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2 Key Elements To Make Or Break PTC’s Cloud Strategy

2 Key Elements To Make Or Break PTC’s Cloud Strategy

I used an extended pause during the U.S. Memorial Day weekend to catch up on some PLM reading. The article PTC’s Cloud CAD Dilemma written by Verdy Ogewell caught my special attention. In his typical devil controversy style, Verdi brought up the opportunity for PTC to lead the future CAD…

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Unlock PLM Data for Breakfast

Unlock PLM Data for Breakfast

The upfront E-zine article brought me back to my notes from Peter Schroer’s keynote at ACE2021. If you missed the event, you can check the presentation online. Although, Peter’s presentation is not available because of some website errors. My favorite part of Peter’s presentation was about digital transformation and data…

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How to compare SaaS PLMs?

How to compare SaaS PLMs?

Unless you lived under the rock for the last few years, you’ve heard about SaaS. The new modern word SaaS is ramping around and vendors are using it everywhere. The ‘SaaSification’ is taking the tech world by storm says Accenture article The cloud is a big enabling piece of this…

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What Is Aras Enterprise SaaS?

What Is Aras Enterprise SaaS?

Aras announced the expansion of their enterprise offering – Aras Enterprise SaaS. The press release from the last week says – Aras Announces Expansion of Subscription Offerings with Enterprise SaaS. Together Enterprise SaaS and DevOps deliver the most powerful cloud-first platform with unlimited customization for global businesses Enterprise SaaS from…

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Interchangeability, Revisions, and New Part Number

Interchangeability, Revisions, and New Part Number

My last week’s article about FFF (Form. Fit and Function), triggered many interesting discussions online and offline. Thank you all for coming back to me and sharing your insight and experience. Today, I want to continue the conversation and talk about another question, I’ve been asked very often – creating…

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Construction Objects vs Manufactured Products

Construction Objects vs Manufactured Products

Continuing a series of my articles on construction and manufacturing, I want to invite you to read my recent article about Why Digital Transformation brings AEC and PLM together. Check this out. Construction projects always reminded me of early PLM development. The problem of silos, discussions about standardization of data…

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AEC Value Chain and Digital Transformation

AEC Value Chain and Digital Transformation

AEC vs Manufacturing. The separation between these two industries existed for decades. Software vendors specialized to provide a solution for each of the verticals. Earlier last week I shared my thoughts about AEC and Manufacturing Software converging and it raised a bunch of interesting questions. Thanks to all of you…

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The next step for Autodesk PLM – Fusion 360 Manage

The next step for Autodesk PLM – Fusion 360 Manage

Autodesk was one of the first large vendors to announce the “cloud PLM” option back in 2011. Check my old blogs – My first take on Autodesk PLM 360 and Autodesk, Cloud, and PLM. It has been a long journey for Autodesk PLM. In my blog last year – Autodesk…

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Are We Approaching The End Of Debates About Best Database for PLM?

Are We Approaching The End Of Debates About Best Database for PLM?

One of my earlier articles The death of MBOM and EBOM divide raised interesting debates earlier this week. You can follow comments on LinkedIn. My special interest was caught by the discussion about the Bill of Materials and data management. Mathias Ahrens, PLM solution architect brought his dream data management…

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How To Achieve SaaS Dominance In PLM?

How To Achieve SaaS Dominance In PLM?

Monica Schnitger is asking a question about SaaS dominance in PLM following the PTC acquisition of Arena Solutions. Check her article here. Read the article. I like the thought process about PTC trajectory in solution building between Windchill and Arena delivery each own channels and PTC Atlas is building a…

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