CIMdata PLM Forum – PLM Future Is Unclear And Not Only Because of COVID19 I’m slowly digesting information from the first-ever virtual CIMdata PLM Forum 2020. The forum switched into virtual presentations and this week we had Peter Bilello, President & CEO and Stan Przybylinski, Vice President, CIMdata speaking about…
Nobody Gets Fired For Buying IBM. I’ve heard this phrase many years ago when I was learning nuts and bolts of the PLM sales process. PLM software was originally developed for large companies and the selection process in these companies is very complex. Back in days of CAD releases that…
We are in a huge crisis. This is how the situation that happens outside in the world feels now by everybody. While it brings an unprecedented amount of disruption and uncertainty, it is also a “perfect storm” that should help us to see better, push us to find better solutions…
Digital transformation introduces new technology to solve problems in many industries. Manufacturing is not foreign to this trend. Digital transformation is easily explained as a move from paper to paperless. While it is easy to grasp, you can think that most design, engineering and production planning is already digital as…
I grew up in a country where supermarkets and grocery shops shelves were empty. Your best luck was to the time when do you need to come to the store to buy something after standing in the queue. Even the fundamental reasons for empty shelves in the U.S. and other…
A few years ago, I wrote my article – Who will make PLM sexier? My point was that for a long time PLM was associated with the complexity and now it is a good time to rethink the complexity and introduce a simple and sexy approach in PLM system design…
Earlier last week, I attended the PTC Onshape Product Development Cloud Forum. Check out my article here () if you missed it. I found very interesting the trajectory Onshape is taking after the PTC acquisition last year. Design-centric PLM- this is a phrase I’ve head in that meeting resonating with…
My simple question What should trigger BOM revision triggered a bloodbath of debates about FFF (form, fit and function) and turned out to be a very interesting conversation. Check out these articles – Has FFF killed and What the FFF happening? Jos’ article has a great list of references to…
The big innovation is usually crisis-driven. Many researchers suggest we need to have a bit of kick to start changing and innovation. We are good at solving problems, but we are also lazy. We need a crisis moment to start moving faster. Sometimes there are alternative solutions, but we need…
Earlier today, I attended Onshape’s PTC-Onshape Product Development In The Cloud Forum in Seaport Boston district. It has been several months since PTC acquired Onshape and I thought it would be a good time to check out what is on the Onshape agenda these days and what is the next…
