April 14, 2003

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 5 Number 18

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* Welcome * Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. This week's article "Making the Case for Greater PLM Investment" is from Marc Halpern, Research Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Gartner. * Making the Case for Greater PLM Investment * Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the next major wave of opportunity for manufacturers looking to improve business performance. Just as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consolidated disparate back-office activities into a cohesive environment for running business operations, PLM consolidates diverse business activities that create, modify and use data to support all phases of a product's life cycle. Gartner defines PLM as: "Guiding products from concept through retirement to deliver the greatest business value to an enterprise and its trading partners." PLM uses product information and business analysis to support product portfolio strategies, product life cycle planning, management of activities and the execution of those activities through each phase in a product's life cycle. These phases include product ideation, product definition, manufacturing process planning, production, service, growth and retirement. The most fundamental PLM activities include: Monitoring the progress of a product at any stage in its life cycle - for example, tracking actual cost and time of product development and comparing these to schedules and budgets Analyzing issues that might arise at any phase of a product's life cycle - for example, if product development costs exceed budget, PLM provides access to information about products, projects and resources that help users understand the root causes Deciding on actions to address problems Enforcing decisions and executing activities PLM has the most fundamental impact on the overall performance of a business. The value proposition of ERP, SCM, and CRM center on reducing cost by making business transactions and fulfillment more efficient. These activities add value to a company by increasing profitability and increasing the scalability of business operations to larger markets. However, products are the core value of companies. Products transform innovation into wealth. PLM expedites the creation and management of the product definition. Despite its importance, senior management and IT executives do not give PLM the attention it deserves because they do not understand its full impact. When making the case for PLM investments, PLM champions should make the following points: PLM represents the best opportunity to reduce product life cycle costs, while simultaneously increasing an enterprise's ability to innovate on product families and related services throughout the product life cycle. PLM reduces costs by providing a common IT framework to track and improve the financial and time performance of activities associated with each phase of a product's life cycle. PLM fosters innovation by creating an IT infrastructure for collaborating and managing product knowledge that spans all levels of an enterprise, and can extend to its business partners, suppliers and customers. To remain competitive, discrete and process manufacturers will need to deploy a PLM strategy before 2007 to address increasing complexity of products, processes, and growing resource shortages. Manufacturers should begin their PLM efforts by identifying how they want to structure product life cycles, including the life cycles of key product elements, such as parts, software and subsystems. They must also identify the business processes critical to product success that PLM software should support. To do this, they must identify the key PLM roles, who plays the key roles, what information these players need, and how PLM software should represent the information. For more information Marc Halpern, Research Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Gartner, can be reached at marc.halpern@gartner.com.

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Universal Viewing and Mark Up from Spicer Corporation Reference Section Follow the link for books in the Product Development Library DFA . FDA . FEA . Six Sigma EDM/PDM/PLM World Follow the links for : Vendors in the EDM/PDM/PLM World. Latest additions/modifications : ASSETIUM, EMC Corporation, Freeborders, Inc., TDOC. EDM/PDM/PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : DSA, iSoft Technologies Ltd. EDM/PDM/PLM Conference and seminar organizations Conferences and Seminars in the EDM/PDM/PLM world CE2003 : 10th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering Madeira, Portugal. July 26-30, 2003 International Symposium on Product Lifecycle Management Bangalore, India. July 16-18, 2003 PTC/USER World Event Orlando, FL. June 8-11, 2003 AMT 2003 - Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for the Automotive Industry London, Canada. May 13-14, 2003 ProSTEP Symposium 2003 Ruesselsheim, Germany. May 7-8, 2003 Formtek User Conference Orlando, CA. May 6-8, 2003 PLM World 2003 Anaheim, CA. April 28 - May 2, 2003 PLM Quiztime We received the following PLM Quiz from Geoff Hall of Tachbrook Consulting (http://www.tachbrook-consulting.com). "In response to a number of questions asked of Tachbrook Consulting, we decided to set a small quiz. No prizes, we are too poor, and no answers. Perhaps you have the answers? What does PLM mean? What is the precise definition of PLM? How many precise definitions of PLM can you find? How many potential customers understand PLM? Can PLM really control ERP? In a recent UK survey only 5% of CAD managers knew what PLM stood for, can you name them? How many articles can you find in the UK trade press explaining the benefits of PLM to the engineering community? Take a look at vendor websites talking about PLM. Are you any wiser? Why are PLM sales below expectations?" CAD case studies, CAD user stories DW Product Development, Inc. : Moldflow Adviser PocketSpec Technologies Inc. : ColorQA Color Comparison Device British Telecommunications (BT) : GTX Bose Corporation : Ansoft Corporation Others General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development Newsletter : EDM, PLM, CPC Engineering Data Management Newsletter - March 2003 issue Table Of Contents 2PLM Media Sheet Advertisers of CAD, CAM, CAE, EDM, PCM, PDM, PIM, PLM, CPC, CPC/PLM and related systems and solutions. Read the 2PLM Media Sheet. Find out how to reach more than 30,000 customers.

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* Corporate * Agile Software Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of ProductFactory, Inc., a product portfolio management company. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Get2Chip. Details * People * Alibre announced that Jeremy Jaech has joined the company's board of directors. Jaech is best known as co-founder of Aldus Corporation and Visio Corporation, which he also led as president and CEO. Details Download AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems i2 Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Won-Joon Hyoung as chief operating officer of i2 Korea. Details * Implementation * Alventive, Inc. announced that Waterloo Industries will use Alventive's solutions to collaborate with external suppliers and internal employees throughout the world. Details Aras Corporation announced that Freudenberg-NOK has selected the Innovator Application Suite's Project Innovator module for deployment across all North American facilities. Details Commerce One announced that Hitachi Europe Ltd. (HEL), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has selected its strategic sourcing solutions to streamline the purchasing activities HEL manages for Hitachi's different business groups. Details Delmia Corp. announced that Audi AG has selected DELMIA's Process Engineer solution for the planning of digital vehicle assemblies at its Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm plants. Details Digital Paper Corporation announced that it has signed ten new customer agreements. Details Eigner announced that Hartzell Propeller has completed the first phase of its Eigner PLM implementation. Details Formation Systems announced that Henkel Personal Care, the Cosmetics division of Henkel Group, Germany's leading Consumer Processed Goods company is deploying Optiva, Formation Systems' flagship PLM solution, in its Product Development department. Details ITI TranscenData announced that Dana Corporation has selected CADfix - ITI TranscenData's CAD model repair software. Details LMS International announced that Renault is investing in a multiple installation of LMS Virtual.Lab virtual prototyping software for engine acoustics to support their powertrain and vehicle engineering activities. Details MatrixOne, Inc. announced that GE Industrial Systems (GEIS), a $6 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), has selected MatrixOne's PLM solutions to create a single, integrated collaborative environment for planning, development, sourcing and program management capabilities. Details Open Text Corporation announced that Turner Construction is using Livelink as the foundation for the Turner Knowledge Network (TKN). Details SolidWorks announced that Mann and Hummel Hydromation has switched to SolidWorks 3D CAD software. Details SolidWorks announced that Samtec, Inc. is using SolidWorks 3D PartStream.NET service to reduce purchasing decision times. Details SolidWorks announced that WDS Ltd. has selected the SolidWorks 3D PartStream.NET service to accelerate and simplify the product design and parts purchasing processes for its customers. Details Spescom Software Inc., formerly Altris Software, Inc., announced that United Space Alliance has selected Spescom's eB integrated document, configuration and records (iDCR) management solution for managing all engineering changes during the development and management of upgrades for the Space Shuttle Program. Details * Developments * Avatech Solutions Inc. introduced its newest PrescientQA product Passport V5 which enables the migration of data from CATIA V4 to V5. Details Cimage NovaSoft announced the availability of a Web Services interface to its Cimage e3 Content Lifecycle Management product suite. Details Cimmetry Systems Inc. announced that AutoVue supports AutoCAD 2004. This is available immediately as a service pack for AutoVue users under maintenance and will be included in the upcoming release of AutoVue 17.1. Details Documentum announced Documentum Records Services for Email. Details Elysium Inc. announced it has released its OneSpace-to-CATIA V5 CAD Data Adapter. Details Framework Technologies announced a new product option supporting companies with operations impacted by travel restrictions. Details IDEAL.com announced new, faster large format scanners that complement IDEAL's Online Planroom. Details Informative Graphics Corporation announced the release of its Brava 4.0 Java-based view and markup software. Details LMS International announced the availability of the second release of LMS Virtual.Lab, its simulation environment for functional performance engineering. Details Moldflow Corporation announced Moldflow Plastics Insight (MPI ) 4.1. Details Moldflow Corporation announced the release of the Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions (MMS ) 1.0. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced the availability of MSC.SDM (Simulation Data Management) Framework 2003. Details Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. introduced eM-Assembly Expert 2.0, a solution for electronics new product introduction (NPI). Details Verity Inc. announced the integration of its Verity K2 Enterprise (K2E) and Verity Profiler software into the new release of Telos Corporation's comprehensive Automated Message Handling System (AMHS). Details * Relationships * Agile Software Corporation announced that it is teaming with Adobe Systems Incorporated to deliver enterprise PLM solutions. Details Altair Engineering Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with SmarTeam Corporation Ltd. to develop direct integration between Altair HyperWorks CAE software suite and SMARTEAM V5. Details ANSYS Inc. announced an alliance with Bay Technology, developer of LinkCAD/ANSYS software. Details CADKEY Corporation announced that Metronor Group, headquartered in Asker, Norway, has signed an agreement to bundle CADKEY Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering software products with their Metronor line of electro-optical portable coordinate measurement machine (CMM) systems. Details Cyco Software and ARCHIBUS, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to offer customers a total Infrastructure Facilities and Document Management (IFDM) solution. Details EDS and ABAQUS announced expanded interoperability between NX Digital Simulation product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions from EDS and advanced finite element analysis (FEA) software from ABAQUS, Inc. Details Eigner and Sector Consulting announced a partnership to deliver PLM to Sector's risk management clients. Details Endeca and ClearForest announced a partnership that will provide customers with the unparalleled ability to search, explore and navigate unstructured enterprise data. Details Firepond, Inc. announced a reseller agreement with Toshiba IT-Solutions. Details IDEAL.com announced it has partnered with ENGINEERING.com Incorporated and IMAGINiT Technologies to distribute PlanTracer and WiseImage Software. Details Informative Graphics Corporation announced that TRIRIGA has signed a strategic OEM agreement that gives TRIRIGA the right to embed and resell IGC's Brava 4.0 publishing, view/markup and collaboration technology as a part of TRIRIGA's 8i product line. Details Informative Graphics Corporation announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with U.S. Reprographics Network (USRN) to deliver distribution and print services for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Details Moldflow Corporation announced the execution of a strategic partnership agreement with Granta Design Limited. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced an expanded partnership with nCode International to provide manufacturing customers worldwide with durability and fatigue software tools. Details PTC and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that they are integrating Adobe Acrobat 6.0 into Windchill ProductView. Details PTC and Trace Parts S.A. announced the availability of Trace Parts' TraceOnline parts catalog within Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. Details Spatial Corp. and Altair Engineering announced that as part of becoming a Spatial Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5 Adopter, Altair Engineering will develop a direct integration to their Altair OptiStruct structural optimization software to complement the CATIA solution offered by Dassault Systemes. Details Spatial Corp. and GiveMePower Corporation announced that GiveMePower Corporation has licensed Spatial's 3D ACIS Modeler. Details Spatial Corp. and Vexcel Corporation announced that Vexcel Corporation has become a new Spatial Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5 Adopter and is planning to integrate their FotoG product into the CATIA environment. Details * Other * Alibre announced that the Penn State School for Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs in the College of Engineering has moved beyond limited classroom use of Alibre Design, Alibre's low-cost CAD application for 3D parametric solid modeling. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it was named one of "America's Most Admired Companies" by Fortune Magazine in its annual survey of executives, directors and industry analysts. Details Dassault Systemes announced an educational agreement with the French Ministry of National Education and the Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Academy of Technical Education in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, to teach Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) skills to Indian engineering students. Details Dassault Systemes announced it has become the fastest growing company in the product data management (PDM) segment of the PLM market. Details EDS announced Gartner, a leading IT industry research and advisory firm, placed EDS in the leader's category -- as measured by both ability to execute and vision -- in its first Magic Quadrant study on the product lifecycle management (PLM) market. Details Framework Technologies announced the creation of the Framework Technologies Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Customer Advisory Council. Details LMS announced that it won the 'Innovation Award' from the Flemish Government at the occasion of the 'Technology Day' on 30 March. Details Pilgrim Software, Inc. announced the official opening of its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) operation based in the Netherlands. Details QUMAS announced its listing as one of Ireland's most admired software companies, in a new study released by HotOrigin, a Dublin-based investment and consulting company. Details Selectica, Inc., announced it received the "What Works: Significant Implementation in CRM, 2003" award from the Aberdeen Group Inc. Details Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced it has received an Excellence in Electronics Packaging and Production Award from Electronic Packaging and Production Magazine. Details Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. announced that it has retained The Ruth Group as its investor relations and financial communications agency. Details VX Corporation introduced a new, more affordable way to acquire its VX CAD/CAM software. Details

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