May 9 2005

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 7 Number 22

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* Welcome * Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. Readers may remember that the January 3, 2005 issue of 2PLM started like this : * 2005 - a great year for Product Lifecycle Management * Going into 2005, it's good to see that PLM is gaining acceptance with users and solution vendors. There's still a long way to go, but the concept of managing products across their lifecycles is increasingly accepted. This will make it easier for companies to develop the business case for PLM, make plans and implement PLM. Our feel for the PLM market at the end of 2004 resulted from contacts with people in hundreds of companies using PLM and hundreds of companies providing PLM services and products. As shown in the News Section below, the recently released Q1 2005 quarterly results of PLM vendors confirm that feeling. The PLM market has grown in the first quarter, and we now estimate that growth in calendar year 2005 will be in the range of 5% to 10%. However, over the last few months we've seen companies putting back decision dates for taking major investment decisions in the area of PLM. The cause often seems to be a lack of PLM Strategy. We've addressed this subject in recent issues of 2PLM and, from the feedback to those articles, can see that many companies are very aware of the need to make progress with PLM, but are finding it difficult to initiate the corresponding action. Often the difficulty is not that they don't want PLM, or a project to develop a PLM Strategy, but that they can't get such an activity started. Usually the reason is a lack of resources ("everyone is busy with the ERP project" ; "my manager doesn't understand PLM" ; "we've spent our budget" ; "management blocks all requests for training, travel and consultants" ; "we can't look at PLM until we've finished PDM"). Many PLM vendors are aware of this difficulty and, to help overcome it, are increasing their Marketing activities. More PLM events are being held, and vendors are supporting them better than before. More White Papers, position papers and Press Releases are appearing. We are contributing in 2 ways to helping companies make progress with their PLM Strategy. First, we're proposing a 2- or 3-day on-site PLM Breakthrough Workshop aimed specifically at achieving management buy-in for PLM action. The Workshop is for companies that have a good feeling for where they want to go in PLM and, with a few days of concentrated, focused work, can build a presentation that will convince management of the need to launch a PLM activity. ProductCenter PLM from SofTech Secondly, following on from the publication in 2004 of Product Lifecycle Management : Paradigm for 21st century Product Realisation, the foundation book for the "new" PLM, we've now developed a Manual, "Overcoming the PDM Manager's Dilemma : Moving to PLM". This is an action-oriented workbook for PDM Managers and CAD Managers currently faced with the many questions, problems, challenges and opportunities of PLM. Often such people are in the situation of needing to bring together, understand, structure and prioritize a lot of information which they then need to put in a business-oriented form that can be presented to top management. The Manual starts with a brief introduction to PLM. This is followed by sections describing the concept of PLM and the typical PLM project that enables this concept to become reality. The following chapters describe how people and companies with different objectives can build their own Action Plans and PLM Projects. The Appendix provides support information of various types. We'll give more details about the Manual in the next issue of 2PLM.

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PDM Integration from MeritSpring 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 : Arena Solutions, Datastay, Elmo Solutions Inc., Engineous Software Inc., INCAT, Product Sight Corporation, SofTech, Inc. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : CENIT AG Systemhaus, PROSTEP, New York Document Scanning, n2 Consulting. General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development

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* Corporate * Arena Solutions announced that it has secured $15 million in funding. This round, led by BA Venture Partners, included investments from Otter Capital, Arthur Rock and Warren Hellman. Details Intergraph Corporation announced that it is realigning its organizational structure and streamlining its global operations from four to two divisions - Process, Power & Marine and the newly formed Security, Government & Infrastructure. Details The maker of MasterControl solutions announced that the company name has been aligned with its brand to better reflect its growing corporate vision. The company was formerly known as Document Control Systems Inc. Details Telelogic AB announced the acquisition of Popkin Software. Details * Financial * Access Commerce announced revenues totaled Euro 2.14 million in the first quarter of 2005. Details Agile Software Corp. announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, which ended April 30, 2005. Agile expects total revenues for the fourth quarter to be between $31 million and $32 million, compared to $27.2 million in the prior year period. Details ANSYS, Inc. announced first quarter 2005 results including total revenue of $37.6 million. Details Arbortext reported 53% revenue growth for the 1st quarter of 2005. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. reported first quarter 2005 revenue of $293 million. Details Dassault Systemes announced that in the 2005 first quarter total revenue was Euro 199.2 million, representing an increase of 13% as reported in comparison to the first quarter of 2004 where total revenue was Euro 176.2 million. Details FileNet Corp. announced financial results for its first quarter March 31, 2005. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2005 were $100.0 million. Details Intergraph Corporation announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2005. Revenue for the quarter was $136.5 million, an increase of 3.2% from the $132.3 million reported in the first quarter of 2004. Details i2 Technologies, Inc. announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2005. Total revenue for the first quarter was $88 million. Details Lattice3D announced that its first quarter sales in 2005 hit a new record level, more than tripling 2004 Q1 revenues. Details Teamcenter from UGS Mentor Graphics Corp. announced first quarter revenues of $164.3 million. Details MfgQuote Inc. announced its 2004 year end results. Details Moldflow Corporation announced financial results. Total revenue for the third fiscal quarter of 2005 of $15.9 million represented an increase of 20% over the same period in the prior year. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced certain financial information for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. Details PTC reported revenue of $176.1 million for the second fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2005, up 7% from $164.7 million for the same period last year. Details RAND Worldwide announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. Details Valor announced revenues increased by 22% in the first quarter of 2005. Details 3D Systems Corp. reported $30.4 million of revenue for the first quarter of 2005, a 3% increase over the prior-year period. Details * People * McLaren Software announced the addition of Mike Jones to the McLaren management team as Vice President of Marketing. Details MRO Software, Inc. announced that Roberto Casetta has joined the company as its vice president of worldwide sales channels. Details MRO Software, Inc. announced that Marco Bucci has joined the company as its vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa markets. Details Opticore announced that Goran Malmberg has been appointed as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Details Spatial Corp. announced that Robert Jones has been appointed as Vice President of Product Development. Details * Implementations * Alibre, Inc. announced that with Alibre Design 3D solid modeling software, Keystone Applied Technologies slashed typical 1-year design-to-manufacture cycle to 3 - 6 months. Details ANSYS, Inc. announced that Samsung Information Systems America has chosen ANSYS CFX software. Details Avatech Solutions, Inc. announced the first shipment of Vault Access. Details AVEVA announced that four subsidiaries of the Sinopec Corp. have adopted engineering IT solutions from AVEVA. Details AVEVA announced that Dongfang Boiler Company, Harbin Boiler Company and the Shanghai Boiler Works have purchased AVEVA's flagship product, VANTAGE PDMS. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Ricoh Company, Ltd. has successfully taped out a 3-million-gate chip using the Cadence Encounter digital IC design platform, including RTL Compiler synthesis. Details Centric Software, Inc. announced that Sensus Metering Systems has selected its Open PLM solution. Details Centric Software, Inc. announced that Iowa State University has expanded its use of Centric's Design-Build solution. Details Cimatron Limited announced a sale of Cimatron E with the Korean Chamber of Commerce Institute. Details ICEM Ltd. announced that Topia has selected ICEM Surf. Details Ingenuus Software Inc. announced that Teledyne Microelectronics has placed an order to expand use of the Ingenuus Software. Details Kubotek USA announced that Phoenix Composite Solutions, LLC has committed to standardizing on Kubotek KeyCreator. Details MatrixOne, Inc. announced that Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior recently completed deployment of the MatrixOne PLM platform. Details Proficiency announced that Pollak has selected and implemented the Proficiency Collaboration Gateway. Details PTC announced that ENlight has deployed Windchill ProjectLink. Details PTC announced that Raytheon Company has selected Windchill PDMLink as its Product Data Management (PDM) standard. Details QUMAS announced that Janssen Pharmaceutica has selected the QCompliance Suite. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced that Mead Fluid Dynamics customers are accelerating product development by using the company's new 3D PartStream.NET-enabled online catalog. Details Sopheon announced that Medisch Centrum Rijnmond-Zuid has deployed Sopheon's Accolade solution to support an enhanced process for the management of clinical trials. Details Technia announced it has signed an agreement with Mobitex Technology AB to implement a PLM solution. Details UGS Corp. announced that Patria Vehicles Oy has standardized on UGS NX and Teamcenter software and services for product development. Details * Developments * ABAQUS, Inc. announced a new add-on capability for the ABAQUS software suite called VCCT for ABAQUS. Details Actify Inc. announced that SpinFire for Microsoft Office is now available. Details Affinnova, Inc. announced two new extensions of its IDEA technology: IDEA Validation and IDEA Simulation. Details Altair Engineering, Inc. announced the public release of Altair HyperWorks Data Manager. Details Ashlar-Vellum announced the availability of a Spotlight plug-in for Graphite. Details Endeca announced the availability of new Manufacturing & Distribution Search Solutions. Details ICEM Ltd. announced the latest version of its ICEM Surf software suite, ICEM Surf 4.5. Details IDEAL unveiled its enhanced scanner operating software. Details Intergraph Corp. announced it plans to ship a new version of the Plant Design System (PDS) later this year. Details Intergraph Corp. announced it is shipping the 4.2 version of SmartPlant P&ID. Details MatrixOne, Inc. announced that its latest release, Matrix10.6, includes enhanced product portfolio management and synchronous product engineering capabilities. Details Download AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems MatrixOne, Inc. announced the availability of a Customer Needs Management solution that integrates Telelogic DOORS with MatrixOne Product Central. Details Moldflow Corporation announced the release of Moldflow Plastics Insight 5.1. Details Moldflow Corp. announced the availability of device level Ethernet support for the complete line of manufacturing solutions products. Details SGI and VRSim announced the launch of the Virtual Reality Welding Trainer. Details Spatial Corp. announced support for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Details Spicer Corp. announced the release of Imagenation 7.6 and Image a-X 7.6. Details Theorem Solutions announced a CAD translator capable of reading design data in JT format and converting it to CATIA V4. Details Trace Parts S.A. announced that powerPARTS Editon 2005 is now available. Details UGS Corp. announced the availability of a new release of its JT2Go viewer solution. JT2Go-JT Open Edition introduces a new capability to author a variety of Microsoft documents with embedded JT2Go viewers called JT Documents. Details UGS Corp. announced the immediate availability of new releases of four of D-Cubed's component software products. Details UGS Corp. and A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions announced the availability of Sourcing Community. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced a new flame retardant material for use in its Sinterstation Pro SLS system. Details * Relationships * Actify Inc. announced that the company is part of Microsoft's Collaborative Product Development Program. Details Alias announced that it has broadened its strategic relationship with General Motors. Alias will provide General Motors Design Centers with professional services and solutions including process development, commercial software engineering, onsite support, Alias StudioTools software, software maintenance and Alias PortfolioWall software. Details ANSYS, Inc. and J. Ray McDermott announced a strategic alliance. Details Dassault Systemes and i2 Technologies, Inc. announced their intent to form a strategic partnership to jointly develop sourcing solutions based on Dassault Systemes' V5 platform. Details GlobalSpec announced its new marketing service for distributors. Details Lattice3D announced it has signed two new Resellers : Tedopres Documentation B.V. and Xeltec. Details Mathsoft announced the integration of Mathsoft's Mathcad and Bentley's MicroStation software. Details Noran Engineering, Inc. announced that its new CAD integrated NEiWorks has been admitted to the SolidWorks Solution Partner program. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced that it has concluded an OEM private label agreement with Solidimension Inc. Details * Other * Agile Software Corp. announced its inclusion in the 2004 "Silicon Valley 150", the San Jose Mercury News' annual ranking of the largest public companies in the Silicon Valley. Details Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc. announced a white paper titled "How to Use Design for Manufacture and Assembly to Slash Manufacturing Overhead, Make Products Competitive, and Bring New Efficiencies to the Manufacturing Process". Details CIMdata announced that it estimated the worldwide CAM software and related services market grew from $1.107 billion in 2003 to $1.187 billion in 2004. Details CoCreate Software, Inc. announced its support of Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative at the 2005 Global Automotive Summit. Details Dassault Systemes announced its support of Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative at the 2005 Global Automotive Summit. Details Engineous Software announced a Process Integration center in their Detroit, MI office. Details IronCAD announced donations of more than $23 million worth of IronCAD software and support. Details NavisWorks Ltd. announced that they have won a Queens Award for Enterprise. Details PDES, Inc. announced it is tasking Theorem Solutions to extend the UGS-STEP AP203 CADverter product to support translation of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing data. Details PTC announced its inclusion in the 2005 Electronics Industry Yearbook ranking of "50 Companies to Watch." Details SofTech, Inc. announced the availability of a report entitled "PLM for Mid-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises" which indicates that many mid-sized manufacturers (companies or divisions of companies with annual revenues of $50 million to $1 billion) are in the midst of some form of PLM strategy. The report is intended for mid-sized manufacturers that are considering a PLM deployment or expansion of their existing PLM implementation. It validates the growing PLM demand and business benefits gained by mid-sized manufacturers. Details Synergis announced the First Annual Synergis Technology Expo. Details UGS Corp. announced its plans to add the Linux open source operating system to the list of supported environments for Teamcenter and NX solutions. Details UGS announced its support of Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative at the 2005 Global Automotive Summit. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced that it has joined with other industry members to support the humanitarian "RP for Baghdad" project. Details

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