Social is hot. Social networks, social applications, social enterprise, social CRM… social PLM (?). I put a question mark, since I wasn’t sure if to use a word social is an appropriated in this context. What means “social” for PLM? How it is different from what we’ve been doing in…
I want to get back to social applications and PLM topic. You can ask me why? Last week was the week Google Buzz was born. In my view Google did it, as usual, in a very disruptive way. I remember, last year or so, Google introduced Google Profile. Nobody clearly…
Recent SolidWorks World Event brought a significant splash of discussion about cloud based applications. It is interesting to see different voices mentioned by PLM providers with regards to the growing buzz of cloud. I had chance to put bulk of blog posts on my cloud week about a year ago….
Recent presentation on SolidWorks World 2010 about evolution of PLM drove me to think about what is the future of 3D and PLM in longer term. For those who haven’t had chance to see these materials, please take a look on the slide below. What we can see is the…
Google introduced a new product yesterday – Google Buzz. It is still very new, but I think, the message is clear. Google finally decided to step into massive social place allocated today by multiple social nets and communication tools. It is too early to say how Google Buzz will evolve…
I want to continue the topic I started yesterday about Value Engineering and discuss how PLM can be potentially used to manage cost of a product. In my view, cost is a very sensitive and complicated topic in the organization. When PLM is normally mentioned as a tool that allows…
This weekend I was thinking about Value Engineering and how it can be supported in Product Lifecycle Management. So, just to bring everybody on this same page – Value Engineering. Value Engineering is taking origins in General Electric in WWII and focus on systematic approach of product improvements. For me,…
Last week was very cloudy in Southern California. I’m sure you understand… I’m talking about SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim, CA. It was time when SolidWorks presented their technological preview and first SolidWorks PLM on the cloud (SolidWorks Product Data Sharing). However, I want to start from a very interesting…
I want to discuss CAE today. CAE is considered as a technology to support engineers in tasks such as analysis, simulation, design, manufacture, planning, diagnosis, and repair. CAE considered as a mainstream technology applied for design and manufacturing. In my view, CAE is one of the major sources of engineering…
This short prompt today was driven by presentation on SolidWorks World 2010. What is the evolution path of PLM? For the last time, we heard lots of statements that PLM came to the maturity point. Now customers can understand and see PLM value for businesses and for industry. However, as we…
