June 4 2007
2PLM

John Stark Associates


Volume 10
Number 2




Page 1
- Welcome
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- Update
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- News
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- Brief lines

* Welcome *
Welcome to 2PLM, an e-zine distributed about every two weeks. This issue includes :
  • Participate in the Global PLM Survey 2007
  • European PLM Summit 2007
  • PLM News
* Participate in the Global PLM 2007 Survey *
The Global PLM 2007 Survey is a survey of the status of PLM practice and thought in manufacturing and engineering companies throughout the world in 2007. More details here.

The survey is expected to run from April to July 2007.

Participant feedback is that the questionnaire for the first part of the survey takes about 10 minutes to answer.


 European PLM Summit 2007



* European PLM Summit 2007 *
The 3rd European PLM Summit, to be held in London in June 2007, will highlight the business and technology imperatives behind PLM adoption, and show how to design, develop and deliver blockbuster new products that maintain the competitive edge.

Hot topics include:
  • PLM in the global company: driving down time to market across borders
  • Key success pointers in PLM integration and drawbacks to avoid
  • Processes and people as key factors behind PLM
  • Driving growth across the business
  • PROMISE: the next generation in PLM development
  • Increasing visibility in the organisation: improving access to information
  • The ITER Project: one of the most extravagant and innovating projects ever
  • The pathway to compliance with governmental regulations


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Understanding PLM
Some resources to help increase understanding of PLM:


Product Lifecycle Management Library

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 : Active Sensing, Inc., FeaturePlan, Infor, Perspectix, Telelogic.

PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Cades Digitech, Engineering Management Consult GmbH, Honeycomb Solutions, InFlow Technology, LLC, ITC Mebius, Kalypso LP.


General Interest

Innovation Management

Engineering Change Management

Managing PDM in a changing environment

Principles of Good Product Development



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News
* Corporate *
Autodesk, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire NavisWorks for approximately $25 million. Details

Gerber Scientific, Inc. announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of Data Technology, Inc. Details

RAND Worldwide announced that it has completed agreements to sell its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Finland and Denmark. Details

* Financial *
Ansoft Corp. announced financial results for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 ended April 30, 2007. Revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $28.6 million. Revenue for the fiscal year totaled $89.1 million. Details

AVEVA Group plc announced its audited results for the year ended 31 March 2007. Revenues were £94.9 million. Details

Cimatron Limited announced financial results for the first quarter of 2007. Revenues for the first quarter of 2007 were $5.33 million. Details

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced first quarter revenue of $190.5 million. Details

QAD Inc. reported financial results for the fiscal 2008 first quarter ended April 30, 2007. Total revenue was $56.6 million. Details

Valor Computerized Systems announced its financial results for the period ending March 31, 2007. Revenues in the first quarter of 2007 accumulated to $10.3 Million. Details

* People *
ANSYS, Inc. announced that its board of directors has elected Michael C. Thurk to the ANSYS board. Details

Gerber Technology announced the appointments of two executives to new roles. William (Bud) Staples, Jr. has been appointed regional vice president, PDM/FLM and Fashion Solutions for North America. Jeff Rosenzweig has been appointed regional vice president, CAD/CAM Sales for North America and the Caribbean. Details

Metris announced it appointed Luc Verstuyft as CFO. Details

3D Systems Corp. announced its operating results for the first quarter of 2007. Revenue was $36.9 million. Details

* Implementations *
AVEVA announced that ABB Lummus Global have renewed their license agreement with AVEVA for the provision of AVEVA Plant Design technology globally within their business. Details

AVEVA announced that the third of the world's four super oil majors joins BP and Shell in adopting AVEVA's engineering portal solution (VNET). Details

CoCreate Software GmbH announced that Sympak Corazza Spa have upgraded their design environment to 3D CAD, implementing new licenses of CoCreate OneSpace Modeling. Details

Dassault Systemes announced that Airbus has adopted the Abaqus FEA software from SIMULIA as its preferred solution for static nonlinear FEA. Details

Delcam announced its PowerSHAPE CAD software and PowerMILL CAM system were used by Visioneering to produce the majority of the components in the record-breaking JCB Dieselmax car. Details

DEM Solutions announced that Twister BV has adopted DEM Solution's EDEM software. Details

Flomerics announced that Eclipse Combustion used EFD.Lab. Details

IFS announced that the Eurofighter consortium has upgraded its IFS Applications-based system, which is supporting the Industrial Exchange and Repair Service (IERS) for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. Details

Intergraph announced that Braskem has selected Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise engineering solutions. Details

Intergraph announced that Bayer Technology Services GmbH has signed a Global Alliance Agreement with Intergraph Corp. to use Intergraph's design and operations software suite. Details

Intergraph announced that Samsung Heavy Industries has made a multi-million dollar extension of its commitment to using Intergraph's Marine Enterprise solutions suite for the design and manufacturing of ships. Details

LMS announced that MIRA Ltd. has selected LMS Test.Lab. Details

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that Fujitsu Limited will be using Mentor's Calibre LFD. Details

MSC.Software Corp. announced that Swales Aerospace successfully utilized MSC Nastran and MSC Adams. Details

MSC.Software announced that Volvo 3P, the design and development holding for the Volvo Trucks companies, will standardize their simulation processes on MSC.Software's multidiscipline solution, MD Nastran. Details





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PTC announced that Dongfeng Chaoyang Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. has optimized its product development processes with PTC Windchill solutions. Details

PTC announced that SDI Corporation has implemented Windchill. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced that Pivot International has deployed SolidWorks PDMWorks Enterprise product data management software to streamline its global contract engineering program. Details

Sopheon announced that ColepCCL has selected Sopheon's Accolade product life cycle management (PLM) system to support group-wide implementation of the company's innovation management process. Details

Telelogic announced that the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) has selected Telelogic DOORS for Requirements Management. Details

VISTAGY, Inc. announced that The GERG Group has selected VISTAGY's FiberSIM suite of software. Details

VX Corp. announced adoption of VX CAD/CAM software by BioPlastics. Details

Zuken announced a deal to supply Honeywell Process Solutions with E3.series electrical engineering software. Details

* Developments *
Accept Software Corp. announced the general availability of Accept 360 v4.5. Details

Adobe Systems Inc. announced the availability of Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 software. Details

AVEVA announced the launch of AVEVA Marine. Details

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced enhancements to the "design with verification" component of its Cadence Logic Design Team Solution. Details

CADLock, Inc. announced a preview of CADVault 5. Details

Cimmetry Systems announced the availability of Cimmetry's Integration Software Development Kit (SDK). Details

Dassault Systemes announced the availability of a new SIMULIA direct coupling interface. Details

Delcam announced a new range of software and hardware for orthopaedic footwear. Details

Delcam announced a new version of its DentMILL knowledge-based CAM system for machining caps and bridges for the dental industry in ceramics and titanium. Details

EMC Corp. announced the introduction of EMC Documentum TaskSpace. Details

ENGINEERING.com Inc. announced the release of the latest enhancement package for its web-based PLM Solution, Collaboration Suite. Details

ETRAGE LLC announced the release of PSI for Windchill and Pro/INTRALINK 8 for batch plotting and PDF creation. Details

Fishbowl Solutions announced the launch of linkTools for Windchill PDMLink. Details

Fishbowl Solutions Inc. announced the release of Advanced User Security Mapping for Stellent version 4.0. Details

Granta Design announced a new release of GRANTA MI. Details

GTX Corp. announced GTXRaster CAD Series Version 11.0 for AutoCAD 2008. Details

Informative Graphics Corp. announced the latest release of its MYRIAD 3D/2D CAD viewer. Details

Informative Graphics Corp. announced that its Brava! Enterprise viewer is integrated to the new EMC Documentum TaskSpace. Details

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium announced the release of IntelliCAD 6.4 Beta. Details

Intergraph Corp. announced a Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data. Details

Intergraph announced the SmartPlant Foundation Model Loader. Details

JETCAM International announced the release of JETCAM Expert 15.59.14. Details

LEDAS announced LGS 3D 1.3. Details

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced its new Serial ATA physical layer IP core. Details

Mentor Graphics Corp. and UMC announced the availability of a new reference flow for analog mixed-signal system-on-chip designs. Details

MITCalc announced version 1.40. Details

Moldflow Corp. announced the release of Moldflow Structural Alliance 1.0. Details

NavisWorks Ltd. announced the release of JetStream v5.4. Details

OPEN CASCADE announced SALOME 3.2.6 maintenance version. Details

OPEN MIND announced hyperCAD 2006.2. Details

Pinion Software announced a new version of its ShareSafe file protection solution that extends the security capabilities of ProductView Graphics Server, a PTC visual collaboration platform. Details

Rasterex Software announced the release of version R9.0 of their family of viewing products for Windows. Details

REALVIZ announced the availability of version 5.6 of Stitcher Unlimited. Details

Reverse Modeling Inc. announced the availability of Reverse Parts. Details

ROMER Inc. announced the launch of the ScanShark V5 laser probe. Details

Serena Software, Inc. introduced Serena Mariner, a solution integrating Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) in a Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) offering. Details

Synergis Software announced the availability of Adept Explorer. Details

Telelogic announced the availability of a new Web-based product management solution for product managers. Details

think3 announced the release of the new 2007 version of its suite of CAD and PLM products. Details

TraceParts announced the availability of free supplier collections and SketchUp models on Google 3D Warehouse. Details

UGS PLM Software announced the release of UGS NX CAM Express Version 5 software. Details

VISTAGY, Inc. announced FiberSIM 5.3. Details

Zuken anounced the launch of the E3.LCable data converter. Details

* Relationships *
Butler International, Inc. announced that it has signed a value-added reseller agreement with PTC. Details

CEI's announced that EnSight will be distributed by SeaStars in China. Details

ETRAGE LLC announced that they have upgraded to the Gold level in the PTC Partner Advantage Program. Details

Hexagon Metrology, Inc. and InnovMetric Software Inc. announced an agreement for the distribution of the PolyWorks 3D metrology software platform from InnovMetric. Details

Intergraph announced that CSC has joined the Intergraph SmartPlant Alliance Program. Details

Kubotek USA announced that FITIRI is the newest authorized Kubotek USA reseller of KeyCreator. Details

ModernTech announced their acceptance as the first reseller partner for Altiva Software. Details

MSC.Software Corp. announced that it has expanded its partnership with AlphaSTAR Corporation. Details

Pointwise and CADNexus announced the release of the CAPRI2NMB interface between CADNexus' CAPRI CAE Gateway and Pointwise's Gridgen meshing software. Details

Seemage SA announced that it has appointed Axemble SA as a distributor of the entire Seemage product line. Details

Zuken announced a partnership with Aldec. Details

Zuken and Synopsys, Inc. announced a partnership. Details

3D Systems Corp. announced National RP Support as an Authorized 3D Systems' Service Provider. Details

* Other *
Ansoft Corp. announced it has been named to Business 2.0 magazine's annual list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies. Details

ASCON announced a KOMPAS-3D training seminar in Scandinavian countries. Details

Autodesk, Inc. announced that the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory has been named as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for May 2007. Details

AutoForm announced the launch of EasyStamping.com. Details

Bourke Consulting Associates introduced a newly designed Web site to reflect consulting services focus. Details


 Product Lifecycle
 Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation




CNC Software, Inc. announced that Mastercam X2 has been certified for Autodesk Inventor 2008 software. Details

Engineous Software announced the expansion of their university program. Details

Eurostep announced it has signed an agreement to participate in a project to develop the next generation of aero engines requiring cooperation between a large number of companies. Eurostep will contribute the Share-A-space software solution for collaboration. Details

Gerber Technology announced it received the President's "E" Award. Details

The MathWorks announced the opening of a new office in Beijing. Details

Nemetschek North America announced that its VectorWorks line of software products achieved Works With Windows Vista Logo Certification from Microsoft and is compatible with the new Vista operating system. Details

ProSTEP announced that ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2007 welcomed 370 participants from 14 countries. Details

UGS PLM Software announced that its D-Cubed Profile Geometry Manager and 3D Dimensional Constraint Manager components make important new contributions to design productivity in Version 5 of UGS NX software. Details

Visiprise, Inc. announced it has been named one of Atlanta's fastest-growing private companies. Details

Z Corp. announced it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the March 2007 "Cool Vendors in Emerging Technologies, 2007," report by Gartner, Inc. Details


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