July 28 2005

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 8 Number 3

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* Welcome * Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. * NASA and PLM * After the mention of NASA and PLM in the July 18 issue of 2PLM, one reader told us we shouldn't criticize NASA, and asked if we had ever sent a rocket to the moon. Another asked what we thought NASA should do next. A few quick answers. a) No, we haven't sent any rockets to the moon. b) The intention was not to criticize NASA, but to look at publicly-announced events at NASA in the context of PLM. c) Not knowing any details about what is happening inside NASA, we don't know what NASA should do next. By the way, the text resulted from overhearing a "talking head" on television mentioning a 2% risk. Whether that was a specific risk for Discovery was not clear, but the figure didn't go away. Where did it come from? What was the basis? Why was it being broadcast now? Any company that claims a 2% risk rate for its products would be considered as having very low quality. They would be considered an ideal candidate for PLM. One of our conclusions from working with many companies involved in product development and support is that they share many similarities, even though they may be in very different sectors and of very different sizes. This may be because they are all working in a similar political and economic environment, and have received similar education about business and management. Whatever the reason, they have similar behavior, similar problems, similar symptoms, similar causes, similar effects. In the area of product development and support, the similarities are such that a profile can be established of a typical company in need of PLM. It could include (Source) : products failing in the field departmental data silos, communication silos, Islands of Automation conflicting departmental performance targets unclear processes, bureaucratic processes, processes not followed duplicate product data, conflicting data, incomplete data lack of training non-adherence to standards customer requirements not clear or misinterpreted known risks ignored inadequate customer service, poor co-ordination with suppliers These are typical characteristics of a company working to 20th Century paradigms - when the world was a different place. To improve performance, this type of organization launches multiple improvement programs with a functional or departmental focus. Usually each of these leads to yet another Island of Automation, another department, some new documents, a new database, a new process or a variant of an existing process. Usually some of the initiatives conflict and some are abandoned as too difficult. The result three or four years later is that the company is in the same situation as before - with similar problems. Teamcenter from UGS In the 21st Century, the paradigm for product development and support is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). This is a holistic approach to management of products across the lifecycle in the Extended Enterprise environment. Companies with the above characteristics should look to PLM for a solution. By the way, the same day that Discovery lifted off, another talking head on television said something along the following lines "space travel is a risky business. If air travel was as risky, there would be 560 plane crashes every day". From a PLM point of view, it looks as if many of the problems with NASA's products (Challenger, Hubble, Mars Orbiter, and Columbia) were not related to the difficulties of space travel and rocket science, but to the organization of product development and support. For example, in 1999, NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter was lost because a contractor's spacecraft engineering team supplied information about propulsion maneuvres in Imperial units to the navigation team which was using metric units. As mentioned above, the intention is not to criticize NASA, but to look at publicly-announced events at NASA in the context of PLM. Perhaps the conclusion that other organizations should be drawing from these events is that unless they implement PLM, the 21st Century paradigm for product development and support, they will be faced with poorly performing products and the likely consequences. And most shareholders don't accept a 2% failure rate.

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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, SofTech, Inc., Spescom. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : CENIT AG Systemhaus, DataCore Technology, PROSTEP. General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development

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* Corporate * AberdeenGroup announced the acquisition of research and consulting firm Tech-Clarity, Inc. Philadelphia-based Tech-Clarity focuses on the emerging Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market. Details Dassault Systemes announced that it has acquired Virtools SA for approximately 12 million euros. Details PartMiner, Inc. announced its acquisition of PartLogic Software, which provides BOM and AVL-level validation and reporting for obsolescence risk and environmental (RoHS, Lead- free, etc.) compliance analysis. Details * Financial * Ariba Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2005 ended June 30, 2005. Total revenues for the quarter were $77.7 million, as compared to $53.0 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004. Details Dassault Systemes reported financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2005. In the second quarter of 2005 total revenue was Euro 217.3 million, representing an increase of 13%. Details FileNet Corp. announced financial results for its second quarter ending June 30, 2005. Total revenues for the second quarter of 2005 were $104.6 million compared to total revenues of $94.1 million for the same period in 2004. Details Geometric Software announced revenue increased by 51%. Details ProductCenter PLM from SofTech MSC.Software Corp. announced certain financial information for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005. Details Pathtrace, developer of the EdgeCAM range of products for manufacturing applications, announced that the company achieved record sales and profits for its financial year ending in June 2005, ending the fiscal year with a new record for monthly sales in June. Details PTC reported revenue of $180.3 million for the third fiscal quarter ended July 2, 2005, up 7% from $168.4 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, 2005. Total revenues for second quarter of 2005 were Euro 2.02 billion (2004: Euro 1.8 billion), which was an increase of 13% compared to the second quarter of 2004. Details * People * Centric Software, Inc. announced that Jack Leahey has joined the company as executive vice president, sales and service. Details i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that John Cummings has been named senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced the appointment of John Howaniec as the new senior vice president, Americas sales operations. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced the appointment of Frank Kovacs as its new vice president, strategic alliances. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced the appointment of Rick Murphy as the new vice president of corporate marketing. Details * Implementations * Aras Corp. announced that Mega Bloks will deploy Aras Innovator Version 7. Details AVEVA announced that J. Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc. has chosen VANTAGE Enterprise Net for the Dolphin Energy Project. Details AVEVA announced that Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras has decided to migrate its legacy data from four of its refineries to AVEVA's PDMS 3D solution. Details Dassault Systemes announced that Lion Corp. has chosen their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Details Deligo Technologies announced that Alco Ventures Inc. has agreed to implement Iced*CAD engineering-to-order (ETO) technology in its operation. Details Intergraph Corp. announced it has signed a four-year contract with the U.S. Air Force worth up to $11.4 million to deploy and manage operational excellence programs. The contract covers Continuous Process Improvement/Lean/Six Sigma programs. Details Lattice3D announced that Seidenader Mechanical Engineering, GmbH has published their new spare parts catalog in CD form, featuring 3D MCAD models as technical illustrations, made possible by Lattice3D's XVL technology. Details MatrixOne, Inc. announced that Imagination Technologies has adopted MatrixOne's Synchronicity Publisher Suite. Details MRO Software, Inc. announced that 12 companies purchased Maximo Enterprise Suite during the Company's third fiscal quarter. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced recognition of Airbus as the largest installation of MSC.Software simulation products under the MSC.MasterKey licensing system outside of the Americas. Details Platform Computing announced that PSA Peugeot Citroen has chosen Platform Computing to provide end-to-end grid solutions for its car manufacturing division. Details PTC announced that INA-Schaeffler KG is deploying Pro/ENGINEER worldwide. Details RuleStream Corp. announced that carton flow leader Unex Manufacturing, Inc. is using RuleStream to reduce their custom order quotation process from hours or sometimes days to minutes. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced that Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. is using 50 licenses of SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software to design, configure, and customize doors and windows. Details TranscenData Europe announced it has been selected to join Airbus UK, BAE SYSTEMS, Frazer-Nash Consultancy, Aircraft Research Association, QinetiQ and the Universities of Southampton and Swansea as part of the CAST 2 project. Details Verity Inc. announced that XyEnterprise has upgraded to Verity K2 Developer OEM search, classification and recommendation software in its Content@ 3.2 XML content management application. Details * Developments * Aras Corp. announced the next major release of Aras Innovator, Version 7. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the latest release of its OrCAD PCB design software product line. Details Cyco Software announced the worldwide availability of Cyco AutoManager Meridian 2005 and Cyco AutoManager TeamWork 2005. Details Datranet announced the release of Fusion-DX Version 2.4. Details Gibbs and Associates announced that GibbsCAM 2005 is now shipping to customers on GibbsCAM Maintenance. Details Kubotek announced it is shipping a special mid-year release of KeyCreator. Details LightWork Design announced the release of a set of digital materials for accurately visualizing the Visualfx range of resins from GE Advanced Materials, Plastics. Details LightWork Design announced that users of the Virtual Studio+ add-on application for Solid Edge software can now accurately visualise a range of resins. Details Download AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems MSC.Software Corp. announced the release of MSC.Patran 2005 r2. Details Noran Engineering, Inc. announced that its NEiNastran finite element analysis (FEA) software has several new enhancements. Details Spescom Software Inc. announced that it has released eB CMII, a new application built on the eB v14 platform that complies with the CMII process model defined by the Institute of Configuration Management (ICM). Details Stellent, Inc. released version 7.5 of Stellent Site Studio, the multi-site Web content management component of the enterprise-scalable Stellent Universal Content Management system. Details UGS Corp. and Tata Consultancy Services announced the availability of Teamcenter FDA Accelerator solution for the medical devices industry. Details Zuken announced an upgrade to its VISULA PCB Design environment. Details * Relationships * Agile Software Corp. and Hitachi Consulting announced an alliance. Details Cadpo and The Society of Automotive Engineers announced the successful launch of two CAD Certification courses through Kalyani Net Ventures Ltd. Details Dassault Systemes announced a development partnership with Platform Computing. Details Dassault Systemes and IBM announced the implementation of a new channel management model for the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market. Details Datranet Limited announced it has formalized its business relationship with UGS Corp as a Foundation Partner under the global UGS Partner Program. Details Deligo Technologies announced that it has become a Silver Tier Member of the PTC Partner Advantage Program. Details gedas announced it has signed a contract with Dassault Systems to deploy Dassault PLM solutions in the North and South American markets. Details UGS Corp. announced that Missler Software has made a long-term commitment to retaining Parasolid for its CAD/CAM product line. Details UGS Corp. announced that PartnerTech signed an agreement to extend its use of Tecnomatix, UGS' digital manufacturing solutions through 2008. Details * Other * Agile Software Corp. announced it received Frost and Sullivan's 2005 Customer Value Enhancement Award. Details Agile Software Corp. announced that it received high scores in a June 2005 AMR Research report. Details Bentley Systems, Inc. announced that thus far this year, more than 30,000 students representing the future of engineering have become empowered by MicroStation PowerDraft CAD software. Details CGTech announced it will preview VERICUT Version 6 CNC machine simulation and optimization software at EMO 2005 in Hannover, Germany, September 14-21. Details ePlus inc. announced that it has been named to the 2005 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 list. Details ICEM Ltd. announced it has chosen the Euromold 2005 show for the first major public demonstrations of its new ICEM Shape Design software suite. Details KollabNet announced it is sponsoring "The EIM Coffeehouse" site as an open meeting place for users, vendors, press, and consultants to discuss matters of interest to the broad engineering community. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced PCB tool support that enables original equipment manufacture (OEM) customers to achieve Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance. Using component data captured in Mentor's DMS (Data Management System), LMS (Library Management System) and DxDataBook systems, designers can now search for approved, hazardous material-free parts for their PCB designs, as well as produce work-in-process BOMs containing summations of hazardous material content in their products. The RoHS regulations that go into effect July 2006, require electronics companies to provide proof that they have complied with regulations limiting the amount of six hazardous materials, including lead, in their products. Today, these materials can be found in the components, fabrication of the PCB, and in the assembly parts. Component suppliers are being asked to document the material content of their parts in data supplied to the OEMs. By adding this material content to the component library data and flagging parts that are RoHS compliant, OEMs can ensure that their designers have the information they need to make the proper choices. Details QAD Inc. announced it has been named by Start magazine as one of the "Hottest Companies of 2005." Details SSA Global announced it was named to the 2005 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 annual listing. Details UGS Corp. announced that Frost & Sullivan presented UGS with the 2005 Customer Value Enhancement Award. Details www.3DCADTips.com announced that it has released its new TechBits Viewer containing over 250 of its best FREE CAD technology tips. Details

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