January 30 2006

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 8 Number 19

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* Welcome * Welcome to 2PLM, an e-zine distributed about every two weeks. This issue includes : Benefits of PLM PLMIG's PLM Benefits Model Workshop in Boston Innovation through PLM. Innovation of PLM. PLM News Benefits of PLM One of the issues that has to be addressed in a PLM project is the identification, quantification, justification and communication of PLM benefits. This usually raises questions such as : What are the benefits of PLM? How many types of benefit are there? Where are they? Who gets them? When do they come? Why is it important to identify PLM benefits? How are they identified? Who identifies them? How are they validated? How are they quantified? By who? When? Who validates? How? When? How long does it take? What are the risks? How many approaches are there for identifying, quantifying, validating, communicating, reviewing, auditing PLM benefits? What are best practices? What are the risks of home-made PLM Benefits approaches? How can they be avoided? How can cross-functional agreement be achieved? What about cultural differences and issues? How can top-line business benefits be identified? How can soft, indirect benefits be avoided? How can CXO and VP agreement be achieved? If you are faced with such questions, you'll benefit from attending a workshop about the benefits of PLM to be held at the end of February. PLM Benefits Workshop in Boston The PLM Interest Group (PLMIG) announced a PLM Benefits Workshop to be held 28 February - 1 March 2006 in Boston, MA. The Workshop is the first in a series of international Workshops to be hosted by Founder Members of the PLM Benefits Reference Model (BRM) Project. The objectives of the Workshop are: to achieve an in-depth understanding of the current situation with PLM benefits. This situation is driving the need for a PLM Benefits Reference Model to prepare the plan for the next steps of the project which will lead to an internationally accepted PLM Benefits Reference Model The Workshop will enable participants to: learn more about the PLM Benefits Reference Model Project learn about the current situation of PLM benefits; understand the potential benefits of PLM; understand the reasons why identifying, quantifying and justifying PLM benefits can be so difficult find out how other companies address the issues of PLM benefits participate in the only industry-wide initiative addressing PLM benefits make sure the Project is aware of their specific issues Workshop Details This Workshop is being organized with the assistance of PTC (Needham, MA), one of the Founder Members of the BRM Project. It will be held 28 February - 1 March 2006 in Boston, MA. Details The next Workshop in the series is being organized with the assistance of UGS, another of the Founder Members of the BRM Project. Innovation through PLM. Innovation of PLM. In the Chinese calendar, this is the Year of the Dog. For others, it seems to be the Year of Talking about Innovation. After talking about innovation, the next step should be to innovate, and for many industrial companies the strategy is clear - Innovate through PLM. This 21st Century strategy is based on an innovation in PLM that first appeared in 2004 in Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation Details. In this innovative new paradigm, PLM is seen as the business activity of managing products holistically across their lifecycle with the objective of increasing the value of the product portfolio. Apply PLM, achieve Innovation. Market-leading companies that are following a strategy of achieving Innovation through PLM have found that they need a PLM framework to help visualize and position their current PLM situation and identify next steps for PLM implementation. The PLM Grid and the Six Levels of PLM that were outlined in a recent issue of 2PLM are being developed to meet this requirement for a PLM framework. The PLM State of the Art January 2006 Report includes more information. Details Education, training and other support services are available with the Towards PLM 2006 service that assists manufacturing companies with implementation and use of PLM in 2006. Details

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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 : Artemis International Solutions Corporation, Coastal Logic, Inc., ENGINEERING.COM, Hamilton Hall. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Axian, Inc., EDS Technologies Pvt Ltd, Infosys Technologies, Kalypso Partners, Metafore, LLC, Product Lifecycle Management Australasia, xLM 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 * Autoweb announced it acquired Datranet Ltd. Details Opticore announced it was fully acquired by Design Continum AB. Goeran Malmberg, previously Vice President of Sales for Opticore, has been named the new CEO and President for Opticore. Details Planit Holdings plc announced it continued its strategy of CAM consolidation with its acquisition of CAM software specialist, Pathtrace plc. Details * Financial * Ariba, Inc. announced results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2006 ended December 31, 2005. Total revenues were $76.2 million, as compared to $86.9 million for Q1 of fiscal year 2005. Details Delcam announced that it set a new monthly sales record in December 2005. Total sales reached £2.56 million. Details EMC Corp. reported fourth quarter and full fiscal year financial results for 2005. Total consolidated revenue for EMC's full 2005 fiscal year was $9.66 billion, compared to previous year revenues of $8.23 billion. Details FileNet Corp. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2005. For the year ended December 31, 2005, total revenues were $421.8 million, compared to previous year revenues of $397.6 million. Details Geometric Software Solutions announced quarterly results for the quarter ended 31 December, 2005. Details Intergraph Corp. announced financial results for its year ended December 31, 2005. Revenue was $577.6 million, an increase of 4.8% from $551.1 million reported in 2004. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced fourth quarter 2005 revenue of $221.3 million. Full year revenue was $705.2 million. Details Oce announced preliminary results for the 4th quarter 2005. Details PTC reported revenue of $192.5 million for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005, up 14% from $169.2 million for the same period last year. Total Desktop Solutions revenue for Q1 was $126.4 million, total Enterprise Solutions revenue $66.1 million. Details SAP AG announced its preliminary financial results for the full-year ended December 31, 2005. Total revenues for 2005 were €8.51 billion (2004: €7.51 billion). PLM software revenues were €162 million (2004: €167 million) Details Z Corp. announced that its revenue climbed 50 percent in 2005 to more than $30 million. Details * People * Agile Software Corp. announced that Jay B. Fulcher, Agile's president and COO, has been appointed CEO. Details Astoria Software announced the appointments of Alan Fraser as President and CEO, and Ken Schroeder as Executive Chairman. Details Bentley Systems, Inc. announced that it has appointed Rob Whitesell as vice president, Bentley Plant. Details Metabula Ltd announced it appointed Jonathan Lavy as chairman. Details Optimal Corp. announced that it has expanded its executive management team by appointing David DeMaria as its new CEO. Details QAD announced that Jean Claude Walravens has joined QAD as vice president of QAD EMEA. Details * Implementations * Availl Inc. announced Gerdau Ameristeel used Availl WAFS software to create a global network for sharing CAD files. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Fujitsu Limited has adopted the Cadence Encounter digital IC design platform. Details Dassault Systemes announced that Alpine Electronics has achieved benefits using IBM's Integrated Mechanical Product Development Solution for the Electronics Industry. Details Endeca announced that J&L Industrial Supply has selected the Endeca B2B Catalog Search Solution. Details Intergraph Corp. announced American Israeli Paper Mills Group Ltd. selected Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise suite. Details Intergraph Corp. announced the cutover of its SmartPlant Enterprise implementation at Air Products' main engineering centers. Details Intergraph Corp. announced that SmartPlant Foundation, the company's data and document management system and integration hub, has been selected by 100 clients worldwide. Details McLaren Software announced that Essent has purchased its Enterprise Engineer application suite. Details Modultek announced that Palodex chose Aton PDM. Details NetRegulus, Inc. announced that the Orthopaedics division of Stryker Corporation is adopting the NetRegulus NetRM Study suite of applications. Details PTC announced that Seymourpowell used Pro/ENGINEER. Details Sopheon announced that The Solae Company has begun deploying Sopheon's Accolade process and product portfolio management system enterprise-wide. Details Spescom announced it was awarded a contract by BAE Systems Submarines. Details UGS Corp. announced that it is providing more than 70 seats of NX software and more than 100 seats of Solid Edge software at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Details * Developments * Adobe Systems Inc. announced the availability of Adobe Acrobat 3D. Details ATA Engineering, Inc. announced the launch of VibraSuite. Details BigMachines Inc. announced BigMachines Selection, Pricing and Proposal for salesforce.com's AppExchange. Details Coastal Logic, Inc. announced the release of convertLogic 4.0, its PDF and TIFF rendering integration for MatrixOne PLM. Details Dassault Systemes rolled out Business Process Content. Details Dassault Systemes announced the integration of 3D XML technologies into the IBM Workplace portfolio of software products and solutions, and IBM Lotus Notes. Details EMC Corp. announced the addition of Google Desktop for Enterprise as the newest information source available to users through a single query within EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Integration Services. Details Intergraph Corp. introduced SmartPlant Layout for preliminary 3D plant layout, including proposal development, early design estimates and plant layout optimization. Details IQMS announced the availability of the Quality Medical module for its EnterpriseIQ ERP software. Quality Medical provides tools and capabilities necessary for compliance with quality standards ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 as well as FDA requirements. Details itelligence AG announced the latest version of their SAP variant configurator, which incorporates automatic CAD model generation. The SAP variant configurator is connected to the Acatec Power Configurator. Details Kineo C.A.M. announced that a major North American automotive manufacturer deployed a new serviceability methodology for all part removal virtual simulations. Details UGS Velocity Series McLaren Software offered a preview of Version 3.5 of its flagship application suite, Enterprise Engineer. Details Noran Engineering, Inc. announced the release of NEiModeler V9.1. Details Right Hemisphere announced new products based on its PGM technology sharing relationship with Adobe Systems Inc. Details Seal Systems, Inc. announced a solution which enables the batch conversion of drawings from ELCAD projects into a long term format like PDF or TIFF. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced incorporating COSMOSMotion software into its SolidWorks Office Premium software package. Details SolidWorks Corp. released the 64-bit versions of SolidWorks CAD and COSMOS. Details VariCAD announced the release of VariCAD 2005 2.01. Details VizUp Technology announced the release of VizUp 2.0.7. Details * Relationships * AVEVA Group plc and Autodesk, Inc. announced a suite of new design and engineering technologies. Details AVEVA announced a strategic alliance with GRAITEC. Details Bentley Systems, Inc. announced that it has signed a global agreement with SAP AG. Details CAD Schroer announced it partnered with INAS in Rumania. Details Fluent Inc. announced its partnership with Utah State University. Details GCS announced it earned SolidWorks Certified Gold Product status. Details GlobalSpec announced a partnership with Machine Design. Details LMS announced that Apollo Scientific takes on the distributorship of LMS Test products and services in Southern Africa. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced an agreement with STARC (Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center). Details PTC announced a cooperative marketing agreement with IBM. Details Right Hemisphere announced that Adobe Systems Inc. has licensed and embedded 3D PGM technology from Right Hemisphere for the new Adobe Acrobat 3D software. Details Sescoi announced that WorkNC version 18 integrates six native translators from Datakit. Details TekSoft announced a software licensing and distribution agreement with Lantek. Details Valor Computerized Systems announced the appointment of South African based Zetech CC as its representative. Details * Other * Alibre Inc. announced that the Open Prosthetics Project has adopted the Alibre Design 3D parametric modeler. Details Control Engineering awarded a 2005 Editor's Choice Award to Elmo Search 2005 software. Details Intergraph Corp. announced a productivity study of SmartPlant 3D. Details INUS Technology launched a new portal for users of rapidform 3D scanning software to access and use a variety of Add-in applications. Details PLM Interest Group (PLMIG) announced a Boston, MA Workshop in February to launch the PLM Benefits Reference Model Project. Details Spescom announced a new UK location. Details Product Lifecycle Management in Pharmaceuticals Tacton announced it was selected as a finalist for the IBM Beacon Award for "Best Industry Optimized Solution". Details UGS Corp. announced plans to publish a reference to the latest version of the JT data format. Details

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