Archive for September, 2009

PLM Prompt: Dynamic Business Application and Design Collaboration

During last week, I had chance to discuss PLM, Design and Business Process trends. The core idea behind was about how we can apply business processes in the context of design application and collaboration. I had chance to take a look on Forrester’s Dynamic Business Applications imperative. The idea of…

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Next 3 Steps in Collaborative PLM

Why I decided to talk today about Collaborative PLM? I think “collaborative” buzz was with us quite long time, but these days this trend is going down and “social networks” are coming up. Nevertheless, I think when we start to think about practical ways to implement “People Centric PLM” (Thanks…

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PLM Prompt: Future of 3D CAD in Touchable Holography

Interesting prompt today. What do you think about future of 3D? What will be real immesrsive 3D experience? We are doing 3D on the screen for the last 25 years and recently started to try touch screens. But what about touchable 3D? Take a look and enjoy this video. Do…

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Non-3D User Experience for PLM

I want to touch today topic related to user experience in various PLM systems. Having such powerful function as 3D in user experience is, of course, very important. However, sometimes I think we really overkill by 3D. Few months ago I discussed this in my post (3D Limits…). During this…

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PLM Prompt: Non-PLM as an opposite to PLM?

Reading Vuuch post “Do Opposite Attract in Business Process?”, I decided to go future and think about opposites in PLM. And I have to acknowledge, this is hot topic, especially when you come to sales point, cost and ROI. I want to come later with more detailed analyzes of what…

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PLM Prompt: Blender Open Source for 3D

Interesting prompt today – I’m looking on Blender Open Project for 3D Content creation. I see such projects very promising for the future of 3D software and CAD is one of them. Until now 3D CAD was considered as pretty conservative space. Many people are considering 3D CAD  as almost…

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Big-Bang PLM Dreams – should we move away from monolith approach?

For years, PLM and not only PLM, but also other enterprise systems like ERP supported idea of a single backbone system that can solve all problems. Enterprise PLM platform, in general, follow this approach by proposing platforms and systems focusing on supporting concept of single point of truth, common view…

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PLM and Multi-domain business processes.

I’d like to continue the topic I started yesterday in my post “PLM vs. ERP: Demand for Business Process”. Even from the small amount of comments I’ve got from yesterday, my impression is that there is no agreed position about how PLM and ERP related to business processes and what…

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PLM vs. ERP: Demand for Business Process

I want to start today with twitter quote “PLM vs ERP – ERP a transactional system, not suited to manage development of product, integration of all info such as ingredients”. Well, PLM/PDM vs. ERP discussion is old, and I remember it for the last 10-15 years or even more… However,…

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