Archive for January, 2011

2011 ERP Slowdown. Will PLM Gain Benefits?

2011 ERP Slowdown. Will PLM Gain Benefits?

I read the article in Yahoo News – ERP investments to slow in 2011. According to the Forrester research, many companies are holding back their plans to run ERP implementation. Also, many companies are running ERP systems that two releases back from the current release. Here are few interesting quotes:…

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PLM Compound Data and Google Collaboration

PLM Compound Data and Google Collaboration

I made a short note today. Google enhanced the capability of Google Docs with embedding video playback. Navigate your browser to the following Google blog describing how to realize it. In addition, you can take a look on the document providing the specification about what video formats are supported. The…

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PLM and Excel-lence

What is the most popular PLM system in the world? Yes, Microsoft Excel. In my view, every time PLM system fails Excel is making this job. Not easier. Complicated. Costly. Painful. However, when often move to Excel when we need to “get job done”.  In every manufacturing company, you can…

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PLM Integration Failures

PLM Integration Failures

There is one topic that always raises lots of controversy, in my view. I’m talking about integrations or even more specifically about PLM-oriented integration. I want to point on the following two articles I posted previously about PLM integrations: PLM Integration Gotchas PLM and Enterprise Integraton Game I read Reasons…

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Manufacturing Companies and SaaS Business Opportunity

I had a chance to watch Jason Green’s video interview by TechCrunchTV Sarah Lacy. Take a time, watch and make an opinion. I found interesting to listen to Valley VC, which is strategically focusing on cloud and enterprise opportunities. This is not a common trend, in my view. This is not…

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PLM App Store and The Future of Sales

PLM App Store and The Future of Sales

Talking about App Store is not a big news nowadays. Companies in CAD, PLM and other companies in enterprise market segment are talking a lot about app stores. However, no specific actions were made and identified. App store is definitely consumer market invention. Thinking more about the topic, is it…

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Beyond PLM New Year Resolution

Beyond PLM New Year Resolution

Hi Everyone. I never posted New Year Resolution before. However, I decided to make this change and post Beyond PLM New Year resolution for 2011. I want to thank all you for helping me to shape Beyond PLM blog by participation, asking questions and writing comments. I will do my…

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SolidWorks Lifecycle Management

SolidWorks Lifecycle Management

Bertrand Sicot appointed CEO of SolidWorks. In my view, it becomes a corporate news of this week. I think, almost all CAD-affiliated bloggers wrote something about this event. The death of SolidWorks by Develop3D is the article you definitely need to read. My favorite article was SolidSmack’s interview with Bertrand…

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PLM, Cloud Mashup and Terminological Games

PLM, Cloud Mashup and Terminological Games

One of my twitting buddies, Jonathan Scott, re-twitted the link to the following article – CIO Strategies: The Private and Public Clouds Mashup. I found it quite interesting. Have a read and make your opinion. The topic of cloud is trending. Companies are trying to position themselves on the cloud map. The…

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Mobile, Photo, Video and Manufacturing Collaboration

Mobile, Photo, Video and Manufacturing Collaboration

Mobile communication is evolving. Lots of new things happen. iPhone was a revolutionary device that introduced back-end camera and allowed to share photos and videos. During the last six months, we have seen a massive introduction of front-end cameras on multiple devices. In combination with back-end camera, it opens the…

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