April 26, 2004

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 6 Number 19

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* Welcome * Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. * To-PLM Map * Recently several of our customers have asked for some way to position their PLM activities. In response we developed a To-PLM Map for them. This is a map which shows them where they currently are in terms of PLM, and helps them see how they can make progress to more complete lifecycle management of their products. The latter part of the previous sentence can also be written as "how to get to PLM", "how to achieve PLM", or "how to implement PLM". The basis of the map is the 3 x 3 matrix, or window, shown below. Before describing the contents and their positioning, a few words about the axes. The horizontal axis shows the span of an initiative (such as CAD, PDM or PLM) across the product lifecycle. Up the vertical axis are the number of components (such as processes, applications, standards, techniques, etc.) addressed by the initiative. In the first column are components that occur primarily in one department or function. A typical example is CAD, which is found primarily in the Design function. In the second column are components that occur in two or more departments or functions - but not across the complete product lifecycle. A typical example is CAD/CAM which is found in two functions (Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering). In the third column are components that occur across the lifecycle. A typical example is PDM which is found in functions across the complete product lifecycle (e.g. Marketing, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, Service, Recycling). In the top row are initiatives that are holistic - addressing all the components. Product Lifecycle Management is holistic, which is why it's at this level. PLM addresses processes, human resources, information, techniques, applications, etc. across the product lifecycle - which is why PLM is in the third column. In the second row are initiatives that address two or more, but not all, components. Collaborative Product Development fits here, and because CPD involves two or more departments (in different companies) it's in the second column. In the third row are initiatives that primarily focus on one component - such as applications. CAD fits here - in the first column as it's only in one function. CAD/CAM fits here - in the second column as it's in two functions. PLM is the business activity of managing products across the lifecycle. It is achieved with many components such as: applications (e.g. CAD, PDM, portfolio management), processes (e.g. new product development process, engineering change process); methodologies (e.g. phase/gate); standards (e.g. ISO 14000); techniques (e.g. Value Analysis, Life Cycle Analysis); etc. H Dept. Plan PLM n CPD; VA LCA; ISO 9/14000 1 CAD CAD/CAM PDM 1 dept./ func. n depts./ funcs. Lifecycle The To-PLM Map helps companies position their current PLM components, identify missing components, and define the way forward to PLM. The To-PLM Map, and other ways of achieving PLM, will be discussed at the PLM Interest Group (PLMIG) meeting in Zurich, Switzerland on May 26, 2004. Details. If you have a view about the way to PLM, and would like to participate, please contact Roger Tempest.

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Universal Viewing and Mark Up from Spicer Corporation * PLMIG News : The PLM Top Ten * The PLM Interest Group (PLMIG) will run a one-day event, "PLM Top Ten", in different locations in the coming months. The first meeting will be held in Zurich, Switzerland on May 26, 2004. Details. If you would like to participate in one of these events, please contact Roger Tempest. Reference Section Follow the link for books in the Product Lifecycle Management Library Follow the link for books about .. 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 : Accept Software Corporation, IDe, Noesis Solutions, Realization Technologies, Inc., Truereq and Zuken. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Integware and Siemens Business Services. General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development 2PLM Media Sheet Advertisers of PLM-related systems and solutions. Read the 2PLM Media Sheet. Find out how to reach more than 30,000 customers.

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* Corporate * Alias, a Silicon Graphics Inc. company, and Accel-KKR announced a definitive agreement with SGI under which Accel-KKR, with participation from the management of Alias, will acquire Alias from SGI for $57.5 million USD. Details AVEVA Group plc announced the proposed acquisition of Tribon Solutions AB, a supplier of IT solutions for shipbuilding and marine design. Details Click the banner to visit Federation, or click here for more information BlueSky Solutions LLC, a Pittsburgh based software/services company, announced the successful completion of an acquisition of Alventive, Inc. The acquisition was the result of a closed bid auction conducted by Alventive in November of 2003 to sell their Intellectual Property ("IP"), assets, and trademark name. Details Dassault Systemes and Schneider Electric announced a business partnership to sell DELMIA Solutions, and develop Consulting and Services for the Automation and Production Engineering markets. The partnership is structured around a new company called Dextus. Details * Financial * Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced total revenue for the first quarter of 2004 of $266 million compared to $263 million in the same period last year. Details FileNet Corporation announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2004. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2004 were $99.5 million compared to total revenues of $87.0 million for the same period in 2003 and $101.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2003. Details Hummingbird Ltd. reported its unaudited consolidated results for the second quarter ended March 31, 2004. Sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 were $54.7 million representing a 16.3% increase from the quarter ended March 31, 2003, and sequential increase of 9.3% over the first quarter ended December 31, 2003. Details i2 Technologies, Inc. announced results for its first quarter, ended March 31, 2004. Total revenue for the first quarter was $83.6 million, as compared to $97.7 million in the previous quarter and $157.9 million in the first quarter of 2003. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced first quarter results. Revenue grew 3% over the year ago quarter. Details Moldflow Corporation announced the results for its third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2004. Worldwide revenue of $13.3 million for the quarter ended March 27, 2004 represented a 40% increase from the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2003, including the revenue from American MSI Corporation, acquired on January 23, 2004. Details Oce announced results for the first quarter 2004. Total revenues decreased by 8.1%. After adjustment for exchange rate effects, total revenues were virtually unchanged (- 0.7%) as compared to the first quarter of 2003. Details PTC reported revenue totaling $164.7 million for the second quarter ended April 3, 2004, compared with $171.0 million for the same period last year. Details SAP AG announced its preliminary financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004. Total revenues were Euro 1.6 billion (2003: Euro 1.5 billion), which was an increase of 2% compared to 2003. At constant currencies, total revenues increased 8% year-over-year. Details Silicon Graphics announced results for its third fiscal quarter, which ended March 26, 2004. Revenue for the quarter was $230 million, up 6% from $217 million one year ago. Details SofTech, Inc. announced Q3 fiscal 2004 results. Revenue for Q3 FY 2004 was about $2.8 million as compared to $3.2 million for the same period in fiscal 2003, a decrease of 12%. Details * People * BioPoint Solutions announced the appointment of Karen Moore, Ph.D. as Chief Science Officer. Details Federation, Inc. announced the promotion of Darren Bassolino to Vice President of Client Services. Details Hummingbird Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Stephen A. Crane and Mr. Jack Langer as independent Board Members on the Hummingbird Board of Directors. Details Mentor Graphics Corporation announced it has appointed Syed Gilani as general manager of its newly formed PADS business unit. Details Moldflow Corporation announced the appointment of Fred Humbert to the position of vice president of sales for Moldflow Corporation's Manufacturing Solutions business unit. Details think3 announced the appointment of three client executives : Paul Cassidy, Michael Pepe and Jay Sweeney. Details * Implementation * Agile Software Corporation announced several new customer implementations in Taiwan. Details Agile Software Corporation announced that Instron, a manufacturer of quality measurement systems, has successfully implemented Agile Product Collaboration and Agile Product Service and Improvement to reduce customer response times and track issues. Details Agile Software Corporation announced that Saturn Electronics and Engineering Inc. successfully deployed Agile PLM solutions Agile Product Collaboration and Agile Product Cost Management in 12 weeks. Details Avatech Solutions, Inc. announced that since introducing its dedicated PLM (product lifecycle management) practice just six months ago, it has found strong market acceptance within the manufacturing sector - in industries as diverse as automotive, aerospace, fabrication and assembly, machine design and shipbuilding. Details Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware Corporation, announced an agreement with General Motors to use Covisint Connect data messaging service. Details Niku Corporation announced that Armstrong World Industries signed an agreement to implement Clarity, the latest version of its flagship product. Clarity will drive enterprise-wide alignment between the business and IT, as well as in the company's new product development, quality and relationship management initiatives. Details Open Text Corporation announced that IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has selected Livelink to manage collaboration on manufacturing and other critical process documents. Details Download AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems Quillion announced it has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to deliver the next phase of the ADD (Asset Data Dictionary) project. Details Silicon Graphics Inc. announced that Purdue University recently celebrated the opening of its immersive, multidisciplinary, virtual reality lab. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced global cam manufacturer Colombo Filippetti is helping customers cut a month from their production schedules by offering downloadable 3D product models from its online catalog using SolidWorks 3D PartStream.NET service. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced that Chalmers University, one of the oldest and largest engineering institutions in Scandinavia, has purchased 500 licenses of SolidWorks 3D mechanical design and COSMOS analysis software to teach students automotive engineering design skills. Details Sopheon and Siemens Business Services' Standardization Competence Center announced the introduction of Siemens Compliance Direct Service at Airbus, the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft. Details Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced that Turin, Italy - based TESCO T.S. has signed a contract with Tecnomatix for the implementation of eMPower software. Details UGS PLM Solutions announced Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group has selected UGS PLM Solutions as its new technology partner and standardized on Unigraphics NX and Teamcenter. Details UGS PLM Solutions announced its NX portfolio's innovative 3D modelling and collaboration technology is helping Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 development team to maintain project schedule and budget to date. Details UGS PLM Solutions announced that Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. used UGS PLM Solutions' NX portfolio to reduce the development cycle of the latest version of the "Banryu" (guard-dragon) utility robot by 50 percent. Details 3D Systems Corporation announced the installation of two Vanguard systems at the Renault F1 Team Advanced Digital Manufacturing Centre in Enstone, England. Details * Developments * Actify Inc. announced a new importer for MICRO CADAM's Design System. Details Actify Inc. announced it unveiled Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese versions of SpinFire Professional 2004 and Actify Server 2004. Details Autodesk, Inc. announced the availability of Autodesk DWF Composer. Details Autodesk, Inc. announced the availability of Autodesk VIZ 2005 software. Details CSI announced they have consolidated their flagship design data management product range by introducing full support for Autodesk Inventor Series and OneSpaceDesigner Drafting (ME10). Details Gibbs and Associates announced that they have launched a web-based support center for GibbsCAM customers. Details Informative Graphics announced that the new version (v4.1) of its free ModelPress 3D model compression, publishing, and viewing system includes support for the OpenHSF file format. Details Intersect Software Corp. announced the latest release of the Company's flagship software CrossPoint with enhanced capabilities including Financial Management, Configurable Work Activities, Configurable Stored Queries, and Smart Tasks. Details Seal Systems : The Digital Paper Factory Manugistics Group, Inc. outlined its plans to continue to deliver solutions that are fully enabled for radio frequency identification (RFID). Details PTC announced the availability of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0, the newest version of its product design and development solution. Details SEAL Systems announced modules which are now Unicode compatible. Details Synchronicity announced that the Synchronicity Publisher Suite, which bundles the IP Gear Catalog and IP Gear Helpdesk, has been enhanced to make it easier for global electronics companies to find and securely manage semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) across their design chain. Details Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced it has introduced an enhanced version of its eM-Machining solution for supporting the lifecycle of Powertrain planning projects. Details Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced it has introduced an enhanced version of its flagship eMPower 7 platform. Details Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announced the immediate availability of the Xfactory 3.0 Product Tracking and Production Management system. Details think3 announced the 9.0 release of its suite of industrial and machine design offerings. Details UGS PLM Solutions announced immediate availability of I-deas 11 NX Series. Details UGS PLM Solutions announced the availability of Teamcenter In-Service, a new solution that extends the value of PLM to maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations. Details UGS PLM Solutions announced the enhancement of its Teamcenter solution for Aerospace and Defense. Details * Relationships * ABAQUS, Inc. announced that it has been selected by the Boeing Intellectual Property Business to develop and market Boeing technology for prediction of fracture and failure in laminated composite materials. Details Cimmetry Systems and Omnify Software announced a new OEM partnership. Omnify Software has licensed Cimmetry's AutoVue Visualization and Collaboration technology to be embedded in the Omnify PLM system. Details Dassault Systemes and Rand A Technology Corporation, operating as RAND Worldwide, announced plans to create RAND North America, Inc., a new joint venture focused on increasing sales of Dassault Systemes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software in North America. Details Federation announced that Exostar, the online trading exchange for the aerospace and defense industries, has signed an agreement to license Federation software to enhance Exostar's e-collaboration services for its largest customers. Details Moldflow Corporation announced it has established a distribution agreement with HASCO America, Inc. Details PTC announced widespread support for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 including key software and technology partners focused on optimizing its value for customers globally. Details SEAL Systems announced that ProfiDB uses output management from SEAL Systems. Details Spatial Corp. announced that the latest release of MagNet, Infolytica's Low Frequency Electromagnetics simulation software, benefits from the technology provided by Spatial's 3D subsystems. Details VX Corporation announced it was selected as the CAM vendor to drive the new SA1 720VT 6-Station Turret Machining Center introduced by Pressmach Pvt Ltd at the 2004 Indian Machine Tool Exhibition in Mumbai, India. Details * Other * ALGOR, Inc. announced that over 150 university professors have selected the company's Finite Element Analysis in Practice course curriculum kit, which was released last spring. Details Bentley Systems, Inc. announced that it will join an industry team developing TransXML, a proposed set of standards to allow exchange of transportation data across IT systems and asset lifecycles. Details CIMdata announced it estimated that in 2003 the worldwide CAM software and related services market grew 1.1% from $1.039 billion in 2002 to $1.050 billion in 2003. Details Conisio announced that Swedish value added reseller AEC AB will show Conisio at the Document INFO 2004 exhibition to be held May 4 - 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Details Dassault Systemes and AVIC Information Technology (AVICIT), a member of China Aviation Industry Corporation 1, announced the opening of the AVICIT Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Competency Center in China. Details FileNet Corporation announced that it has been positioned in the "Leader" quadrant by Gartner, Inc. in Gartner's Magic Quadrant assessment for Business Process Analysis (BPA), which focuses on business process optimization through process modeling, simulation, adjustment, implementation and measurement. Details Sopheon announced a Strategic Portfolio Management executive workshop on the 14th of May in the Netherlands. Details Staffware, a leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software, announced that it has been named a "leader" in a new Forrester Research "Wave" report. Details Stage-Gate, Inc. announced that it is introducing a ground-breaking seminar to its suite of New Product Development Conferaction Seminars in September 2004. Details Verity Inc. announced it ranked 38th among the "Silicon Valley 150" in terms of profitability and 72nd in terms of overall net income for the four most recent quarters ending on or before December 31, 2003, according to a just-published report in the San Jose Mercury News. Details

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