PLM can be anything from business strategy to product and technology. To get companies to adopt PLM takes time and this is where I can see a lot of discussions and debates about complexity PLM. I will talk about complex vs simple PLM next time. Today I want to focus…
CNCCookbook published 2018 CAD survey results. Check them here. I found a few interesting data points: (1) Significant growth of Autodesk Fusion360 and Solidworks; (2) A relatively flat position of others. Check the following picture of 15 CAD products representing 82% of the market. The picture is also including a comparison of 2017 and…
I had an opportunity to visit PTC yesterday at their new headquarters location in Boston Seaport District. If you’re following my blog, you probably had a chance to read my earlier article – Boston PLM Innovation – Highway vs Seaport. Check this out if you missed that earlier. PTC organized a series of meetups….
It is 2019 outside and cloud computing is a reality in business software. During the last 10 years, the trajectory of CAD and PLM products was changing bouncing between ignorance and curiosity, finally moving from blatant marketing and technological bravado to pragramatic delivery of solutions and products capable to run in a…
You probably noticed a growing popularity of “Digital Twin”. Check this picture below showing you Google Search trend. People are coming to “digital twin” much more often than before. And digital twin is a trending topic. In my earlier article this year – PLM buzzwords detox, “Digital Twin” got most…
In the world of product lifecycle management, there is a new buzzword “Bi-modal PLM”. If you missed my earlier articles, please catch up here – Bi-modal PLM: Fad or Silver bullet and How bi-modal IT strategy can open gates to innovation in PLM. I read Share PLM article – Bimodal PLM:…
For many years, PLM adoption is one of the most difficult questions in PLM business. How to convince manufacturing companies to wrap their heads around big PLM idea, to adopt it and make it available for everyone in their organization. PLM vendors have mixed success in PLM adoptions. Large OEM companies are…
User interface or how we more often call it these days “user experience” (UX) is tough. Enterprise systems, PLM and CAD systems are not the easiest technologies in the world. I wrote many articles in the past discussing how important simple and intuitive user interface. Check my articles here. But it…
Digital transformation and machine learning is coming to us from every possible and, sometimes, very unexpected direction. Over the weekend, my attention was caught by very interesting news that came from Microsoft. Check Engadget blog – Import Excel data just by photographing a spreadsheet. The new import feature uses image recognition technology…
Earlier this week my attention was caught by Siemens PLM tweet message claiming the definition of low-cost PLM. Check this link. Low-cost #PLM doesn’t mean free software downloads … it means PLM software that can be deployed out-of-the-box, with minimal configuration instead of costly customization. The article connected to this…
