Archive for July, 2009

3 main factors of mainstream PLM adoption

I had chance to discuss PLM adoption rate already several time. I think, adoption rate, is one of the factors why Product Lifecycle Management is not coming to mainstream and remains something exclusive. If I look back in the computer and CAD industry history, the revolutions happened when sophisticated technologies…

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PLM Prompt: MS Office 2010 and PLM Collaboration

PLM Prompt: MS Office 2010 and PLM Collaboration

I’m very happy to share article by Kenneth Wong in DE Online. One Small Step for Office, One Giant Leap for Online Collaboration. In my view, online collaboration will receive huge boost as soon as Office 2010 will be available and will be very beneficial for CAD/PDM/PLM industry. You can…

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PLM and Internet of Things

PLM and Internet of Things

In my view, Internet is going to change much more things in our life than we can imagine. One of the interesting trends related to Internet and PLM, I want to discuss is called Internet of Things. This term was born first time in MIT back to 1999 in Auto-ID…

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PLM Prompt: Will Google OS become platform for CAD?

PLM Prompt: Will Google OS become platform for CAD?

Very Loud Prompt- Google building 3D hardware boost into Chrome. Brad Chen, engineering manager of the Google Native Client said in his presentation – “With O3D, we think we’ll be able to enable high-quality games, the kind you’re accustomed to seeing on consoles, as well as CAD (computer-aided design) applications” ….

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What is the right time to implement PLM Workflow and Processes?

What is the right time to implement PLM Workflow and Processes?

Every time I’ve been talking with customers about processes, work flows and PLM, the conclusion was that one of the important factors of process implementation is to choose right timing. You need to have company ready to think about process improvements. So, the point was very clear – to change…

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PLM Prompt: SolidJott – way to integrate social tools in CAD?

PLM Prompt: SolidJott – way to integrate social tools in CAD?

I’m looking on SolidJott plug-in for SolidWorks. My opinion, that social tools need to be integrated into CAD environment. The main question, I’m asking -what is practical way to do so? I’ve been looking on few examples of social tools integration into CAD and design environment. Starting from joke-like-twitting-SpaceClaim and…

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New Office 2010 features for PLM integration

New Office 2010 features for PLM integration

I’m continuing to provide my observation for upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 version. Today, I’d like to discuss two features related to Office 2010 that probably not on the surface of day-to-day communication, but at the same time will be very important in context of broad PLM implementations. Office 2010 Properties and…

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PLM Prompt: Will Office 2010 disrupt PLM sales?

PLM Prompt: Will Office 2010 disrupt PLM sales?

Loud prompt – Microsoft is releasing Office 2010 version, which will include free Office 2010 browser version. Take a look also on some analysis on eWeek article. This is something that potentially can be very disruptive for PLM portion of collaboration, which relies on sharing and non-3D and unstructured information….

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PLM Prompt: Google Doc’s users want tables! PLM shocked…

PLM Prompt: Google Doc’s users want tables! PLM shocked…

Very impressive capabilities of Google Docs including Auto-playfeatures. I think presentation becomes very mature.Two questions incontext of this information I had in my mind: Google Docs: You want tables! 1. Is it matured enough to replace multiple Excels we are using today? 2. What do you think about embedding of…

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