September 7 2007

2PLM John Stark Associates

Volume 10 Number 10

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* Welcome * Welcome to 2PLM, an e-zine distributed about every two weeks. This issue includes : 1.1 Global Products and You 1.2 What is a Global Product? Top 10 Business Reasons for Implementing PLM 2007 Product Development Metrics Survey PLM News * 1.1 Global Products and You * Global Products are of great importance to you, your family and friends, your company, your country and Mankind. You will be interested in Global Products if you work for, or invest in, a company that develops, manufactures, sells, supports or recycles products. The company's revenues result from sales of the products and related services. Get things right with Global Products and the company will succeed. Get them wrong and the company will have problems. Even if you don't work or invest in a company, you should be interested in Global Products. Maybe, like billions of other people, you use them every day. You probably have ideas about how they could be improved. You may have ideas for new products. Sometimes you may wonder about the thousands of new products that will appear in the next few years, bringing you even more pleasure and comfort. Maybe, though, like billions of other people, you live in a country where many people don't have access to products such as clean water, enough food to prevent starvation, life-saving drugs, electricity, basic education and decent housing. If so, you may look forward to increased availability of Global Products enabling your family and friends to escape from ignorance, squalor, poverty and disease. * 1.2 What is a Global Product? * A Global Product is a manufactured product that: Can be purchased and used worldwide Is maintained and supported worldwide and has probably been: Developed and engineered in many locations Assembled from materials and parts manufactured in many locations A Global Product is usually available in many options or variants, for example, in different colors and different sizes. New versions are launched frequently. There may be a new version each year or each quarter. There may, as in the fashion industry, be a new version each season. There may be special versions for special events such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Global Products may be consumer products, in which case they usually have a brand name known to consumers worldwide, or they may be industrial goods (also known as capital goods) such as civil aircraft, machinery, telecom equipment, power plants and chemical products. If they are industrial goods, their brand name is known throughout the world to companies and other organizations in their particular industrial sector. And the customers and users of these organizations' products and services may also know their brand name. For example, aircraft brand names are known to their customers (e.g. airlines) and to air travellers (the customers of the airlines). The range of Global Products is very wide. It includes trains, tractors, cars, aircraft, tires, food, beverages, clothes, watches, office equipment, white goods such as cookers and refrigerators, pharmaceutical products, soap, toothbrushes, machine tools, computer software, computer games and consumer electronics products - such as PCs, television sets and cell phones. You probably use many Global Products. You probably even like many of them. There are probably many in your home, where you work, where you study, where you relax and where you holiday. You probably travel in them, eat them, drink them, wear them, read them, watch them and listen to them. When you are not well, they help you get better. * 1.3 Why are Global Products Important? * Global Product: Strategy, Product Lifecycle Management and the Billion Customer Question * PLM White Paper. Top 10 Business Reasons for Implementing PLM * SofTech Inc. announced the "Top 10 Business Reasons for Implementing PLM" White Paper (details), developed as a follow-on to the 10 Critical PLM Facts Every Executive Should Know briefing. The new easy-to-read whitepaper spells out the top reasons businesses can benefit from the implementation of a PLM solution. Details * 2007 Product Development Metrics Survey * Goldense Group, Inc. (GGI) announced that its 2007 Biennial Product Development Metrics Survey is now available on the web. This year's theme is "Innovation Processes, Tools, Techniques, & Metrics." The 2007 Survey addresses the nature of the direction, environment, processes, tools, and metrics that underlie product innovation in companies. The research is primarily directed at discovering "practices that facilitate organic innovation." All product development professionals can participate in the survey here. The survey close date is October 15, 2007. For more information, please contact Brett Kratchman at GGI at 781-444-5400 x202.

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Understanding PLM Some resources to help increase understanding of PLM: Product Lifecycle Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realization (Book) Top 10 Business Reasons for Implementing PLM (White Paper) 10 Critical PLM Facts Every Executive Should Know (White Paper) Top Ten PLM Pitfalls to Avoid (White Paper) The Promise of Increasing Business Value with PLM and Smart Products (White Paper) PLM: Understanding, Justifying and Realizing (Web Series) PLM State of the Art 2006 (Report) Making Progress With PLM (Manual) Next Steps For Your PLM Initiative (Workshop) 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., Apriso Corporation, FeaturePlan, Infor, Perspectix, Telelogic. PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Cades Digitech, Capgemini, 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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* Corporate * Autoweb announced it has acquired Secorex. Details Hexagon AB announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of CogniTens Ltd. Details IHS Inc. announced it has acquired the assets of PCNAlert from SupplyEdge, Inc. for $10 million in an all-cash transaction. Details * People * LMS announced the appointment of Mr. Luc Missorten to the Board of Directors of LMS. Details * Implementations * CoCreate Software, Inc. announced use of CoCreate OneSpace Modeling by Meyer Burger AG. Details PTC announced that Lowrance has improved the design time of its marine electronics products with the PTC Product Development System. Details 10 Critical PLM Facts Every Executive Should Know. Click Here To Download PTC announced that AEON Co., Ltd. has implemented FlexPLM, PTC's solution for retail, footwear, and apparel. Details QUMAS announced that CanReg Inc. has selected the QUMAS R&D Solution for content and submissions management. Details * Developments * Arena Solutions announced it will go live with its Arena PLM Fall '07 release on September 9, 2007. Details AVEVA announced the launch of AVEVA PDMS 12. Details Informative Graphics Corp. announced the latest release of its Brava! product line, Brava Enterprise 6.0. Details Mentor Graphics announced availability of PCI Express Controller and AMBA Bridge Intellectual Property solutions. Details Right Hemisphere announced Deep Server 4.1 has achieved SAP Certified Integration status for its integration with SAP PLM R4.7. Details SolidWorks Corp. announced the release of SolidWorks Education Edition 2007-2008. Details * Relationships * Computational Engineering International (CEI) announced a partnership with Singapore-based firm CAD-IT Consultants (Asia), Pte Ltd. Details Dassault Systemes and Seemage, Inc. announced their intention to become strategic partners. Details MSC.Software announced its acceptance to the IBM SOA Specialty. Details * Other * Alibre, Inc. announced it was honored as a fast growing firm. Details Autodesk, Inc. announced that Landscape Development, Inc. has donated 25 seats of Autodesk Inventor software to Bakersfield College. Details AVEVA announced its support for the new £2.3 million Marine Design Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Details CYA Technologies announced that it has received $3 million in a second round of funding. Details Dassault Systemes announced use of its CATIA solutions by leading players in the industrial design and styling markets. Details Endeca Technologies, Inc. announced that the Endeca Information Access Platform has been named one of the "Trend-Setting Products of the Year for 2007" by KMWorld Magazine. Details IDEAL.com announced the new SFP353 adjustable scanner stand. Details Innovation Framework Technologies (IFT) announced that its New Product Development and Portfolio Management software solution has been officially certified by Stage-Gate Inc. Details ROMER Inc. announced it has received notice from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of its intent to issue a second re-examination certificate for ROMER's U.S. patent No. 5,829,148, concerning the "infinite rotation" feature of its articulated measuring arms. Details TraceParts announced the establishment of TraceParts, Inc. The new operation will be led by industry veteran Bob Noftle. Details

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