I’m learning new things about Solidworks 2018 and coming new product – Solidworks Manage. You probably had a chance to read my articles – Solidworks Manage and 3DX PLM: Clash or co-existence back to SWW 2018 and Why Solidworks needs one more PDM? Solidworks is coming with a new name or…
My favorite weekend reading was The scale of tech winners by Benedict Evans (). I recommend you to read and draw your conclusions. The article brings a very interesting perspective on old and new generation of tech companies – Wintel (Windows + Intel) and GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon). GAFA…
Graph is a very powerful paradigm. For many years, the idea of “graph” or “connection” was empowering software engineers to develop many PDM and PLM applications. As much the conceptual model of graph is good, the realization is not perfect. Therefore, all PDM and PLM vendors are using relational databases to…
Market is transforming. New technologies and new business models are coming to PLM space changing the way business is done. For manufacturing companies implementing Product Lifecycle Management solutions a significant portion of business is services. According CIMdata analysis, services are about 58% of cPDM business Engineering.com article A Market in…
Oracle is a database engine run by most of PLM implementations in the world for many years. It is one of the best examples of vendor lock-in and the way to hook enterprise company to a costly maintenance contract and service. But it seems like Oracle is changing. Tech-Cruch article explains…
IoT is everywhere these days. You may think, there is no way to escape from the transformation and success IoT will bring to industry. And IoT will change the business around us. Recently I was listening to Joe Barkai presenting about IoT and its opportunity at IpX Symposium in Orlando. Here is…
Engineering.com article – 4 Things Users Hate Most About Their CAD Systems came to my reading list over the weekend. Take a look and draw your opinion. Article is touching some pain points CAD users might experience based on the survey of almost 230 product development professionals. According to the article,…
Dear Readers, This is a beginning of guest blogging on Beyond PLM. I welcome everyone to share your thoughts about engineering and manufacturing software, CAD, PDM, PLM, ERP and technologies on my blog! I look forward to great discussions. Best, Oleg Want to learn more about PLM? Check out my…
I was driving to have a meeting from Newton, MA to Waltham, MA one day afternoon. The traffic isn’t pretty at that time of the day, so I rely on my Waze navigator to give me an advise about route and time. Waze was pretty sure it will take me…
Do you think your business cannot be cannibalized by Amazon? I wrote about it few months ago – Is PLM software Amazon-proof? My hunch is that PLM software started as an engineering discipline has a chance to be transformed into networked business managing relationships between contractors, suppliers, service providers and…
