Almost 2 years ago I asked a question – How many PDM systems SOLIDWORKS users need? I counted five PDM systems. With coming new version of SOLIDWORKS 2018, I’ve learned about new PDM – SOLIDWORKS Manage. Earlier this week, I’ve been watching SWW18 launch. My goal was to understand SOLIDWORKS PDM…
Last week I attended Autodesk Accelerate event in Boston. If you missed my notes, you can catchup here. One of my favorite sessions, was a panel with users. The fascinating answer provided by Jennifer Walker of Amsafe was about simplicity of changes and administration of Fusion Lifecycle. She asked about…
Photo credit: Tesla Robot Dance by Steve Jurvetson It is hard to argue about value proposition behind “PLM projects”. PLM story is rock solid these days. However, to sell PLM is still a very hard job. Do you remember a decade ago, PLM sales people were obsessed with ‘singe version of…
Do you remember discussions about true and fake clouds a few years ago? It was a trend among PLM and ERP vendors trying to prove that “my cloud” is the best one. Want to get back and read some of these stories? Here are a few links to old posts…
Siemens PLM Teamcenter blog – #MCAD users! Get connected with PLM inside MCAD! is calling MCAD users with the exclamation mark. It gives you a set of videos demonstrating the same design challenge – following ECN process with Teamcenter Active Workspace. All videos are highlighting tight connection between Teamcenter and MCAD…
I spent last 2 days attending Autodesk Accelerate 2017 event. More info is here. The event became almost tradition for me based on my continues interest in PLM, cloud and its location in Boston. The event is evolving to become more focused on Autodesk customers- great opportunity to meet and…
Industry is transforming these days. As part of business transformation, engineering and manufacturing software vendors are changing the way software is developed, delivered and used by customers. Massive transition into services and subscriptions, combined with cloud software delivery create many new opportunities to change the way consulting, service and training…
I spend last 3 days with a very interesting group of industrial companies attending IpX 2017: Integrated Process Excellence Symposium & Training. The event and organization formerly known as Institute of Configuration Management is undergoing transformation and expanding of the activity. You can check agenda and keynote speakers navigating to…
I was invited to give a keynote at IpX Symposium. For those of your who was involved into Configuration Management discipline and familiar with CMII model, this is the same organization and the event that was re-branded last year as IpX (Integrated Process Excellence). Navigate to the following link to…
When you present about “cloud” and “PLM” topic, the question of security was always the one on the top.For many years, it was such a nice way for IT to steer the conversation in the wrong direction. The tone and argument have changed significantly for the last 5-6 years. Many…
