For the past few decades, PLM passed many stages of development. It was started as a form of configuration management, extended PDM, moving into single source of truth and looks like finding some new roots in modern digital transformation trends. I wrote about Digital Transformation as an interesting sales buzzword….
Message on twitter from Jos Voskuil caught me by surprise earlier today. Jos commented on my OpenBOM blog about Onshape, OpenBOM and drawing BOM (full transparency – I co-founder and CEO of OpenBOM developing cloud-based Bill of Materials management service). I found Jos’ comment fascinating. It made me think about innovation…
I’m coming to SuiteWorld 2018 – an annual gathering of NetSuite ERP users, partners and developers. According to the website, NetSuite is #1 Cloud ERP conference. As much as I believe, the future of manufacturing companies is to become connected in the way they can optimize and organize their processes. ERP…
Amazon will compete CAD and PLM vendors by expanding their in downstream value chain. Are you laughing? You might be right. However, you can join group of people talking about Amazon selling only books. This is already history , but this is a history we can learn from. Two decades after…
For many years, PLM analysts, consultants and vendors claimed that silos are bad and need to be broken to transform the organization. You can see it in so many places. Here are just few examples – Demolish silos using 3DEXPERIENCE by DS; Silos are for farms and not for companies…
I’m getting ready for PLMx conference in Hamburg next week. If you missed my article with review of the agenda, check it here. I’m thrilled and excited to be this year event chairman and look forward to meet all of you coming to Hamburg and also planning to follow the…
One of the announcements done at SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2018 was SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE PLM services. Apology for extensive use of capital letters, but this is how Dassault Systemes Marketing wants us to spell these product names. So, what is about? From the last day keynote session, I captured the following video….
In technology world, there is a perception that the company that wins is the one that enters first into the game. It called “first mover” advantage. To be first mover is risky and costly experience. Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal, investor and entrepreneur believes differently. “First mover isn’t what’s…
2017 was a year of chatbots. I posted about chatbots a year ago in my article Will chatbots simplify user experience? My assumption was that PLM complexity can justify development of PLM chatbots. I even know the company in PLM space that did it. But I was wrong… PLM workflow experience…
Digital transformation and innovation are among the most powerful trends you can hear these days. The traditional three letter acronyms such as PLM are pushed aside and new buzzwords are coming into PLM ecosystem. In such a way Innovation Platform is the way to transform traditional PLM systems. Check one…
