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The future battle for PLM upfront cost

The future battle for PLM upfront cost

Transformation of business models is one of the most important trends that happens today in the industry. Take a deep breath… it doesn’t mean companies don’t want to be compensated for the work they do. These days it is just about how to define the right business model that reflecting…

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Cheap PLM and iPhone 5C thoughts…

Cheap PLM and iPhone 5C thoughts…

Brands are important. Especially when it comes to market differentiation. Examples of brand differentiations are around us. Some car manufacturers created luxury brand cars, most of electronic product lines have special product lines, consumer product brands are also using brand differentiation strategies. My attention was caught by seekingalpha publication – Can…

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Cloud will change supply chain… The question is when?

Cloud will change supply chain… The question is when?

For many years, supply chain was a space that drove lots of attention. One of the major trends, I can see for the last decade of manufacturing transformation is an increased granularity and optimization among the value chain. Design supply, manufacturing supply chain optimization and many other things in this…

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Thoughts about PLM cloud security and iPhone 5.

Thoughts about PLM cloud security and iPhone 5.

The discussion about cloud security is storming. You can see it going wide, and everybody wants to add something about how future CAD or PLM cloud solutions will be either secured or unsecured. If you want to spot some bad predictions about the cloud and engineering software, navigate to Hey!…

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From iMat to iDesk: The Future of Engineering Appliance

From iMat to iDesk: The Future of Engineering Appliance

What do you think about the future designer workspace? I assume some of my readers remember drawing board in multiple variation when it was a primary working place for engineer and designers. However, time is running fast, and we probably need to think about the future of engineering workspace. Few…

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PLM, Expensive Documentation and Cheap Texbooks

PLM, Expensive Documentation and Cheap Texbooks

Apple is going to eduction. Bam… It sounds fantastic. Textbooks are on the iPad. I was screening few publications about this event yesterday. One of them specifically caught my attention – Publisher Terry McGraw on Steve Jobs and Digital Textbooks: “This Was His Vision”. Another one from Mashable – Why…

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PLM and Multiplatform Development

PLM and Multiplatform Development

Please welcome a new-old word – multiplatform. When did you hear about for the last time? For those of you counting 15+ years in the industry it reminds the time CAD was a place of heavy workstation with ***NIX operation systems, etc. For a very long period of time, CAD…

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Corporate iCloud, iPLM Future and Google’s Apps?

Corporate iCloud, iPLM Future and Google’s Apps?

Well…It happened. The marketing machine of Apple meets the cloud and cloud marketing. The result is predicted – iCloud. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Apple shows this week, you can do. Spend 7.5 min and enjoy the remarkable presentation made by Steve Jobs, including statements “it just…

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Building Engineering Office Around Mac?

Building Engineering Office Around Mac?

Apple is trending these days. Not surprising me. At the same time, I don’t want to make this post a place where Apple fan boys will argue with Wintel aborigines. I read the following information week article “Building The Mac Office“. I found the beginning of the phrase very PLM-wish-list-like:…

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