July 11 2005

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 8 Number 1

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* Welcome * Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. * Review of PLM in the First Half of 2005 * Overall, the world of PLM had a good first six months in 2005. The world of PLM vendors Revenues of most PLM vendors and service providers increased. Several vendors announced new rounds of funding, for example, Arena Solutions : $15 million Centric Software : $33 million QUMAS : $10 million The most noticeable feature of the first half of 2005 was the relatively high level of acquisition activity: Agile Software Corp. : Cimmetry Systems, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. : COMPASS systems GmbH Dassault Systemes : ABAQUS Inc. PTC : Polyplan Technologies Inc. UGS Corp. : Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. INCAT : CAD Potential, Inc. Delcam : Engineering Geometry Systems The world of PLM users On the user side, ten important trends were visible in the first half of 2005: PLM is expanding from one or two phases of the product lifecycle to the complete product lifecycle PLM is evolving to a holistic approach (with acknowledged relationships between elements such as processes, data and applications) from an atomistic approach (with elements considered as separate and disparate) PLM is increasingly seen as a strategic business activity rather than as a departmental technical activity (such as an Engineering IS activity) the new paradigm of PLM is gaining general acceptance a product lifecycle of five phases (imagine, define, realize, support, retire) is becoming the norm business executives are taking more interest in PLM as they increasingly recognize its importance in generating additional revenues from new and existing products user companies are looking to join up and bring together PLM elements across the product lifecycle the scope of PLM is expanding beyond the individual company to the Extended Enterprise the focus of PLM is moving from product data to the product user companies are launching initiatives to ensure they achieve the potential benefits of PLM Details of the "PLM User Trends - 2005" seminar/workshop. Vendor response In response to trends among users, PLM providers are acquiring companies to fill gaps in their product and service portfolios, and to expand their PLM footprint. This is creating many challenges for vendors: technical challenges of integrating products with different architectures and overlapping functionality organizational challenges of bringing together different management and operational structures marketing challenges due to multiple and overlapping brands, products and services management challenges of running a different type, size and complexity of company sales challenges of selling business solutions to top-level executives rather than licenses to technical managers The world of PLM publications A new book about PLM, "Product Lifecycle Management beherrschen : Ein Anwenderhandbuch fuer den Mittelstand", was announced. Details "Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation" retained its leadership position. Details Among ezines, upFront.eZine and 2PLM continued to be widely read. Teamcenter from UGS * Making Progress with PLM in 2005 * Anyone faced with the task of launching a PLM Initiative, or developing a PLM strategy, knows the difficulties involved. Where do you start? What's the scope? When do you address ROI? What are the IS applications of PLM? How should a PLM Initiative be organized? How should the PLM activity be organized? Making Progress with PLM in 2005 is an electronic publication designed to help manufacturing companies launch PLM Initiatives and develop PLM visions and strategies. It's built on experience gained in many such projects, and benefits from on-going contacts with organizations around the world in the process of implementing or improving PLM. It takes account of the latest global trends in PLM strategies, deployment and use. Making Progress with PLM in 2005 provides, in a well-structured and concise format, knowledge and experience that will boost PLM project activity and enable faster deployment. Initially released in May 2005, it is now at Version 1.2 and includes a PDF document and a PowerPoint presentation. Making Progress with PLM in 2005 enables companies launching a PLM Initiative, or developing a PLM strategy, to avoid reinventing the wheel. Instead, starting from an existing generic framework, they can invest their effort in activities that correspond to their specific organizational needs. Details

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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, ENGINEERING.COM, Hamilton Hall, INCAT, Product Sight Corporation, SofTech, Inc. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : CENIT AG Systemhaus, PROSTEP. General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development

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* Corporate * Dassault Systemes announced it has completed the acquisition of a center for the development of sourcing solutions for collaborative PLM from i2 Technologies, Inc. for approximately $10 million. Details ProductCenter PLM from SofTech i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that Q Investments has made a $15 million equity investment in i2. Details i2 announced that it sold shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Primavera Software, Inc. Details i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that it completed the sale of TSC. Details Liaison Technologies announced that it has agreed to combine operations with Expresso Paper Platform BV. Details PTC announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arbortext, Inc. for $190 million in cash. Details * Financial * ePlus inc. announced financial results for its quarter and year ended March 31, 2005. Revenues increased 74% to $576 million from $331 million the prior year. Details Verity Inc. reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2005 results. Revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 were $36.5 million. Details * People * Aras Corporation announced the appointment of Gregory Rasin as vice president of engineering. Details Ashlar-Vellum announced the addition of Christopher Griffin as Vice President of Software Development. Details Cimatron announced that the Board of Directors of Cimatron appointed the Company's Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Danny Haran, 47, as the new President and CEO. Details IBM PLM announced that Walter Donaldson has been named general manager, Product Life Cycle Management. Succeeding Walter as vice president, PLM Americas is John Porter. Details * Implementations * Adobe Systems Inc. announced that Airbus has adopted Adobe Acrobat 7.0 software on a worldwide basis. Details Agile Software Corp. announced that MobileAccess has realized accelerated time to market with its Agile PLM implementation. Details Centric Software, Inc. announced that Prime Wheel has selected their OpenPLM solution to improve productivity and quality control in their global manufacturing operations. Details Delmia Corp. announced that its V5 DPM Assembly and V5 Human digital manufacturing software is being used by Lockheed Martin. Details Eurostep AB announced that AB Sandvik Coromant contracted Eurostep AB to design software support for the industrial use of ISO 13399. Details IBM and CAD-CAM Data announced that Zastava Automobili has chosen IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to streamline the development of its cars. Details IBM announced that U.C.M. Resita S.A. has selected IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to improve its competitive position. Details IDe announced that Kyocera Wireless Corp. selected IDeWeb as its PPM solution. Details KollabNet, Inc. announced it is introducing a new suite of Engineering Information Modeling tools. Details Lascom announced that Asteel selected Advitium. Details Lattice3D announced that Boeing Rocketdyne Division has purchased Lattice3D's 3D Publishing platform. Details MasterControl Inc. announced that Xcellerex has chosen MasterControl quality suite to facilitate FDA compliance. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced that GARDENA has increased their investment in the CATIA V5-integrated products of SimDesigner. Details PTC announced the implementation by Wuchang Shipyard of PTC's Shipbuilding Solution comprising Windchill PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink and CADDS 5i. Details Realization Technologies announced that Thermal Care, Inc. will use its Project Flow system to manage engineering projects. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced that Deutsch Ltd. is using SolidWorks 3D mechanical design and PDMWorks product data management software. Details think3 announced that Trek selected thinkiD. Details * Developments * Access Commerce announced the new version of its online selling platform: Cameleon Channel Selling 4.3. Details Actify Inc. announced that SpinFire for Microsoft Office is now available in a French language version. Details Altair Engineering Inc. and Cray Inc. announced the release of Altair's PBS Professional workload management solution on the Cray XD1 supercomputer. Details Artemis International Solutions Corp. unveiled an enhanced New Product Development solution. Details Astoria Software announced Astoria XML Content Management Platform Version 4.4. Details Bentley Systems, Inc. announced that the XM Edition of its flagship MicroStation V8 product is now available as a beta release to all Bentley SELECT subscribers. Details CADTRAIN announced the availability of COACH/LMS R4.0. Details CCE announced the release of SW/Pro - SolidWorks to Pro/ENGINEER Direct Translator. Details Dassault Systemes announced the Generative Mechanical Design (GMD) solution. Details Empresa Solutions, Inc. unveiled Kinnosa Workflow for PDMWorks Release 1.0. Details Informative Graphics Corp. announced that its Brava software is now available on the EMC Documentum 5.3 platform. Details IronCAD announced the shipment of the latest member of its design solution family, Inovate V8. Details Download AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems Mentor Graphics announced the release of the Nucleus Real-Time Operating System with networking middleware for the Fusiv Platform from Analog Devices, Inc. Details TekSoft, Inc. announced that CAMWorks 2006 supports SolidWorks 2006 3D mechanical design software. Details Theorem Solutions announced that its latest Data eXchange Navigator provides a method of isolating and translating component and sub-assembly information from large assembly data files. Details * Relationships * Agile Software Corp. announced that Kalypso Partners, LLC has joined their alliance program as a Premier Partner. Details Arbortext and acrolinx announced a technology partnership. Details DigiLore and the Global Wireless Education Consortium announced the deployment of a JITCube pilot to promote the approach to instructional design for GWEC's academic and commercial members. Details KollabNet, Inc. announced a partnership with SmarTeam. Details LASCOM and SOORCE announced a partnership. Details Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. announced that MAXON Computer will bundle Okino's PolyTrans product with the new CINEMA 4D "Engineering Bundle". Details QUMAS and Liquent announced they expanded their partnership. Details Sescoi announced that it signed a distribution agreement with Jiangda Technology Development Company Ltd. Details SofTech, Inc. announced that its ProductCenter PLM solution has been awarded Gold Product Certification for SolidWorks 2006 software by SolidWorks Corporation. SofTech is a long standing SolidWorks Gold Partner, having maintained certification for over five years. Details Synergis Technologies Engineering Design Solutions Division announced its selection as an Autodesk Platinum Club 2005 winner. Details UGS Corp. announced that it has expanded its relationship with Microsoft. This expansion will include the integration of Microsoft's business application management platform and UGS' Teamcenter product lifecycle management solutions to provide a single source for product and process data allowing easy access and reuse of data. Details Zuken announced that Novacad has been named Zuken's European CADSTAR distributor of the year for 2004-2005. Details * Other * Arbortext announced it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners for the third consecutive year. Details AVEVA announced that new research from AVEVA has found that 60% of engineering IT customers in the process, power and marine sectors believe that their choice of engineering IT solutions directly influences their ability to win new projects. Details Delcam announced its Chinese subsidiary has moved its Shanghai office to larger premises. Details Epicos announced that it has started the process to launch the European Aerospace and Defense platform for supply chain, and collaboration. Details CertiPath, LLC announced that The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have signed agreements as charter customers. Details Goldense Group, Inc. announced the July 2005 issue of its GGI RapidNews Newsletter. Details Lattice3D announced that START magazine named Lattice3D as an "Up and Coming" company in the Hottest Companies 2005 issue. Details Nemetschek North America unveiled new web pages catering specifically to the academic community. Details ProSTEP iViP Association announced the membership of eXXcellent solutions GmbH. Details RAND Worldwide announced that it offers a formal Engineering Analysis service. Details Silicon Graphics and Livermore Software Technology Corp. announced that SGI Altix servers deliver record performance on LS-DYNA. Details Stellent, Inc. announced that Forrester recognized the Stellent Sarbanes-Oxley Solution as having the strongest content and records management functionality of any product it evaluated. Details STEP Tools, Inc. announced the beginnings of an archive of AP-238 STEP-NC test data for use in implementation testing and other activities. Details TraceParts announced that the web2CAD TraceParts online parts library has passed the 300,000 mark in terms of CAD users. Details UGS announced the June 2005 issue of its PLM Knowledge 21 Newsletter. Details World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced a publication, "Inventing the Future: An Introduction to Patents for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises", explaining how patents can be used to further strategic business goals. Details

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