select a PLM system is not a simple task. A few years ago, I shared the article – How to avoid PLM software selection mousetrap. There are many aspects of the selection process – technology, organization, vendor, etc. After all, for most organizations, PLM decision is something that is…
Steve Porter’s article Best in Show- Can ERP Providers do PLM? is a throwback in the mood of thinking about ‘best of breed” vs “integrated systems”. As always, in a very elegant way, Steve took us to his final conclusion – you need PLM to do PLM. Then figure out…
PLM differentiation is hard. In past, I shared my thoughts about how to differentiate PLM products, technologies and vendors. You can see some examples how PLM companies are differentiating themselves through technology, packaging, business models, brand and other factors. However, things are getting hard. Everyone has a platform these days and…
I attended The State of PLM economy webinar organized by CIMdata – leading source of information and analytics about PLM market. Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata Vice President shared latest PLM market data, trends and company news. You can register to webinar and get information here. The quick summary in 2 slides….
Unless you lived under the rock for the last 3-4 years, you probably heard one or two times about Onshape. A brainchild of a group of ex-Solidworkers with a leadership team including Jon Hirschtick, John McEleney, Dave Corcoran decided to take a fresh look and to create a modern CAD…
