October 24 2005

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 8 Number 9

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* Welcome * Welcome to this issue of 2PLM, an e-zine distributed every two weeks on a free subscription basis. * Plans Announced for Live PLM Web Series Presented by John Stark * We have had several requests to John Stark Associates to put together a seminar series on the topic of PLM for companies contemplating a PLM strategy or expanding an existing one. Together in sponsorship with PLM solution provider, SofTech, we are bringing that seminar to your desktop in a live, 3-part PLM Web Series beginning the end of November. * Why PLM? Why do it now? * This Live PLM Web Series is designed to help educate, eliminate excuses, and overcome the roadblocks to a successful PLM Initiative. We will provide suggestions on how to approach your PLM strategy (bottom up, top down, feasibility study, PLM pilot, and more), to help you lay out a clear, concise PLM Vision, Strategy and Plan - adjusted to your reality - and designed to get your PLM Initiative off the ground - and to keep it heading to successful implementation and use. Live PLM Web Series Whether you have some element of PLM implemented in your business or not, this Web Series will be advantageous. Every company faces pressure to reduce development cycle times, lower product costs, improve quality, boost product revenues and add to the bottom line. PLM holds those advantages, if done right and taken full advantage of. Each session is complemented with guest speakers from a variety of industries that have driven their PLM initiatives, implemented, and achieved benefit with PLM. Here's the upcoming schedule: Part I - PLM Introduction/Overview November 29, 2005 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST / 8:00 - 9:00 AM PST Part II - Overcoming the PLM Dilemma December 6, 2005 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST / 8:00 - 9:00 AM PST Part III - PLM: Vision & Strategy to Implementation & Use December 13, 2005 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST / 8:00 - 9:00 AM PST Approximately 1 hour per session. There's more detail and you can register at www.softech.com/webseries/ * Making Progress with PLM in 2005 * by John Stark Another seven PLM Q&As have been added to the 'Making Progress with PLM in 2005' Manual, taking the total to 76. They include: - What's more important - PLM or 'Digital Product'? - What's the first thing for a new PLM Manager to understand about PLM? - Why do people say that Innovation is only 20% of PLM? - What's the PLM market size? - What are the requisites for a good PLM consultant? - Should we draw the product lifecycle as a straight line or a circle? - What are the 3 most fundamental concepts of the PLM paradigm? ENGINEERING.com The 'Making Progress' Manual aims to help the individual PLM project manager move forward in the sometimes difficult environment of a PLM project. Of course, today's PLM project manager already has the opportunity to access thousands of web-based sources of information on each topic in the scope of PLM. That's great but, as can be seen from the questions we are asked, the mass of information may mask the essentials, making it difficult to see the forest for the trees and to develop a clear, coherent picture of PLM and the PLM Initiative. The Manual follows on from the Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation book and builds on basic concepts such as : - PLM is the business activity of managing products across their lifecycle - PLM manages the product from cradle to grave across the Extended Enterprise - PLM is holistic. It involves applications, people, processes, data, work methods, etc. - The ultimate objective of PLM is to increase the value of the product portfolio For more information on 'Making Progress with PLM in 2005' contact John Stark. PLM Benefits Reference Model Preparation of the proposed 'PLM Benefits Reference Model' project is making good progress. The project, which is being led by the PLMIG, will develop an industry-agreed standard PLM Benefits Model to help everyone involved in PLM move forward faster. A Group of Founder Members is being assembled to drive the project forward. They will represent the different constituencies in the world of PLM. Discussions are taking place to identify locations for the kick-off meetings. For more information, contact Roger Tempest of the PLMIG.

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UGS Velocity Series Reference Section Follow the link for books in the Product Lifecycle Management Library Configuration Management . Product Data Management . Product Lifecycle Management Autodesk .. CATIA .. Lean .. MicroStation .. Pro/ENGINEER .. Six Sigma .. UGS The World of Product Lifecycle Management Follow the links for : Vendors in the PLM World. Latest additions/modifications : Assetium, Coastal Logic, Inc., ENGINEERING.COM, INCAT, Hamilton Hall, SofTech, Inc., VISIONKBE. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Accuer, Inc., CENIT AG Systemhaus, Infosys Technologies, Kalypso Partners, PROSTEP, Scandent Solutions, xPLM Solution. General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development

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* Corporate * Autodesk, Inc. announced it acquired certain assets of Engineering Intent Corp. Details AVEVA announced it restructured its Chinese operations. Details EMC Corp. announced a definitive agreement for EMC to acquire Captiva. Details iCONNECT: Teamcenter integration for Autodesk Inventor - see it in action here ePlus inc. announced that ePlus Technology, Inc. has entered into a letter of intent to purchase the operating assets of Amherst Technologies, LLC. Details PROSTEP AG announced a new subsidiary, PROSTEP IMP. Details Visiprise, Inc. and HMS Software, Inc. announced they have entered into an agreement to merge operations and move forward under the Visiprise name. Details * Financial * Lattice3D announced its Q3 sales in 2005 more than tripled Q3 last year. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced Q3 revenue of $164.8 million. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced limited financial information for Q3 2005. Details SAP announced that revenues for Q3 of 2005 were Euro 2.01 billion. Details SofTech, Inc. announced results for Q1 2006. Revenue was about $3.07 million, an increase of about 10.5% over Q1 2005. Details * People * CIMTEK announced the appointment of Stan Smith as President and CEO. Details CollabNet announced the appointment of Richard Murray as VP of engineering. Details Deligo Technologies announced Arthur Carlucci was promoted to head the firm. Details i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that Barbara Stinnett has been named executive VP of customer operations and chief customer officer (CCO). Details MRO Software, Inc. announced that Terry Ray has been appointed as Director, Industry Marketing for Oil & Gas at MRO Software. Details Right Hemisphere announced that Jim White has joined its board of directors. Details Spescom Software Inc. announced that Glenn Cox has been appointed as VP of Sales and Marketing. Details UGS Corp. announced it elected L. Dale Crandall, Paul David Miller, and David Peterschmidt to its board of directors. Details Z Corp. named Tom Clay CEO. Details * Implementations * Assetium announced 10 new customers in the first half of 2006. Details BigMachines, Inc. announced that Ingersoll-Rand Productivity Solutions chose BigMachines' on-demand Lean Front End for its hosted configuration & quoting solution. Details CoCreate Software announced that Bergmeier Maschinenbau has adopted OneSpace Designer Modeling. Details CoCreate announced that Cloostermans-Huwaert now uses One Space Live! Details PDM Integration from MeritSpring Endeca announced that BHP selected the Endeca ProFind search and navigation platform to power a new collaborative knowledge base. Details Engineous Software, Inc. announced a sub-contract for continued work on the US Army's IPCM program. Details Invention Machine Corp announced latest customer wins for Goldfire Innovator. Details MasterControl Inc. announced Strides Inc. chose MasterControl software. Details MasterControl Inc. announced Ceramatec Inc. migrated to a Web-based MasterControl solution. Details Omnify Software announced Liquid Computing implemented Omnify PLM. Details Proficiency announced TOX PRESSOTECHNIK selected its Collaboration Gateway solution. Details PTC announced that eServ is using PTC Windchill PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink and ProductView. Details PTC announced that Liz Claiborne Inc. standardized on PTC Retail, Footwear and Apparel Solution for enterprise product lifecycle management. Details Spescom Software Inc. announced a contract awarded by Constellation Energy. Details Synergis Software announced Ameron International selected Synergis Adept. Details UGS Corp. announced that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to expand its Teamcenter implementation. Details UGS Corp. announced the deployment of Teamcenter at Aviation Technology Group, Inc. Details * Developments * Adobe Systems Inc. announced Adobe InDesign Server CS2, which enables system integrators to build design-driven publishing solutions. Details Affinnova, Inc. announced the launch of IDEA for Promotion Optimization. Details Alias announced the latest version of its industrial design software solutions: Alias StudioTools 13, Alias ImageStudio 3 and Alias PortfolioWall 3. Details Autodesk Inc. announced that it has improved product design collaboration for the manufacturing industry. Details AVEVA announced the release of VANTAGE Project Resource Management 9.6. Details Download AutoVue from Cimmetry Systems AVEVA announced the availability of VNET version 3.3. Details CADopia announced that CADopia 6 is shipping. Details Empresa Solutions, Inc. announced the 2.0 release of Kinnosa Workflow for PDMWorks. Details Kubotek USA announced KeyCreator 5. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced the release of MSC.ADAMS 2005 r2. Details Nemetschek North America announced the release of its VectorWorks product line. Details Noran Engineering, Inc. announced that users of its NEiWorks software embedded in SolidWorks can access material properties information from MatWeb. Details Rasterex announced the release of RxView R7.2 and RxHighlight R7.2. Details RuleStream Corp. announced the general availability of RuleStream 6.0. Details SEAL Systems announced three new solutions at SYSTEMS 2005 in Munich. Details Stratasys, Inc. announced the launch of RedEye RPM. Details Cameleon from Access Commerce TDCI Inc. announced availability of BuyDesign for AutoCAD. Details UGS Corp. announced the availability of I-deas 12 NX Series software. Details UGS Corp. announced the latest release of Teamcenter for MRO. Details Z Corp. announced the ZPrinter 310 Plus. Details 3D Systems Corp. announced the availability of the VisiJet HR 200 material for the InVision HR 3-D Printer. Details * Relationships * Altair Engineering, Inc. announced a series of agreements with IBM. Details Coastal Logic, Inc. announced plmOne GmbH as a sales partner. Details Dassault Systemes announced a partnership with Queen's University, Belfast. Details Dassault Systemes and IBM announced a teaming agreement in Services around PLM. Details DP Technology announced that EMCO Maier and ESPRIT agreed to co-operative software distribution. Details Exostar announced a licensing agreement with E2open. Details IDe announced it partnered with Imaginatik. Details i2 Technologies, Inc. and Patni Computer Systems Ltd. announced an alliance for solutions using i2 Master Data Management solutions. Details Kubotek USA, Inc. announced it joined the SolidWorks Solution Partner program. Details MatrixOne, Inc. and The vdR Group, Inc. announced certification by Autodesk for an integration between Autodesk Inventor and the MatrixOne PLM platform. Details MKS Inc. announced a partnership with iTegrity Group LLC. Details PROSTEP AG announced membership in the IBM Partnerworld program. Details QUMAS announced that QUMAS and Lorenz partnered to provide integrated document submission and compliance. Details Technia AB announced an agreement with 3Dfacto A/S for VirtuBUILD. Details ProductCenter PLM from SofTech UGS Corp. announced an agreement with the SAE and Cadpo to provide PLM-related training and testing components for the SAE Automotive Certification. Details xLM Solutions announced a partnership between xLM Solutions, LLC and Niceberg Inc. Details * Other * Access Commerce announced it was selected by Manufacturing Business Technology magazine as one of 40 Emerging Software Vendors. Details Access Commerce announced an expanded Customer Advisory Board. Details Ashlar-Vellum announced their latest intellectual property victory. Details Avatech Solutions, Inc. announced the launch of its Customer Loyalty Program. Details Aveva announced the University of Newcastle scooped top places in a student ship design competition. Details Bentley Systems, Inc. announced availability of 'Rendering With MicroStation'. Details BigMachines, Inc. announced they have been named to the 40 Emerging Software Vendor by Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine. Details Dassault Systemes announced the opening of the Product Lifecycle Management Innovation Center at the National Tsing Hua University in China. Details Endeca announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the 2005 Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant report. Details GlobalSpec announced it has surpassed two million registered users. Details IBM announced it received the AIAG's Outstanding Achievement Award. Details IBM announced a solution allowing automakers to collect and analyze data about their vehicles, to improve the identification of trends, manage warranty coverage and adhere to regulations. Warranty claims cost the automotive industry in the US nearly $14 billion per year. Taking 10 days off the claim resolution cycle could reduce the number of overall claims by 5 percent. Details MatrixOne, Inc. announced it was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionary quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Product Life Cycle Management, 3Q05 report. Details Product Life live Congress and Exhibition will be held 15-16 November 2005 in Mainz, Germany. Details Synergis Technologies, Inc. announced the 20th anniversary of its founding. Details Verity Inc. announced Gartner Inc. listed Verity in the leader quadrant in the Gartner 2005 Information Access Magic Quadrant. Details Vykor Inc. announced it was awarded a U.S. patent for a method and system for capturing, managing, and disseminating manufacturing intelligence. Details

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