PLM is often called a journey. Once started, the PLM solution is evolving and changing. The paradigm of a journey is a good one. Think about the software you use as a journey equipment. The problem with the PLM journey is that often this journey is much longer than a…
Cloud is making its way into manufacturing industry. I’ve been watching this process for the last 5-7 years and I can clearly say that position of manufacturing companies is changing. From “there is no way we trust cloud applications”, manufacturing companies are moving into a reality of using cloud services for…
Propel PLM article – Can you trust your on-prem PLM vendor to evolve raises a question about how efficiently and quickly existing major PLM platforms can move from perpetual licenses and on prem- installations to the cloud. Trust me, it is a very painful process to transition a product offering from…
Change is the most scary thing for established business. As Steve Blank said in his book – The Startup Owner’s Manual, startup is essentially an organization built to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Opposite to that, established companies are executing existing repeatable and proven business models. And the last one is very…
Medium article from Propel PLM – What the Salesforce Cloud Does for PLM brings few interesting data points about latest cloud PLM vendor (Propel PLM) building new product on top of Salesforce.com. Propel PLM recently closed $4.2M financial round led by Cloud Apps Capital Partners. I’ve been discussing the opportunity to…
