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- Welcome Page 2 - Update Page 3 - News Page 4 - Brief lines | Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. * To make things simple * Many definitions and explanations have been proposed for PLM, which probably means that the meaning isn't immediately clear or understandable. Some of the definitions and explanations proposed seem to try to cover everything that could possibly be part of PLM and finish up being extremely long. Others just focus on one area (e.g. information management) and ignore the others - so are short but incomplete. To make things simple, let's just look at the three words in "Product Lifecycle Management". Surely they can only be interpreted in a maximum of two ways? Either it's the lifecycle of a product that is being managed, or it's the product that is being managed across its lifecycle? Actually it's both. Managing the product across its lifecycle Companies want to manage their products to maximize sales and minimize costs. To manage a product they have to know its lifecycle - so they have to manage the lifecycle as well. Product What does the "Product" in Product Lifecycle Management mean? Is it as specific as an individual product that a customer uses? Or is it more general - something like all the models in the company's product portfolio? On the assumption that we're going towards mass customization, and every product could be different, the "Product" in Product Lifecycle Management will have to refer to all the individual products the company produces - and all the groupings of products. Lifecycle What does the "Lifecycle" in Product Lifecycle Management mean? Does the lifecycle end when the product is "Obsolete" (the company is no longer actively manufacturing or selling the product) or with "End of Life" (the company no longer offers support for the product)? Or does it refer to the end of life of an individual product (which, for example, was recycled on 4 December 2002 and for which production started on 3 January 1995). Or did the life start when the customer requirements for that product model were identified on 2 July 1992? Or did it start even earlier when development of the motor used in that model started on 6 September 1988? Or did it start on 14 May 1986 when the cradle-to-grave lifecycle process used in the company was defined? On the assumption that we're going towards mass customization, in which every product could be different, the "Lifecycle" in Product Lifecycle Management could refer to any of the above - or even all of them. Maybe that doesn't actually make PLM much clearer, but it demonstrates that a full definition or explanation runs the risk of being extremely long. PLM is a new paradigm for manufacturing OED Online proposes various definitions and examples of the word "paradigm" such as :
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Affinnova announced that it has completed a $6 million Series B round of financing led by Flagship Ventures. Details Cadence Design Systems Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verplex Systems, Inc. Details Commerce One, Inc. announced that it has received a $10 million investment from BayStar Capital Management LLC. Details Product Sight Corporation announced their acquisition of the assets of Maxim I/T, Inc. Senior members of the Maxim I/T team have joined Product Sight. Details * Financial * Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced total revenue for the second quarter of 2003 of $276 million, with subscription licenses approximately 82 percent of software product bookings. Details Documentum, Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003. Total revenue for the second quarter 2003 was $68.2 million, representing a 26 percent increase over the second quarter of 2002. Details Geometric Software Solutions announced its consolidated revenue for the quarter ended 30 June 2003 increased to Rs. 240.39 million, as compared to Rs. 199.68 million for the corresponding quarter last year, representing an increase of 20%. Details Oce NV published the results over the second quarter/six months 2003. Details PTC reported revenue totaling $165.2 million for the third quarter ended June 28, 2003, compared with $178.1 million for the same period last year. Details SAP AG announced its preliminary financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003. Total revenues for the second quarter of 2003 were down 8% to Euro1.6 billion (2002: Euro1.8 billion). Details Staffware announced an update on its trading performance in respect of the second quarter and first half of 2003. Sales revenues for Q2 have increased by 18% to approximately £12 million (Q2 2002: £10.1 million). Details 3D Systems Corp. announced revenue for the quarter ended March 28, 2003 was $23.0 million compared with revenue of $27.5 million (restated) in the quarter ended March 29, 2002, a decrease of 16.3%. Details * People * Federation announced the members of its advisory board, including leaders from the software industry, aerospace and venture capital. Details MatrixOne, Inc. announced that it has promoted Deron Miller to the position of vice president of sales, the Americas. Details  QAD Inc. announced the promotion of Daniel Lender to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. Details QUMAS announced the expansion of its US sales force. Details think3 named Tom Carozza director of PDM Marketing. Details * Implementation * ANSYS Inc. announced that Enventure Global Technology, L.L.C. used ANSYS software to design and test their Solid Expandable Tubular Technology. Details AVEVA Group plc announced that AMEC has committed to an investment of US$1 million in AVEVA's VANTAGE suite of engineering application software. Details DELMIA Corp. announced that alloy metal producer FE Mottram (Non Ferrous) Ltd. has streamlined its smelting processes with QUEST software. Details Eigner announced that Shure Incorporated, a producer of high quality microphones and audio electronics, has selected Eigner as its PLM solution provider. Details Global Trading Systems, Inc. announced that K-Swiss Inc., a leading athletic footwear company, has implemented the new Internet version of SoftShoe - the company's collaborative product lifecycle management solution for the footwear industry. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that Calibre, the company's physical verification and manufacturability tool suite, has been selected as the internal standard at Hua Hong NEC Electronics Company. Details Moldflow Corporation announced that major manufacturers from a cross section of industries in Japan have made significant initial investments in or have expanded their existing implementation of Moldflow's Design Optimization Solutions products. Details Omnify Software Inc. announced that Mintera Optical Networks Inc. implemented the Open API Platform from Omnify Software Inc. Details PTC announced that B.A.T. Machine, a manufacturer of high-precision rifle actions, custom rifles and accessories, has replaced a competitive development and design product with PTC's new Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. Details Sopheon announced that Wellman, Inc. is implementing Sopheon's Accolade product development system to help improve management of idea generation and evaluation and new product development, and accelerate entry into new markets. Details Sopheon announced that a division of Pfizer has begun using the capabilities of Sopheon's Accolade product development system. Details * Developments * Agile Software Corporation announced the launch of Agile·MD, a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution designed specifically for the medical device industry. Details ALGOR, Inc. announced the release of ALG/NASTRAN. Details Ariba, Inc. introduced the Ariba Supplier Performance Management module. Details AutoSolids, Inc. announced the release of Version 3.0 of its AutoSolids and AutoSolids EXPRESS add-ons for AutoCAD. Details Cimmetry Systems announced that AutoVue 17.1 is released and shipping. There are many significant new additions in AutoVue 17.1, including new format support and new EDA features and functionality for the electronics and high-tech markets. Details Cyco Software announced the availability of the Cyco AutoManager BOM Module, an add-on to Cyco AutoManager Meridian. Details EDS announced the immediate availability of advanced functionality in Teamcenter Aerospace and Defense. Details E2open announced general distribution of its software on demand for Multi-Company Process Management. Details Framework Technologies launched a new and enhanced version of its ActiveAEC and ActiveProduct solutions. Details IDEAL.com announced the new IDEAL PlanRoom, a customizable online document ordering and management system. Details Informative Graphics Corp. and 3D Compression Technologies, Inc. announced the release of the ModelPress Web Export Plug-In for Rhino. Details ISS announced the immediate availability of InSync v3.0, a major release of the InSync Configuration Management software. Details LightWork Design announced the launch of the LightWorks Automotive Pack, a new product designed to meet the needs of automotive stylists, designers and engineers. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the immediate availability of the HyperLynx 7.0 tool. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced the availability of MSC.ADAMS 2003. Details ProSTEP announced that OpenDXM automates Product Data Exchange with Teamcenter Engineering. Details Product Sight Corporation announced availability of Release 11 of its SyncroSpec software suite. Details PTC announced that its conceptual and industrial design solution, Pro/CONCEPT, is expected to be available for Mac OS X in Fall 2003. Details SGI extended its workstation line with the new Silicon Graphics Tezro visual workstation. Details SGI unveiled Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision. Details SolidWorks Corporation unveiled a new version of its 3D mechanical design software featuring more than 250 customer-requested enhancements. Details SolidWorks announced it put sophisticated design analysis within the reach of every designer with major upgrades to its COSMOS analysis applications. Details STEP Tools, Inc. announced the introduction of STEP-NC Explorer, viewing software for examining machining workplans and features, tool requirements, geometric dimensions and tolerances, and other information for STEP-NC feature based machining. Details Verity Inc. announced the availability of Verity Ultraseek release 5.1. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced that it will offer owners of the Vanguard SLS system and selected Sinterstation 2500plus an upgrade option to a certified Vanguard HS SLS system beginning September 2003. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced that the latest software, LS software version 3.2 for SLS systems users, is now available. Details * Relationships * Altair Engineering announced that as part of becoming a Spatial Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5 Adopter, Altair Engineering will develop a direct interface to Altair HarnessLink. Details Endeca and Softface announced that Endeca will now offer Softface's core product data structuring and attribute extraction technology as a product option for Endeca InFront customers. Details Formation Systems, Inc. and Accelrys Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Inc., announced a global distribution and co-marketing agreement. Details Informative Graphics Corporation announced that it has been selected by Meridian Project Systems to integrate its Brava! software with MPS products and services. Details ProSTEP announced COMSA GmbH becomes a new member of the ProSTEP iViP Association. Details STEP Tools, Inc. announced it will work in cooperation with SoftInWay, Inc. (Burlington, MA) on a Phase One Research Program focused on the development of standards-based test cases and tools facilitating STEP data interoperability between CAE systems. Details * Other * Arena Solutions, Inc. announced that Start Magazine has honored it as one of Start's Up and Coming "Hottest Companies of 2003". Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced a new era for Cadence Japan, launching a new direct sales model and appointing key leadership. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced its Incisive acceleration powered by Palladium has enabled Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. to save critical design time and significantly enhance design quality for its complex, nanometer-scale designs. Details CADKEY announced that a recent MACHINE DESIGN magazine CAD/CAM Benchmark Study conducted in November of 2002 ranked CADKEY second in awareness among eleven leading 3D Mechanical CAD products. Details Dassault Systemes announced that its Education Partner Program has achieved record reach and that its Certified Professional Program is now available in multiple languages. Details Documentum announced that it was named one of the "Hottest Companies in 2003" by Start. Details EDS announced CIMdata Inc. has named EDS as the leader in the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software market based on revenue generated from the sale of NC software and related services. Details EDS announced a new program for manufacturers still using 2D design systems to evolve to 3D design. Details EDS announced it will help expand technology education programs at the State University of New York at Buffalo with an in-kind gift of product lifecycle management (PLM) software to the University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The commercial value of the grant is approximately $53.5 million. Details EDS announced the winners of its quarterly Solid Edge computer-aided design contest. Details FileNet Corporation and ILOG announced an agreement. Details ISS announced that InSync/SI-BCA software successfully completed all STEP production tests and was accredited by The Boeing Company on March 21, 2003. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that its customer support division has been certified for the fourth straight year under the Support Center Practices (SCP) Certification program. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced that it will exit the systems business at the end of the second quarter. Details Oce announced it is investigating possibilities to further reduce the cost price of its products. One aspect of this investigation is to identify possibilities to transfer additional assembly activities and the associated procurement of parts to low cost countries. Details SGI announced that its SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters has been named Product of the Year by the editors of Linux Journal. Details SolidWorks announced that Start magazine has named SolidWorks Corporation one of the "Hottest Companies for 2003". Details Sopheon announced the United States Patent Office has granted a patent covering software components central to the decision-support functionality of Sopheon's Accolade product development system. Details Surfware announced that CIMdata's recently released NC Software and Related Services Market Assessment Report documents Surfware's steady revenue increase over the past year and projects an even more significant increase during 2003. Details Synergis Technologies, Inc. announced a 0% Financing Program on all purchases of Synergis Adept software and services between July 9 and September 26, 2003. Details Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced that it has been named a Top 100 software company by MSI Magazine. Details |
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