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CAD-BOM Missing Links

CAD-BOM Missing Links

One of the interesting trends in PLM is growing amount of vertical integrations between components of PLM portfolio. The following Razorleaf blog cough my attention earlier this week- Dassault Published V6R2011. Here is the quote from Razorleaf blog pointing on the specific feature that, in my view, requires additional discussion:…

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PLM Social Detours

PLM Social Detours

I had a chance to read Enterprise Road Kill by The Vuuch Voice. The discussion Chris suggested in his post is going around usage of social tools in the enterprises. The idea of using social web experience in PLM is actively discussed by many people these days. Just to mention…

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PDM vs. PLM: A Process Perspective

PDM vs. PLM: A Process Perspective

I want to continue the discussion started last week in my post ‘PDM vs. PLM: A Data Perspective‘. Thank you all for comments and your contribution to this conversation. I think, clarification in this space can be very beneficial for customers, vendors and other people involved in planning and operation…

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The PLM Gutenberg Revolution

The PLM Gutenberg Revolution

I was thinking about how PLM balance product lifecycle from the standpoint of producing and consuming product data. The product development process, obviously starts from product design, engineering and manufacturing. However, when manufacturers need to ship their product, they need to provide a significant amount of product technical and service…

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CAD Strategies: Unified Or Diversified?

In my view, summer time is good for vacations, research papers and strategic projects. During the summer, you are always have an excuse to stop, think and do something unusual. This is also time to clean up emails and feeds. I read a new research paper just published by Jim…

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PLM Excel and SharePoint Search Option

I read a very good summary of SharePoint 2010 Search Features by Agnes Molnar on End User SharePoint blog. Take a look and make an opinion if this is useful or not. SharePoint is making a lot of noise in enterprise communities and PLM companies put huge bucks on the development of applications dependent…

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PLM Wave Or “Good Enough” Collaboration

PLM Wave Or “Good Enough” Collaboration

Six months ago, I posted “Collaboration Trends or Why I Stopped Using Google Wave?“. After Google’s announcement about Google Wave termination yesterday, I read it again. Actually, I found it very consistent to my feeling back in January 2010. Here is my top 4 list of Google Wave problems:  (1) Isolation….

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PLM and Public Data

Do you see any connection between Product Lifecycle Management and Public data? Actually, I do. I think, one of the PLM functions can be to bring publicly available information to people in manufacturing companies. It will allow better decision making. I had a chance to see Google Public Data explorer….

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iPad and Enterprise PLM

iPad and Enterprise PLM

iPad sales are skyrocketing. I read “Global CIO: Top 10 Reasons Steve Jobs & Apple Are The Future Of IT”. Take a look and make your opinion. My first impression was – CIO readers are those who potentially can face the end of their carrier if future Apple’s movement into…

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3DLive, HD3D, 3D UI and Efficiency

I read Jim Brown’s Can Siemens Make More Fun with HD-PLM? Jim is writing about the future of PLM experience. I made me think about User Experience (or User Interface) efficiency for engineers and potentially other users in the organization. 3D Navigation Trend I think, comprehensive 3D Navigation is definitely…

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