Daily PLM Think Tank

Benefits of RIA for Product Lifecycle Management

I’d like to discuss RIA today. RIA – Rich Internet Applications are web applications that have most of the characteristics of desktop applications, typically delivered by way of standards based web browser plug-ins or independently via sandboxes or virtual machines. Examples of RIA frameworks include Curl, GWT , Adobe Flash/Adobe…

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PLM off Craiglist – Different Angle on Social PLM

Social PLM. Social Product Development. Social Network and PLM… I think we got lots of such discussion in the past few months. All of them, indeed, are very interesting and productive. I loved most of them and have to admit, social dimension in Product Lifecycle Management sounds as a very…

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PDM vs. PLM – Is this about Process?

I was reading interesting article during the weekend- PLM & The Importance Of Process by Gary S. Vasilash. Gary is the founding editor of Automotive Design & Production (AD&P) Magazine.There are few very interesting points were made by Gary and I liked it very much. Gary is discussing PLM topic…

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PLM, Microsoft and Open Source Party

The following publication drove my attention last week. Microsoft is jumping more and more in this Open Source. “Now, Microsoft has unveiled an organization it says will help open source work with commercial software organizations – the CodePlex Foundation. Microsoft is also the Foundation’s sole funder, having donated $1m –…

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PLM: Data Protection and Security Approaches

I want to touch and discuss an issue of data protection. When thinking about Product Lifecycle Management and related disciplines, IP protection and data security are obviously very important. However, I’d like to take in the context of another very important and growing trend in PLM, in my view –…

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PLM Architecture: Content As a Service

I want to talk today about the future of PLM in terms of content. My initial thoughts were about SOA/WOA architecture and SaaS trends in software. I define PLM Content as a set of information related to Product Definition, Organization Processes related to product development and manufacturing as well as…

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PLM Architecture: Get Off My Cloud?

In the past, I already discussed many cloud-related topics. Today, I want to get “down to the earth” and ask your opinion about PLM system architecture that will follow successfully future cloud development and architecture. My thought is that key enablers that will support PLM movement on cloud from the…

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Why Project Management is important for PLM?

I had chance to write about Project Management in the past. However, I decided to get back to this topic again. Few days I had chance to read CIMData press release “CIMdata Releases a Review of IFS’ Project-Based PLM Support Capabilities” and I found it extremely interesting even in broader…

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How We Can Move Design and Engineering Content to Web?

Web is coming to every place. I think in retrospective and see web as a next big change in the space we call today CAD/CAM/PDM/PLM. How to re-use power of web for global product development and manufacturing? I see multiple initiatives – cloud services, collaborative spaces, social networks etc.. However,…

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Internet Kills. PLM better move to become real PLM 2.0…

I’ve been enjoying reading UK Telegraph’s “50 Things that are being killed by the Internet“. So, good news – PLM is not on the list yet. But, point was made very clear – Internet can change our life and Internet can change our business. I think, Enterprise 2.0 is the…

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