The industrial world is changing and so product lifecycle management (PLM) software. Back decades ago, PLM software was only for large defense, auto and aero companies building gigantic programs and it required millions in investment. Things are changing and manufacturing landscape is different from what was 15-20 years ago. Product…
I’m polishing my presentation for PLMx conference next week in Hamburg. If you haven’t heard about the event, check here my previous articles here. During my session at PLMx I will speak about PLM innovation and danger to get involved into buzzword innovation. Marketing can do magic and you can…
Long time awaited(at least for me) cloud PLM research made by CIMdata and sponsored by multiple PLM vendors was finally published last week. If you want to get a report, navigate to the following link and use free CIMdata registration. CIMdata research was made in partnership with top PLM vendors –…
Happy New Year to all my readers. 2015 Year was amazing and I want to thank everyone for being with me and Beyond PLM. It was a year of many experiments – consulting, writing and social media activity. First of all, the book about PLM is coming. Keep watching plmbook.com in…
A short note on WorldCAD Access by Ralf Grabowski got my attention few days ago. In a very competitive world of PLM, Ralf’s statement “PTC will bring PLM to… AutoCAD users” sounds very provoking. I had chance to hear multiple discussions related to this topic. The most noted, in my…
I can see multiple debates these days related to the social software – Social Networking, Microblogging and others. Despite the absolute success of websites like Facebook and Twitter, there are still a lot of questions related to benefits of such software and experience for enterprise and product development. I see two…
You probably wonder – GPS, PLM, BIM… What do they have in common today? In my view, the common is their relationship with real objects of a physical world around us. GPS can position us and give us a direction in surrounding world, CAD/PLM is the universal mechanism to design…
This week was signed by a significant event – Dassault Systems announced intent to acquire IBM’s PLM Software distribution activities. In the shadow of this event, I was looking on various publications related to activities of big companies, acquisitions and mergers. One publication, IT leaders trust Microsoft more than Google,…
I’ve been reading amazing post by Larry Cheng about learning. “Look back 3–5 years from today and ask yourself if you could have been substantially more effective at your past job in your present form. If you look back a few years and feel like in comparison to who you are today,…
The weekend normally puts me into a much deeper thinking mode about what to discuss on PLMtwine. Since the post about Top Five Disappointing PLM Technologies, I’ve been thinking more about fundamental PLM elements, rather than about specific pieces of PLM. In additional, it was very interesting to see how…
