One of the biggest competition is competition with the status quo. Exactly one year ago, I wrote about legacy PLM. I found interesting to see how PLM vendors are attacking so-called “legacy” platforms. The definition of a legacy platform is somewhat vague. Here is the one from last year: Legacy…
My last week article about How to Measure PLM? surprised me by th number of comments for pros and cons. Check LinkedIn discussion out here. It took me some time to digest and to think why some people and companies like the idea to be measured and some don’t. The…
Standards are like toothbrushes, a good idea but no one wants to use anyone elses. The history of engineering and manufacturing software is full of stories about standards. It came from usage oof different CAD file formats, later applied to a variety of data and database interoperability scenarios. There are…
Have you heard about XaaS? Not yet.. You better catch up. Even if you’re not familiar with the buzzword, you most probably heard about total moving into service business model. The XaaS abbreviation basically tells you that everything becomes a service. It means one of the biggest business transformations is…
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are making headways these days in many industries. PLM marketing materials are full of AI and ML buzzwords and promise how new tech will make it different. Analysts and researches are coming to outline PLM and AI opportunities. This is just one the many examples…
In the past, I’ve made some writing about ENOVIA and 3DEXPERIENCE. Some of them raised a lot of questions and discussions – What’s wrong with 3DEXPERINCE and ENOVIA? Check comments on LinkedIn and in my blog here. My attention was caught by a set of articles published by Michael Finnociaro…
Have you heard about low-code development platforms? You better pay attention to low-code, since this cool buzzword and actually tools are coming to PLM space. Here is the Wikipedia version of what is LCDP. Check this out and draw your opinion. Low-code development platform. … A low-code development platform (LCDP)…
Some of my PLM friends like to say – PLM is a journey and not some kind of software. Well, I’m not sure to agree about “journey”, but I can take PLM as a process. A process, which includes all stages of product development, manufacturing, support, and maintenance. And PLM…
Terminology in the industry is a beast. Earlier today, I exchanged comments with Chad Jackson after watching his “database-less” Solid Edge PDM video. If you haven’t seen it, please check this link. Database, PDM, Indexer, Google, Dropbox… I found the video interesting because, in my view, it is greatly demonstrating…
Manufacturing companies are discovering cloud technologies. As much as it brings excitement, it also brings questions and challenges. Here is a quote from last year research made by CIMdata related to cloud adoption: Cloud adoption clearly has benefits, but it also creates issues for organizations using it. Integrating cloud-based PLM…
