Engineering and manufacturing software companies have a dream to become an “Amazon of Manufacturing”. The idea is not new and has some legs. In simple words, if you’re an individual consumer I bet you’re buying at least something on Amazon these days. And the Amazon business model and value proposition…
Digitalization is one of these words that we hear more often these days. The term is used very broadly. Here are the most common flavors – digitization, digitalization, digital transformation. There are tons of publications and theories about what does it mean and how it should be applied in practice….
There are different definitions and descriptions of what is Digital Transformation. From a very simple such as the process of using digital technologies to create new — or modify existing — business processes, culture, and customer experiences. To a very sophisticated you can find in this wiki page article, which…
Going back in 2011 when I attended ACE 2011, I captured Aras idea and vision in my article – Aras lines up against Windchill, Enovia, and Teamcenter. Check the article – it can give you some ideas about Aras development – to support organizational changes and the idea of total…
My next story from ACE 2019 is about Aras product update. It was presented by John Sperling, Aras VP of product management. John told two stories in his presentation – one about how Aras is using its own tool for software development and the second is about new product features…
I attended ACE 2019 Aras Community Event that took place in Phoenix, AZ last week, Aras Corp branded it as “Red Hot PLM”. I spent almost 3 days in the hotel with very little outdoor time. So, not sure about the weather in Arizona, but inside it was clearly a…
Continue to share my reflections after COFES today, I want to touch CAD/PLM mergers and acquisitions (M&A). COFES is a place where competitors can meet in a very relaxing atmosphere and have tête-à-tête conversation, which can lead to partnerships, special deals, and acquisitions. Also, COFES is a good place to…
I’m continuing to share my favorite moments of COFES 2019 I attended last week. One of them is Eric Anderson’s of ScaleVC presentation. Eric was speaking about new trends in how to build hardware. Think about how fully digital companies are developing products and make it the same for manufacturing….
Back last week, I attended COFES 2019 – Congress of the Future of Engineering Software. COFES is a great networking event, but it is always a source of future ideas. There are many visionary videos and presentations. Microsoft was doing many of them and some of these videos are focusing…
I was attending COFES 2019 last week. Three engineering software geeks – Brad Holtz, Evan Yares and Joel Orr founded COFES 20 years ago with the vision that conversations and community are more important than slide decks presented during the event. Here is COFES Story. If you want to be…
