July 17 2006

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 9 Number 6

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* Welcome * Welcome to 2PLM, an e-zine distributed about every two weeks. This issue includes : EOL of PLM? Coca-Cola and Information Protection Vision of PLM in the Company in 2010 Delay on the Airbus A380 programme Benefits of PLM for the CEO Product Development and Portfolio Management Seminar with Dr Robert Cooper * EOL of PLM? * Ralph Grabowski's upFront.eZine is always of interest, and the July 4, 2006 issue was no exception. In an article called '4DV Replacing PLM -- The Next Big Thing?', Ralph wrote "I've expressed my loathness of acronyms like BIM and PLM; still, I want to be first with 4DV". 4DV is .... integrating CAD with 4D virtualization, where:   4D = 3D + Time.   Virtualization is physics-based, animated 3D rendering of CAD models. The article asks, "I wonder if 4DV will be the acronym-du-année that replaces PLM, which has had a pretty good run but faces its own EOL (end of lifecycle)." Maybe 4DV will be ADA ("acronym-du-année"), but it's unlikely that PLM, the business activity of managing a company's products all the way across their lifecycles in the most effective way, will reach its EOL this year. PLM helps companies get products to market faster, provide better support for their use, and manage end-of-life better. In today's highly competitive global markets, companies must meet the increasing demands of customers to rapidly and continually improve their products and services. PLM meets these needs, extending and bringing together previously separate fields such as Computer Aided Design, Product Data Management, Sustainable Development, Digital Manufacturing, Enterprise Resource Planning, Life Cycle Analysis and Recycling. Each one of these approaches provides benefits in some areas - but not in others. PLM brings these approaches together to get all the benefits and, as is often the case, the whole is more than the sum of the parts. Recent events have shown how PLM can bring benefits for companies with products as different as soft drinks and airplanes. * Coca-Cola and Information Protection * In an Executive Office Memorandum about the recent trade secrets investigation, Coca-Cola's Chairman and CEO Neville Isdell wrote, "Information is the lifeblood of the Company. As the health of our enterprise continues to strengthen and the breadth of our innovation pipeline continues to grow, our ideas and our competitive data carry increasing interest to those outside our business. Accordingly, I have directed a thorough review of our information protection policies, procedures and practices to ensure that we continue to rigorously safeguard our intellectual capital." * PLM and the Security of Intellectual Capital * According to 'Making Progress With PLM', a manual to support PLM initiatives and PLM projects, Security & Intelligence is one of the 12 components of PLM. The Security & Intelligence section starts, 'PLM provides security in the face of increasing global competition and the potential risks from terrorism and economic espionage. Product information is an increasingly valuable resource for corporate development and must be kept secure.'. If your company's PLM Initiative doesn't address security of product information, such as recipes or CAD files, get the manual here. * Vision of PLM in the Company in 2010 * Many companies would benefit from developing and communicating a "Vision of PLM in the Company in 2010" as outlined in 'Making Progress With PLM'. Such a Big Picture including, for example, a description of the many components of PLM, helps everyone in the company understand what PLM, the business activity of managing products across their lifecycles, from cradle to grave, will look like in the future. It will help everyone, whether engineer, marketer, shop floor worker or business executive, to understand and prepare for PLM. * Delay on the Airbus A380 programme * Gustav Humbert, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus SAS, announced his resignation from his position with immediate effect (Details). Commenting on his decision, he said: "The recently announced delay on the A380 production and delivery programme has been a major disappointment for our customers, our shareholders and our employees. As President and CEO of Airbus, I must take responsibility for this setback and feel the right course of action is to offer my resignation to our shareholders." * Benefits of PLM for the CEO * According to 'Making Progress With PLM', a manual to support PLM initiatives and PLM projects, 'The benefits of PLM are seen differently by different executives. At the highest level, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) gets visibility over the products and is in control. The CEO knows the value of the Product Portfolio and can see how it will evolve. The CEO can make decisions based on reality, rather than guesses. Costs can be reduced as activities that do not add enough value become more visible. It's easier for the CEO to take account of potential risks.' If your company's PLM Initiative hasn't informed executives about PLM's potential for increased visibility of product development progress and for reduced risk, get the 'Making Progress With PLM' manual here. * Lean and Portfolio Seminar with Robert Cooper * Dr Robert G. Cooper, world-acclaimed guru, researcher, author and mentor to companies, will be leading a 'Lean Rapid and Profitable Product Development and New Product Portfolio Management' Pure Insight seminar on September 18-19 2006 at the Marriott Renaissance Heathrow, London. Discover the secrets of how top performing companies accelerate their new product process and improve their development productivity. 2PLM subscribers are offered significant discounts on Pure Insight conferences and seminars. Register using our unique discount code - 2PLM - to receive a 10% discount on this intensive two day seminar on Product Innovation Management - in addition to an early bird discount! Friday 21st July is the last day for 2PLM subscribers to register for the early bird discount as well as the 2PLM discount to save £340 on the retail price. Download the seminar brochure here (530 kB PDF). Register here. On the Agenda & Fees Registration Page, enter 2PLM as the Code.

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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, Enginuity, Hamilton Hall, ProSTEP AG. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Accenture, Axian, Inc., Infosys Technologies, Kalypso Partners, Product Lifecycle Management Australasia. General Interest Innovation Management Engineering Change Management Managing PDM in a changing environment Principles of Good Product Development

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* Corporate * CoCreate Software, Inc. announced that the private equity investment arm of HBK Investments L.P., on behalf of its client funds, has acquired complete interest in the company for an undisclosed sum. Details Open Text Corp. announced its intention to make an offer through a wholly-owned subsidiary for all of the common shares of Hummingbird Ltd. Details * Financial * Cyco Software announced that, in the first half year of 2006, overall revenue jumped 25.6 percent compared to the same period in 2005. Details EMC Corp. announced preliminary results for the second quarter of 2006. Total consolidated revenue for the second quarter was approximately $2.575 billion. Details IHS Inc. reported results for the second quarter ended May 31, 2006. Revenue for the second quarter of 2006 totaled $132.9 million, representing a 15 percent increase over second quarter 2005 revenue of $115.1 million. Details Open Text Corp. announced preliminary unaudited financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter that ended June 30, 2006. The Company expects revenue in the fourth quarter to be within the range of its previously issued guidance of $100 million to $110 million. Details SAP AG announced that, after a preliminary review of its 2006 second quarter results, it expects second quarter 2006 software revenues to be approximately Euro 621 million, representing an increase of 8% compared to the second quarter of 2005. Details * People * Avatech Solutions, Inc. announced the appointment of George M. Davis to its Board of Directors. Details CoCreate Software, Inc. announced the appointment of Hansjoerg Plaggemars to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Details * Implementations * Access Commerce announced that SDMO Industries has selected the Cameleon Commerce Suite. Details ACS Software, Inc. announced use of AutoEDMS by SPACEHAB, Inc. Details Alibre, Inc. announced Switchsports is using Alibre Design. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. has standardized on Incisive Formal Verifier. Details CoCreate Software, Inc. announced that HC Duke & Son, Inc. has switched to CoCreate. Details Cyco Software announced that Golden Valley Electric Association has selected DataCore to implement Cyco's AutoManager Meridian with the Cyco Asset Management Module to manage their engineering data and design documentation. Details Dassault Systemes announced that Tokyu Car Corporation is using CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam. Details Dassault Systemes announced that Hyundai Steel has adopted ENOVIA SmarTeam. Details Dassault Systemes announced that Accent has expanded its implementation of ENOVIA MatrixOne's Synchronicity line of solutions. Details Delcam announced that Delcam software has been chosen by South India Surgical Company Ltd. for reverse engineering and high-speed machining. Details Fujitsu Systems Europe announced its SynfiniWay grid middleware will be used for the production HPC grid environment at Airbus compute centres in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Details Intergraph Corp. announced that Air Liquide has selected Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise solution to run its global engineering operations. Details Lattice Technology announced the organization-wide adoption of XVL and Lattice software at the Liebherr Group. Details MasterControl Inc. announced that FyreStorm Inc. has chosen the MasterControl quality suite to facilitate compliance with ISO 9001 standards. Details Mechdyne Corp. announced that its subsidiaries, Fakespace Systems Inc. and VRCO Inc., have delivered a large-scale virtual prototyping system to Northrop Grumman. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced that BMW Group has selected MD Nastran as their standard environment for linear simulation. Details PTC announced that CERATIZIT has expanded its deployment to include Windchill PDMLink for data and process management and Windchill ProjectLink for collaboration and project management. Details PTC announced that Zhangjiakou Coal Mining Machinery Company Ltd. has selected and deployed PTC Pro/ENGINEER. Zhangjiakou uses PTC Pro/INTRALINK to manage the Pro/ENGINEER data. Details SofTech Inc. announced that SofTech ProductCenter expedites the worldwide supply of Amway Products. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced that a Canadian designer used SolidWorks and COSMOS software to develop and optimize a human-powered vehicle that will attempt the 24-hour distance record. Details Sopheon announced that Reckitt Benckiser has implemented Sopheon's Accolade process and portfolio management system. Details Technia announced it has signed an agreement with Andritz concerning a delivery of a global PLM-system. Details Visiprise, Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with Estes Design and Manufacturing to implement the Visiprise Shop Floor Scheduler at the company's Indianapolis facility. Details VISTAGY, Inc. announced that the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR in the Netherlands has selected FiberSIM software. Details * Developments * Autodesk, Inc. announced the availability of the latest version of the AliasStudio Personal Learning Edition. Details Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the new release of Cadence Encounter Test. Details Cadig announced AutoTable 3.3 for AutoCAD 2007. Details Dassault Systemes announced a new release of its Industry Solutions BPCs (Business Process Content). Details Dassault Systemes announced the availability of Version 2.3 of ABAQUS for CATIA V5. Details Dassault Systemes announced the latest updates to the MatrixOne Medical Device Accelerator. Details Engineous Software announced they will introduce iSIGHT for MD. Details ESI Group announced it has developed in CATIA V5 a simulation application for composite parts. Details Eurostep announced a new release of Share-A-space, version 5.2. Details EVOQE announced the release of solidThinking 7.0. Details IDEAL.com announced that they have begun offering 3D CAD services. Details iKnowledge Solutions, Inc. announced iCHECK R2 SP1 for Inventor. Details Informative Graphics Corp. announced ProjectDox positioning. Details IronCAD announced Carline. Details The MathWorks announced the introduction of SimBiology. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the availability of the Calibre nmDRC tool. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the integration of the newly acquired fast-SPICE simulation technology with Mentor's ADVance MS. Details Mentor Graphics Corp. announced new features added to the Nucleus FILE file management software. Details MSC.Software Corp. announced MD Patran. Details Opticore announced their support for refractions in solid glass for their module for Real-Time Ray Tracing. Details progeSOFT announced an update to progeCAD 2006 Professional. Details Schott Systeme GmbH announced they have enhanced their range of 3D rendering tools. Details Spicer Corp. announced the release of Imagenation 8. Details Tech Soft America announced the completion of their integration between Spatial's 3D InterOp translator components and UGS Parasolid 3D geometric kernel modeler. Details Tribold announced Product Portfolio Manager version 2.3. Details Visiprise, Inc. announced Visiprise Manufacturing 4.2. Details VISTAGY, Inc. announced the release of the Airframe Design Environment. Details Zuken announced the availability of free footprint downloads for Altera's new MAX II CPLD FineLine BGA and Micro FineLine BGA packages. Details * Relationships * DataCore Technology announced that it has joined Autodesk, Inc., as an authorized reseller in the Autodesk Collaboration Solutions Partner Program. Details Hitachi Consulting and SAP America, Inc. announced an alliance to jointly serve middle market food and beverage manufacturers and processors with best practices and solutions ranging from IT strategy to operations. Details INOVx Solutions and FARO Technologies, Inc. announced the inclusion of INOVx 3D PlantLINx software in FARO solutions for its Laser Scanner LS product line. Details MasterControl Inc. announced that it has selected Iperion and SPEC Control as international distributors of the MasterControl integrated quality management suite. Details Moldflow Corp. announced that CSM Software will represent Moldflow's CAE products in India. Details Open Text Corp. announced it has won the Global ISV Partner of the Year Award of the 2006 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards. Details Semcon announced that it is strengthening its partnership with Dassault Systemes and has signed a training partner agreement. Details UGS Corp. announced a partnership with SMART Engineering GmbH to sell Femap with NX Nastran software for finite element modeling. Details * Other * ANSYS, Inc. announced its inclusion in the 2006 FORTUNE Small Business list of the fastest-growing small companies in America. Details BigMachines, Inc. announced the location and dates of its BigIdeas annual conference. Details Delcam announced its UK Division has been approved for aerospace projects to the AS/EN9100 and ISO9100:2003 standards. Details QUMAS announced that Richard Gibbons, senior financial services advisor at QUMAS, has been named to Treasury & Risk Management magazine's 100 Most Influential People in Finance. Details Stellent, Inc. announced Managing Automation honored Stellent customer Donaldson Co., Inc., a provider of filtration systems and replacement parts, with a '2006 Progressive Manufacturing Award' for its Stellent Universal Content Management-based Web content management implementation. Details UGS Corp. announced an in-kind software grant to enhance educational/engineering programs at Portfolio Gallery & Educational Center. Details UGS Corp. announced an in-kind grant to enhance the engineering education experience at Livonia Churchill School. Details UGS announced the latest issue of PLM Knowledge 21. (6.3M, PDF) Details Vykor Inc. announced that it has been awarded another U.S. patent for configuring manufacturing knowledge and expertise in designing and fabricating an object for manufacture. Details

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