Going back to the early days of enterprise software, vendors developed all they needed from very basic operational systems features. This is was the only way to implement functions of the system. Very core functionality of the system was data storage – the heart of each enterprise system. Storage was…
I was reading an interview with Chris Williams about his new product, Vuuch, on NOVEDGE. Chris said that “the CAD world is boring…”. But I’m wondering why? I thought that the data management world (PDM, ERP) is more boring since it’s all about grids of data. But CAD? This is…
We are all concerned about how to decrease product cost. This is a top priority of users in today’s economic situation. But it was also a priority before 2008/9. Our primary goal is to provide systems that allows control over the cost of products. Since 80% of product cost is…
I’d like to open a series of discussions related to business intelligence and PLM. I had a chance to speak with a few people last week at a Gartner Business Intelligence event about various aspects of business intelligence – technological, social, business. One topic was very popular – the need…
I’m thinking about how to improve communication within an organization and across the professional eco-system. For example, let’s say you are an engineer in an average-sized organization of 1000 to 2000 people and you work with a few dozen suppliers. Let’s assume that you have a particular design issue and…
The issue of information overload is growing in importance. People are getting more and more information via different sources – RSS being one of them. You probably use it to get feeds from blogs, news and other internet sources. Actually, RSS technology is very scalable and, in my view, can…
How PLM can continue growth in today’s downturn economy? I think, this is time to get back and talk about PLM user adoption. I’d like to raise this question in a very specific way – is there an opportunity for second-mover innovation in PLM today? In today’s market situation, second-mover…
Collaboration and Process Management is obviously a very important part of Product Lifecycle Management. But does it really target successful Product Lifecycle Management implementation? Yes, I think that allowing people to collaborate and have this process organized and synchronized with all other processes in your organization is the ultimate goal…
While looking at the trend of Enterprise 2.0 software, I thought it would be interesting to see how PLM fits into this picture. Enterprise 2.0 is the term used to describe groups of social software products that follow the needs of enterprise organizations. I picked up several topics that, in…
Social networks and social activities is drawing more and more focus in our life. Crowdsourcing has become very popular in many areas involving decisions about people. Do you think crowdsourcing can really come to the PLM space? Despite the fact that PLM and Product Development is very often associated with…
