I have a passion for graphs. After many years of advocating for PLM and product data, I found graph is such a beautiful and elegant model for information in engineering and manufacturing domain. Of course, graphs aren’t limited to product information. However, the way PLM products were built for the…
For the last year, I’ve been sharing my thoughts about something I call new PLM paradigm. PLM started few decades ago from controlling data of engineering department. It grew up, especially in a large companies as a discipline to control business process and to transform organizational performance. The last turned…
Long time ago, PLM companies brought the idea and vision for extended enterprise. The idea is very simple. PLM tools deployed for an OEM company will extend beyond engineering function to other department and connected companies. Recently, a new concept of product innovation platform (PIP) was introduced by CIMdata. Although,…
One of the advantages of living in Boston area is to be surrounded by CAD and PLM companies. Long time ago, I called Yankee Division Highway (Route 128) surrounding Boston – PLM highway. The situation is a bit different now – Autodesk moved to Seaport district and PTC will be…
For many years, PLM analysts, consultants and vendors claimed that silos are bad and need to be broken to transform the organization. You can see it in so many places. Here are just few examples – Demolish silos using 3DEXPERIENCE by DS; Silos are for farms and not for companies…
CIMdata announced new research completion about PLM Status and trends. A quick note about it can be found here. A very short summary of key findings is interesting: Significant findings show that: (1) Industrial companies continue to struggle to move their PLM implementations beyond traditional product data management (PDM) topics,…
Collaboration isn’t a new word in a lexicon of 3D, CAD and PLM software. Sometimes, collaboration sounds a bit buzzy, but if you think about it from a practical standpoint, we do need to have tools that can help us to communicate and work together with remote teams or even…
Integration is a big deal during PLM implementation. I cannot recall any PLM implementation that went live without some sort of integration – legacy databases, ERP software, PDM tools, you name it. Integration is always there and demand work and dedication to make it happen. Every PLM service company during…
