November 22, 2004
2PLM

John Stark Associates


Volume 7
Number 8




Page 1
- Welcome
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- Update
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- News
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- Brief lines

* Welcome *
Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis.

* PLM book for benchmarking company use of PLM *
The PLMIG's PLM Benchmarking Workshop was held last week, and the resulting PLM Benchmarking Handbook is expected to be available on December 6, 2004.

Among the many issues that the Workshop participants (users, service providers, vendors, integrators) addressed was that of finding a way to benchmark PLM given its wide scope, the many different definitions and views of PLM, the many issues it addresses, and its numerous processes and application systems.

They devised a modular, customizable approach so that the resulting Benchmarking Handbook (which contains several hundred PLM-focused questions) can be used by a company in any industry to benchmark its PLM performance with any number of companies in the same industry, or other industries. A simple method for identifying potential benchmark partners was also identified, and will be used in pilot benchmarks.

For more details about the PLM Benchmarking Handbook, contact Roger Tempest.

* PLM book for your career *
Different people have different views of PLM. This is often because they are looking at different islands of product-related activity. These islands include CAD (an island of product definition), PDM (an island of product data management), product development management, product liability, management of products after release, product portfolio management, product management, product change management, etc.

These areas of product-related activities are seen as islands because companies managed them that way in the 20th Century. PLM, a 21st Century paradigm, joins up these islands along the product lifecycle, from cradle to grave.

PLM may not seem important to you today, but it probably will do in the next few years. Who will lead the introduction of PLM in your company? Who will manage it?

Read the recently published "Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation" and prepare the next step of your career. Review current availability here.

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PDM Integration from MeritSpring

* PLM - The Next Frontier *
"Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation" provides the most complete collection of PLM knowledge currently available in one publication. Reading it is a necessary starting point for any company's PLM Initiative. As well as reading the PLM book, it may be useful to attend a PLM workshop or PLM seminar.

"PLM - The Next Frontier" is a PLM Workshop/Seminar presented by the author of "Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation". It is regularly updated to take account of evolving PLM practice and theory. Details.


PLM articles
Thanks to readers for informing us of articles about PLM in other publications:
  • Design Intelligence Addresses CAD Disconnect by John Teresko in Industry Week
  • Open Up PLM Systems by Vijay Srinivasan in Design News


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Reference Section

Follow the link for books in the Product Lifecycle Management Library

Configuration Management . Product Data Management . Product Lifecycle Management

CATIA .. MicroStation .. Pro/ENGINEER .. Six Sigma .. Unigraphics



The World of Product Lifecycle Management

Follow the links for :

Vendors in the PLM World. Latest additions/modifications : Assyst Bullmer, Cimmetry Systems, MeritSpring Technologies, PDMOffice, SmartOrg Inc., Tacton Systems, Zweave, Inc.

PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Accenture, Coensys, Entys Technologies, idCAD Consulting, ProductSpace Solutions, Inc.



General Interest

Innovation Management

Engineering Change Management

Managing PDM in a changing environment

Principles of Good Product Development



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News
* Corporate *
IFS announced it is to collaborate with software provider Bentley, which will acquire IFS' CAD applications. Details

Ingenuus Software Inc. announced closure on their first round of funding from Pragmatica Ventures LLP for an undisclosed amount. Details

* Financial *
Access Commerce announced 2004 third quarter sales figures showing a 21% increase compared to third quarter 2003. Details

Agile Software Corporation announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, which ended October 31, 2004. Total revenues for the quarter were $28.2 million, compared to $24.7 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Details

Autodesk Inc. announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2004. For the third quarter, Autodesk reported net revenues of $300 million, a 28 percent increase over $234 million reported in the third quarter of the prior year. Details

Avatech Solutions, Inc. announced revenues for the first quarter of 2005 of $6.7 million, a 15.1 percent increase compared to revenues of $5.8 million for the same period last year. Details

UGS announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004. Pro forma financial highlights from the third quarter included revenue of US$253.8 million, or 18 percent growth over the same period a year earlier. Details

* People *
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the addition of three executives to its management team: Jim Miller, Ajay Malhotra and Craig Johnson. Details

Federation announced the appointment of General John Coburn to its advisory board. Details

IHS Group announced that Jane Okun has been selected for the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. Details

 
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Moldflow Corporation announced that Roger Brooks, a currently serving independent director, has been chosen by the Board to fill the newly created position of Lead Director. Details

PRTM announced that Michael McGrath received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). Details

* Implementation *
Agile Software Corporation announced it has signed a software and services agreement to provide Bayer HealthCare's US Consumer Care Division with the Agile PLM solution. Details

Aras Corporation announced that Sonnax Industries has selected Aras PLM for real-time project coordination and engineering change management. Details

Arena Solutions, Inc. announced that Aperto Networks and Mobile Digital Media have selected Arena. Details

CoCreate Software, Inc. announced that printer manufacturers around the world use CoCreate's OneSpace Designer Modeling as the tool of choice for fast and flexible 3D CAD design. Details

Covisint announced an agreement to provide Mitsubishi Motors Corporation of Japan with Covisint Communicate portal service. Details

Dassault Systemes and IBM announced that superDimension Ltd. has developed and received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its superDimension/Bronchus system using their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology. Details

Imaginatik announced that Belgacom has deployed its Idea Central Global software enterprise-wide. Details

i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that VF Corporation has selected i2 Master Data Management to create a common view of enterprise systems across its global business. Details

 Product Lifecycle
 Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation

Lascom announced that dairy produce manufacturer Yoplait has chosen Lascom's PLM suite, Advitium, to reduce product development times and increase company-wide productivity. Details

MatrixOne, Inc. announced that Elettronica has successfully completed implementation of MatrixOne's PLM platform. Details

Moldflow Corporation announced that it has added Seiko Epson to its growing list of customers who have made repeat investments in Moldflow's Design Analysis products. Details

MSC.Software Corp. announced that Avio has invested in MSC.Software's MSC.MasterKey License System for the design and development of modules and components for military aircraft, commercial aircraft and helicopter propulsion systems. Details

MSC.Software Corp. announced that Wyle Laboratories has purchased an MSC.MasterKey Licensing System from MSC.Software for use in support of the Airborne Laser Program (ABL). Details

NexPrise, Inc. announced that IDT has selected the NexPrise Document Management, Program Management, and Process Management solutions for deployment across all of the IDT facilities. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced Giesse Industrial Group has standardized on SolidWorks 3D mechanical design and COSMOSXpress design analysis software. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced SARGENT Manufacturing has standardized on SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced Superior Die Set is using the SolidWorks 3D PartStream.NET service. Details

think3 announced its relationship with Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SpA. Details

* Developments *
Alias announced that Alias StudioTools 12, Alias ImageStudio 2 and PortfolioWall 2 software products are shipping and available to purchase. Details

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced substantial enhancements to its Encounter Conformal technology. Details

EMC Corporation announced the immediate availability of EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender 5.2. Details

Endeca announced the immediate availability of Endeca ProFind 4.6, a new version of its enterprise search platform. Details

Gibbs and Associates announced that GibbsCAM 2004+ is now shipping to customers. Details

Informative Graphics Corporation announced the latest release of its Brava! Enterprise content visualization server. Details

Informative Graphics Corporation announced the release of its Brava! Enterprise content visualization server with an ActiveX client for Open Text Corporation's enterprise content management software suite, Livelink. Details

Intergraph Corporation announced it is shipping SmartPlant Review 5.1. Details

 
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Kubotek USA announced KeyCreator 4.0, a new version of its design and manufacturing software. Details

LightWork Design announced the release of the complete set of Benjamin Moore colors and finishes in LightWorks Archive format. Details

LMS announced Pimento Rev 5.1. Details

Omnify Software announced the availability of Omnify 2.8. Details

Open Text Corporation announced a next-generation services-oriented architecture. Details

PTC announced it will tap an IBM on demand service center to offer small and medium business (SMB) manufacturers access to PTC's product development solutions. Details

Rasterex Software announced the release of RxViewServer. Details

REALVIZ announced it has begun shipment of ImageModeler 4.0 for the Macintosh platform. Details

SofTech, Inc. announced that its ProductCenter PLM solution has been certified by Autodesk for use with Autodesk Inventor Release 9. Details

Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced FactoryLink 7.5, a software solution for industrial human machine interfaces and supervisory control and data acquisition. Details

Theorem Solutions announced the release of a new Inventor 9 Adapter for PTC ProductView. Details

UGS announced the launch of the JT2Go solution, no-cost 3D viewing products which will enable companies to share detailed 3D product and manufacturing data globally using the lightweight JT format. Details

Valor Computerized Systems announced that it has released version 7.3 of its Trilogy 5000 solution for PCB process preparation and assembly programming operations and its Enterprise 3000 premium DFM solution for manufacturability and physical design verification of CAD data. Details

* Relationships *
Concert Software and Business Services GmbH announced it has concluded a software partnership agreement with SAP AG. Details

Dassault Systemes and Microsoft Corp. announced an alliance to deliver Dassault Systemes' solutions to companies taking advantage of the Microsoft software platform. Details

Delmia Corp. and OMRON Corp. announced a partnership through which OMRON will distribute DELMIA Automation as its new collaborative programming desktop for control engineers. Details

Graphisoft announced its partnership with EPM Technology and the adoption of EPM's EXPRESS Data Manager technology. Details

Information Handling Services Inc. and the Aerospace Industries Association announced an expanded multi-year agreement to provide improved access to industry standards and related publications. Details

Invention Machine Corp. announced the appointment of Korean Item Development as a reseller of Invention Machine products in the Korean market. Details

Logtronics and Eurostep announced they have entered into a partnership to provide services and solutions in the area of exchanging and sharing product life cycle data for the defence industry, as well as other industries dealing with complex product life cycle information. Details

Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the appointment of CADinformatique as the French distributor for Mentor Graphics HDL simulation and synthesis solutions, including the ModelSim and FPGA Advantage design tools. Details

Moldflow Corporation announced it has established a distribution agreement with Yudo Company, Ltd., one of Asia's largest suppliers of hot runner systems. Details

Open Text Corporation announced it has formed an alliance with Deloitte Canada. Details

SofTech, Inc. announced that its ProductCenter PLM solution has been certified by Autodesk for use with Autodesk Inventor Release 9. Details

ProSTEP iViP Association announced that PartMaster GmbH has been a member of the ProSTEP iViP Association since September 2004. Details

* Other *
ABAQUS, Inc. announced the relocation of its world headquarters. Details

Accept Software Corporation announced it will contribute to the Eclipse Foundation's new open source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project. Details

Agile Software Corporation announced that its annual PLM conference, held earlier this month in Orlando, Florida, was the most successful to date. Details

Alibre Inc. announced an offer for users of AutoCAD LT to upgrade to Alibre Design 8.0. Details

Autodesk, Inc. announced it has received international recognition in recent months for its flagship AutoCAD software. Details

The CAD Society, a not-for-profit CAD industry user association, announced new membership plans and a redesigned website. Details

Kubotek USA announced a look at its vision for the future of manufacturing. Details

Proficiency announced it is a winner in INDUSTRYWEEK's 12th annual Technology and Innovations Program. Details

SAP AG announced that its utility enterprise software is helping more than 100 power generation companies keep their fleets running more cost-effectively, reliably and safe. Details

SolidWorks Corporation announced a price-quoting service to help its customers more efficiently do business with fellow users of SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software. Details

Get additional benefit from 2PLM by reading "Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation". Available here.

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