One of the most commonly used PLM sales scenarios is to sell it as an expansion of existing PDM system. It was used by CAD / PLM companies for years and it is still very popular. There are many examples of why PLM is the next step after PDM. Here…
Terminology in the industry is a beast. Earlier today, I exchanged comments with Chad Jackson after watching his “database-less” Solid Edge PDM video. If you haven’t seen it, please check this link. Database, PDM, Indexer, Google, Dropbox… I found the video interesting because, in my view, it is greatly demonstrating…
Onshape announced available of their first ever study about product design and development. The study is available online for free. You just need to give Onsahpe your email, phone and other contact information, which I did. Navigate to the following link to get it. Here is a stat about the…
I was attending COFES 2019 last week. Three engineering software geeks – Brad Holtz, Evan Yares and Joel Orr founded COFES 20 years ago with the vision that conversations and community are more important than slide decks presented during the event. Here is COFES Story. If you want to be…
COFES (Congress on The Future of Engineering Software) is changing its location and transforming with a new leadership team. If you never heard about COFES, check it out. Founded 20 years ago with a vision of having one-on-one interaction and building a community. Read more here about COFES story: COFES was…
Solidworks PDM was always a very interesting place to spot. Two decades ago, Solidworks didn’t focus much on PDM. Partnership solutions made a great deal out of this status quo and Solidworks picked those solutions that provided greatest value for majority of Solidworks users and gradually acquired them at the…
Engineering.com article A Solidworks user look at Onshape brought my PDM twisted mind again to what I call CAD version of Turgenev’s novel “Faters an Sons. Modern CAD Onshape is competing with once modern CAD Solidworks created almost by the same group of people, but 20 years later. Read the article and…
Everyone needs data, but nobody wants to be responsible for data management. I learned it during many years of working with engineers and manufacturing companies. Engineers prefer to keep files on Dropbox and not get involved into PDM (product data management) development. PDM was always perceived as a tool that…
Cloud PDM is the topic I’ve been following for some time. Check my articles about cloud PDM here. One of the first company that tried to mix cloud and PDM was GrabCAD Workbench. Several cloud PDM systems were developed since that time to change the way PDM is done at…
Cadalyst article about Onshape Enterprise by Cyrena Respini-Irwin caught my attention yesterday by the following passage: Onshape argues that product data management (PDM) solutions are obsolete, and rebuts competitors’ criticisms of its own efficacy in addressing CAD users’ needs. Later in the article, author brings a passage made by Dave Corcoran,…
