Archive for March, 2017

What CAD & PLM products are ready for disruption?

What CAD & PLM products are ready for disruption?

Disruption is the hallmark of modern technology world. We are thinking and talking about it all the time. One of the key questions people are asking: “If we’re so aware of potential disruption, then why do successful products keep getting disrupted?”. So, central question to disruption is whether it is…

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PLM Digitalization and End-to-End connectivity

PLM Digitalization and End-to-End connectivity

Earlier today, I attended CIMdata PLM Industry and Market forum  in Ann Arbor, MI. The theme of the event this year was Digitalization. Earlier this year, I shared some of my thoughts about Digital Transformation and Digitalization – 3 Steps towards digital transformation, The role of digital PLM In real-time…

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CIMdata PLM Industry and Market Forum – Alphabet Soup and Adoption

CIMdata PLM Industry and Market Forum – Alphabet Soup and Adoption

I’m heading to Ann Arbor later today to attend CIMdata PLM industry and market forum. The event is a first in a row of traditional annual events. CIMdata will introduce its annual market research and will present related industry, technology and market researches. The event is for vendors and industry people…

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Microsoft and cloud PLM adoption

Microsoft and cloud PLM adoption

For the last few years PLM vendors made a big step towards acceptance of cloud technology, SaaS application and subscription business model. At the same time, cloud PLM sales are not going as well as vendors would like to demand. The adoption of cloud technologies in PLM segment is behind…

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How change complexity is killing PLM

How change complexity is killing PLM

Lifecycle management is one of the most fundamental value propositions PLM systems are selling. The ability to manage lifecycle of the product information – product data, its states, changes and related process is a quintessential characteristic of PLM. And despite many issues related to complexity of implementations, cost and the need…

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Workflows are hard… and not only for PLM vendors

Workflows are hard… and not only for PLM vendors

Workflows is a very essential part of PLM system and overall product lifecycle management paradigm. PLM vendors are using workflow mechanism to model business processes in organization for product development, engineering to manufacturing, change management and many other user cases. Even workflow seems to be an intuitive and well understood…

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Next PLM marketing battle – monolithic system

Next PLM marketing battle – monolithic system

PLM is getting more competitive these days. Cloud technology development, SaaS applications and new business models injected competitive energy between old established PLM vendors, growing vendors and startups. Established PLM vendors learned how out-market cloud PLM newcomers. Debates about “true cloud” are interesting, but not very productive and PLM industry pretty…

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PLM Cloud Sales and Timing

PLM Cloud Sales and Timing

Engineering software is slowly moving towards cloud. Vendors, industry pundits and even customers are in a full agreement that cloud is the future. At the same time, the key question everyone is trying to answer is “when”. Earlier today, analytic and research company CIMdata was organizing the webinar to introduce…

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Connected PLM – buzzword or differentiation?

Connected PLM – buzzword or differentiation?

Marketing can be boring. But not when it comes to competitive clashes and differentiation game. And, PLM is getting even more competitive then ever. Nobody wants to sell plane bagels and PLM vendors are trying to create a differentiation stories. There are different ways to create differentiation. You can create a…

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