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Faltered Licenses and Future PLM Business Models

Faltered Licenses and Future PLM Business Models

In my view, we are observing the major disruption of enterprise software business models ever. Since yesterday’s post FREE and COOL trends in CAD/PLM I had chance to have quite many discussions with my colleagues about possible new innovative business models in product lifecycle management. I have to say, that…

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FREE and COOL Trends in CAD/PLM

FREE and COOL Trends in CAD/PLM

I want to propose an unusual theme for our PLM discussion. Let’s talk about trends related to manufacturing and software development. Few months ago, I prompted about “Free” as a best future price. If you haven’t chance to see this post, you can find it here. During the past years,…

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PLM vs. ERP: Weird or Different?

PLM vs. ERP: Weird or Different?

Discussion started last week with Jim Brown got me think more about ERP and PLM. I have to say, this is not a new topic, but thinking about it, I’m always finding new angles to see differences between ERP and PLM viewpoints. I want to make some breakdown on how…

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Innovation On The PLM-ERP Edge

Innovation On The PLM-ERP Edge

This post was born as a consequence of on-going conversation with Jim Brown of TechClarity. Jim and I have a long history of discussions on different topics offline, and we are in agreement on many of them. However, in spirit of what Jim called “healthy debates”, I’d like to open…

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Who Can Generate 3D/PLM Content For Apple iPad?

    Well, it happened. Apple stretched up iPhone in size, removed camera and phone features. So, we have iPad now. What does it mean for people that live design and manufacturing word? Below are some of my thoughts about that. Since, I haven’t had chance to keep it in…

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Do We Need Reporting Standards in PLM?

Do We Need Reporting Standards in PLM?

I want to raise discussion about reporting in PLM. We don’t see it much in marketing materials about PLM. I asked myself why? Maybe in there is no need for reports? Maybe the way to present report is obsolete and people are interested to see information by using normal UI…

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PLM for Individuals – Integrate or Die?

PLM for Individuals – Integrate or Die?

I had chance to read CIMData paper figured out interesting facts related to the future trajectory of Autodesk as a PLM provider. You can read the paper on this link (Note, you need to be registered on CIMData site, but registration is free). In this paper, CIMData explains their vision…

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How To Monetize PLM?

How To Monetize PLM?

Almost a year ago, I raised the question asking if free is going to be the future of PLM? You can take a look on this discussion here. Additional discussions related to the “free” topic also happened. However, most of them were related to the notion of Open Source PLM….

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Five Online Technologies for PLM in 2010

Five Online Technologies for PLM in 2010

The world of computing is very unpredictable these days. However, I’d like to bet and put some of my thinking towards something called “online” or “connected” technologies in 2010. As usual, I’d be watching these technologies in the prism of PLM with some flavor of going beyond PLM acronyms trying…

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PLM vs. ERP – Don’t Manage Innovation!

PLM vs. ERP – Don’t Manage Innovation!

I was reading Tech Clarity insight “Evolving Role of ERP and PLM“. The topic of PLM and ERP is not new. However, I was always looking for detailed analyzes of PLM and ERP functions and roles in the organization, especially taking into account latest technological and social trends. You can…

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