Many manufacturing companies realized that being able to keep their PLM system updated is a very critical element of PLM and IT strategy. Known as “release lock”, the problem is hard to solve. The solution is not obvious. Aras, for example, is selling subscription which is including upgrade service. The…
It has been more than a month since PTC acquired Onshape. Such a big event triggered many conversations about the future trajectory of CAD and PLM solutions as well as their ability to change the market status quo. Here is a PTC slide explaining the rationale behind the acquisition. According…
Everyone needs data. But nobody wants to manage it. I’ve learned it for many years of working with the engineering team and manufacturing companies. The problem is the same for teams and companies of all sizes. Although it might have different flavors if you work within large enterprise, medium-size manufacturing…
To decide what PLM to chose is a hard job these days. Everyone in the PLM business is focusing on helping manufacturing companies to design better, faster, cheaper products. Everyone is IoT, cloud, connected, intelligent and focused on user experience. Everyone is capable to produce a nice video and when…
I’ve been following Autodesk development in PDM and PLM space for the last decade. You can check some of my articles about Autodesk PLM360 and Fusion Lifecycle – Autodesk Future PLM trajectories and How Autodesk plans to connect multiple generations of CAD, PDM, and PLM just a few months ago…
SAP is one of the leading vendors to run business for many companies. Somehow I remember old airport commercial – “A Runs on SAP”. I’m sure you’ve seen it at least once. SAP is a sophisticated and comprehensive environment to manage many aspects of company business data and processes. When…
The first time I’ve got a voice command in the car was 2007. Back those days, my car had a button called “activate voice command” and also voice command index in the user manual. And, as almost expected for six years I drove that car I never used voice command….
I’m still digesting tons of information I’ve got last week during AU2019 in Las Vegas. I will continue to share my comments and thoughts during this week and maybe even more. Today, I want to share what I’ve seen at Design and Manufacturing Keynote. It was presented by Greg Fallon,…
Acquisitions are part of every industry development these days. Usually, it is a major event in the company, product, technology and business development for both sides. PTC acquired Onshape a few weeks ago. I published my article PTC+Onshape=what happened? I published just after the acquisition. There are many articles published…
AU2019 is in a full swing. I attended the general keynote session yesterday. From my experience, Andrew Anagnost, CEO of Autodesk presented the vision and gave a few very interesting examples of how we can get better in building, manufacturing and generally working together. My favorite theme in Andrew’s keynotes…
