Archive for October, 2015

The ubiquitous future of PLM configustamization

The ubiquitous future of PLM configustamization

Note – don’t try to Google for “configustamization”. There is no such word. I checked it already :). Few weeks ago, I raised a question about PLM configuration and customization. You can catch up on my previous blog here. I found that “configuration vs. customization” semantics is quite dangerous and…

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Will “cloud” change the way we integrate PLM and ERP?

Will “cloud” change the way we integrate PLM and ERP?

Integration has a very important role in PLM implementations. PLM is intended to manage design and engineering aspects of product development. ERP is intended to manage manufacturing resources, process and inventory. Therefore PLM and ERP are complementary. Most of PLM implementations I’ve seen in my life, required PLM-ERP integration. At…

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It is time to stop marketing CAD/PLM cloud and move to deployment

It is time to stop marketing CAD/PLM cloud and move to deployment

Do you remember the time when the term “dot-com company” was booming around? Getting back to late 1990s, so called dot.com or “internet companies” were around to attract people using internet access. After stock market crash around a year 2000, most of these companies dropped “.com” suffix from their names….

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Engineers are not asking about cloud and it’s okay..

Engineers are not asking about cloud and it’s okay..

I like surveys. They can help you to discover what people think and motivate to make analysis. My attention was caught by a survey Worldwide CAD Trends done by British-based Business Advantage. This year it surveyed 635 CAD managers and users in several countries. Thanks upFront.Ezine article The state of…

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How to change existing PLM User Experience

How to change existing PLM User Experience

Historically, PLM products are well know for being complicated and hard to use. It has deep roots in the way enterprise software was built for many years. The assumption that business users will have to use software dictated by IT and needed for their business function. The picture below is…

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Your next PLM workflow manager will be…. bot

Your next PLM workflow manager will be…. bot

Workflow management is boring. And complicated. I know many people that literally hate workflows. Unfortunately, enterprise software is fully hooked on process management and workflows. It is everywhere and it makes user experience complicated. I honestly believe that workflows will be dead (sooner than later) and interactive user experience will come to replace it. You…

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CAD and cloud marketing controversy

CAD and cloud marketing controversy

  CAD and PLM marketing folks have tough time these days. It has been just five years ago, when Jeff Ray, former CEO of SolidWorks shocked everyone at SolidWorks World 2010 by introducing the SWAT team with the objective “to kill SolidWorks”. You can navigate back in time to SolidSmack…

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Is there a need for “real time” collaboration between engineers?

Is there a need for “real time” collaboration between engineers?

Technology is moving forward. The last wave of the development in cloud and mobile technologies, data management and collaboration created a tremendous opportunity to change the way people think and work together. It can impact company processes strategically as well as a unlock a potential to innovate differently. It applies…

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Why PLM is taking “best practices” wrong way?

Why PLM is taking “best practices” wrong way?

The topic of “best practices” in PLM implementations usually brings lot of controversy. Since the time PDM and PLM technologies and products moved from a toolkit approach to product and solutions, vendors and industry pundits are looking for a silver bullet how to rationalize and optimize the deployment and implementation process….

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