Earlier this month in Chicago, I attended PI PLMx conference. One of my favorite sessions vendors’ panel about standards. Check my article here – [VIDEO] what PLM vendors are thinking about standards. Standards are important – no doubt. But to understand business aspects of standard development is even more important….
General Motors’ decision to close five plants and lay off tens of thousands of workers in the U.S. and Canada was a trending topic today in news. Lot of articles. You can find all of them online. My interests PLMitical and here is my favorite article from Forbes – GM…
My attention was caused by Aras blog – Are You in a Bad PLM Relationship? written by Mark Reisig. Nice write-up with interesting examples made me feel like I’m in a family counseling meeting. There are lot of people in the world that would be happy to give you a…
Money is coming to cloud PLM vendors. Earlier this week, my attention was caught by Propel PLM announcement about raising $18M in series B funding. TechCrunch article gives it a simple description. We hear so much about managing the customer relationship, but companies have to manage the products they sell,…
I’m continuing to publish my notes and comments from AU2018. If you never been at AU… it is big. The following video can give you an idea of what is the looks and feels the largest CAD community gathering in my video below. Today, I want to talk about keynote…
Back in 1990s, I was developing my data management applications using AutoLISP and AutoCAD ADS and ARX. For those who remember, it was a development environment for AutoCAD even before it was available on Windows. It realized the beauty and power of AutoCAD – 2D drafting platform, which was ubiquitous,…
I attended Autodesk University AU2018 earlier this week in Las Vegas. An annual Autodesk extravaganza gathered 11,000 people under a single roof of Sands Expo convention center in Venetian Hotel Las Vegas. If you’ve been there before, you know the size and scale of AU. You pic your slice of…
PLM space is active these days. The activities are also for large companies and small ones. Just few months ago, we’ve been learning about Rockwell Automation investing almost 1billion dollars in PTC. Check my earlier blog from LiveWorx 2018 event here. Just before that, Aras Corp announced a strategic investment…
It’s that time of year again. Everyone who is somehow connected to Autodesk technologies and products is coming to Las Vegas to attend Autodesk University extravaganza – thousands people event with the size and scale that you can spend a week there without meeting some of your friends and colleagues…
PLM market is tough when it comes to small and medium manufacturing companies. In my memory I have multiple attempts CAD and PLM vendors have tried to approach this market. The topic is interesting and complex. For many years, PLM vendors are stuck to provide solutions for SME that are capable…
