June 16 2008
2PLM

John Stark Associates


Volume 11
Number 5




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- Welcome
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- Update
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- News
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* Welcome *
Welcome to 2PLM, an e-zine distributed about every two weeks. This issue includes :
  • Promise Open Workshop - "Closed-Loop PLM"
  • PLM Book, Editorial Review
  • European PLM Summit 2008
  • PLM News
* Promise Open Workshop - "Closed-Loop PLM" *
The speed and complexity of operational changes associated with innovation represent one of the most significant challenges Manufacturing faces in the 21st century.

In the globally-evolving business environment, companies are seeking new ways to provide additional value to customers and gain an edge over competitors. Past initiatives which aimed solely at product cost, quality, or time-to-market, are no longer sufficient to realize a market advantage.

The time has come for a fundamental change in the way manufacturing industries manage the lifecycle of products, a change that can help them increase value to customers, save on production costs and improve their competitive advantage.

EU-funded Promise Project
The EU-funded Promise Project has developed the technologies that can bring about this much-needed revolution in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

By using those technologies to monitor products throughout their lifecycle, the Promise Closed-loop PLM provides manufacturers with the exact information they need, precisely when they need it.

To see closed-loop PLM in action and hear how the results of the Promise project are contributing to the next leap forward, join leading experts from industry and manufacturing research on July 2 2008 in Athens, Greece. Details

Read the White Paper, "The Promise of Increasing Business Value with PLM and Smart Products". Details


* PLM Book, Editorial Review *
From the Editorial Review of Product Lifecycle Management: 21st Century Paradigm for Product Realization in International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 4 (2), 2008:

"Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a new paradigm for product manufacturing. .... The book introduces PLM and explains its importance from both the business and technical viewpoints, supported by examples; it explains how world-class engineering and manufacturing companies are implementing PLM successfully. The book provides brilliantly a holistic view of product development, support, use and disposal for industry worldwide, based on experience with internationally renowned companies. This book is a must for all product manufacturing companies of 21st Century."


 Product Lifecycle
 Management: Paradigm for 21st Century Product Realisation


European PLM Summit 2008: Only days to go to confirm your delegate place
Only a few places remain on the Airbus Pre-event Innovation tour taking place as part of the European PLM Summit from the 23rd - 25th June. With only days to go, this is a prime opportunity you cannot afford to miss for learning and experiencing first hand how the latest product design, development and production technologies combine to help maximise the output of the new Airbus A380. Discover the benefits the tour can bring you

Over 80 delegates representing a cross section of industries have confirmed their attendance to develop and reinforce their PLM knowledge. You can join the likes of Adidas, Aston Martin, Bombardier, Ericsson AB, Invitrogen and Schneider Electric for what should be a rewarding three days.

Book your place now quoting JSPLM to qualify your place for the special price of £1895 on the pre-event innovation tour package.

Following this chance to see PLM in action, your fellow industry professionals will be at the European PLM Summit 2008, made up of keynote conference sessions and interactive workshops run by leading solution providers. Taking place at the Diagora Espace de Congrès et d'Exposition in the heart of Toulouse, this exclusive gathering will provide a lucrative bespoke networking opportunity rich with business critical information to reinforce your PLM implementation program.

Key discussion topics include:
  • Integrating PLM with your existing MES system: Linking PLM with physical production to ensure higher product quality
  • PLM and Human capital: How Nike have deployed the PLM concept and why all company stakeholders should embrace this business strategy
  • Enhancing change management, collaboration and unleashing the value of engineering knowledge throughout the extended enterprise when adopting PLM
  • PLM as a process orientated tool: linking PLM with other organisational platforms to maximise visibility and collaboration
View the full programme

Don't miss your opportunity to join us in Toulouse. Reserve your place for the special price of £1,895 or call +44 (0) 207 202 7560




PLM Summit



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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 : innotec, PDM technology, Rasterex Software a.s, SmartOrg Inc., Sopheon, Telelogic.

PLM service providers. Latest additions/modifications : Airbus CIMPA, Artemis Resources, Domain Systems, Inc., Engineering Management Consult GmbH, HCL Technologies Ltd., Kalypso LP, Majotech Partnership, PLMIC LLC, PLMjobs, Thales Enterprise Services.


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 stockholders of Moldflow Corporation tendered shares which together represent 81.32% of Moldflow's issued and outstanding shares. Details

* Financial *
ESI Group announced its consolidated sales for its first quarter to 30th April 2008. Sales totalled 14.7 million euros for the first quarter. Details


PLCS


The IGE+XAO Group announced that for the first nine months of its fiscal year 2007/2008, IGE+XAO posted a turnover of Euro 15,895,048. Details

* People *
Accept Software announced it has added two new hires: Mark Calomeni as vice president of engineering and John Racioppi as senior vice president of business development. Details

RAND Worldwide announced that Manu Parpia has joined the Board of Directors of its parent company. Details

* Implementations *
BigMachines, Inc. announced that Voltaire Ltd. has successfully deployed BigMachines' CPP solution. Details

CENIT announced a contract from Airbus in the double-digit millions. Details

Ceon announced that Siminn has selected the Ceon Product Control Center product lifecycle management (PLM) software solution. Details

Cideon Software GmbH announced that Hochland NATEC decided to go SAP PLM with CIDEON. Details

Concurrent Systems Inc Ltd announced that Voller has decided to invest in DDM. Details

Dassault Systemes announced that its DELMIA V5 Robotics solution has been selected by Gillett Evernham Motorsports for its 3D welding simulation tool. Details

Dassault Systemes announced that TENPAKU.R has deployed CATIA Industrial Design solutions. Details

Domain Systems, Inc. announced Agile 9.2 implementation at Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. The implementation included a roll-out of Oracle's Agile Product Collaboration, Product Quality Management and Product Portfolio Management solutions. Details

Intergraph Corp. announced that ECEPDI utilized SmartPlant Enterprise solutions. Details

Intergraph Corp. announced that Saudi Basic Industries Corp. has decided to standardize on Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise. Details

Intergraph Corp. announced that Tyco Thermal Controls has selected Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions. Details

Invention Machine announced that Oce will use Invention Machine Goldfire Innovator. Details


 Global Product


Modultek announced that Lahti Precision will implement Aton PDM. Details

PTC announced that Gamesa has expanded its current implementation of the PTC Product Development System to cover the creation, management and publishing of product related documentation. Details

PTC announced that JLG Industries, Inc. has standardized on Windchill PDMLink and Windchill ProjectLink for product lifecycle management (PLM). Details

PTC announced that Cirrus Design Corporation has standardized on the PTC Product Development System. Details

SAMTECH announced the decision made by Airbus to deploy its new trans-national Structure Analysis environment ISAMI. Details

Siemens PLM Software announced Saft Power Systems selected its design and analysis software. Details

Siemens PLM Software announced Tianjin Motor Dies Co., Ltd. has selected NX software. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced that Sport Copter's new gyroplane takes flight with SolidWorks software. Details

Valor Computerized Systems Ltd announced it has been selected by Assel to provide vPlan. Details

* Developments *
Arena Solutions announced the launch of its new Arena PLM Summer '08 release. Details

AutoForm Engineering GmbH announced the release of AutoForm Version 4.1.2 (MKS). Details

BlueCielo ECM Solutions announced that it has released InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise 2008 and InnoCielo TeamWork 2008. Details

CAD Schroer Group announced MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT. Details

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the availability of two testbench verification IP products that are compliant with the Open Verification Methodology. Details

CNC Software announced the next generation of Mastercam CAD/CAM software - Mastercam X3. Details

Creaform unveiled its re-designed REVscan scanner. Details

Creaform launched the ERGOscan, a laser scanner developed uniquely for medical applications. Details

Dassault Systemes announced the ENOVIA Life Sciences Accelerator for Engineering Design. Details

FARO Technologies, Inc. announced it has released FARO Scene 4.5. Details

Gerber Technology announced the launch of the GERBERcutter Z7. Details

ICEM announced the release of ICEM SURF 4.7.2. Details

IMSI/Design announced it is shipping a variational sketching plug-in for AutoCAD. Details

Infor announced the latest version of Infor PLM Runtime. Details

Intergraph Corp. announced it released SmartPlant Foundation 2008. Details


SofTech, Inc.
 & John Stark Associates White Paper Download -
 Top 10 Business Reasons for Implementing PLM

MSC.Software announced the release of SimManager R3. Details

MSC.Software announced an integrated simulation solution for the PTC Product Development Solutions within its release of SimEnterprise R3. Details

Nemetschek North America announced the release of Service Pack 3, a maintenance update for the VectorWorks 2008 product line. Details

Open Text Corp. announced enhancements to its portfolio of Enterprise 2.0 solutions. Details

Pointwise, Inc. announced the release of the first major update to Pointwise. Details

PTC announced Windchill ProductPoint, its new SharePoint-based solution for capturing, handling, and sharing product development information. Details

PTC introduced ProductView 9.1. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced the release of SolidWorks Education Edition 2008-2009. Details

* Relationships *
Altair announced the addition of Thumbprint Solutions Inc. and Metal Forming Analysis Corporation to the HyperWorks Channel Partner Program. Details

Altair announced it will partner with James River Technical. Details

Bunkspeed announced that it has joined PTC's Partner Advantage program at the Silver Tier. Details

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and UMC announced the availability of a CPF-based low-power reference design flow. Details

Cideon Software GmbH announced that it has been awarded SAP "Special Expertise Partner" for SAP PLM. Details

CMstat announced it joined PTC Partner Advantage. Details

CNC Software announced that its Mastercam X2 CAD/CAM Software has been certified for Autodesk Inventor 2009 software. Details

Delcam announced that its FeatureCAM range has been certified by the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application Program for Autodesk Inventor 2009. Details

ESI Group announced that Modelacao e Ferramentaria Beckert has become their agent in southern Brazil. Details

Geometric Limited announced that DFMPro has achieved 'Solution Partner' status from SolidWorks Corporation. Details

Hexagon Metrology, Inc. announced that it has acquired its Sheffield CMM products distributor, Advanced Metrology Solutions. Details

JETCAM International announced a technical partnership with FCC Software AB. Details

MFG.com announced the starting line-up for its newly created Global Partner Channel Network. Details

OutPerformance, Inc. announced it has entered into a partnership with Lean Horizons Consulting. Details

QAD Inc. announced it has joined the PTC Channel Advantage Program. Details

QUMAS and Paisley announced a strategic partnership. Details

Right Hemisphere and Corel Corp. announced a partnership. Details

Right Hemisphere announced that SAP AG has licensed and will be integrating Right Hemisphere's 2D and 3D visualization technology into the SAP PLM Solution. Details

SensAble Technologies, Inc. announced that Williams Dental Laboratory, Inc. has become a SensAble Authorized Production Center. Details

Symmetry Solutions announced it has become an official vendor of Z Corp.'s 3D printers and scanners. Details

Think3 announced it expanded its European footprint with a new partnership with GrandeSoft. Details

Zuken announced that CADSTAR received global recognition as a leading PCB design platform. Details

3D Systems Corp. announced it will collaborate with 3M ESPE to offer compatibility between the 3M ESPE Lava Scan ST Design System and 3D Systems' high-volume dental printing systems. Details

* Other *
Aras announced that Grote Industries has been named a winner of the 2008 Progressive Manufacturing PM50 Award by Managing Automation. Details

Aras announced that the Aras Innovator solution suite for enterprise PLM has achieved a four star CMII certification rating from the Institute of Configuration Management. Details

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the publication of the industry's first book covering the Open Verification Methodology (OVM). Details

Catalog Data Solutions announced that International Gas Springs has reported results from their CDS CAD Model download solution. Details

Cimatron Limited announced it is expanding the product portfolio offered to the Chinese market. Details

Endeca Technologies, Inc. announced that Forrester Research, Inc. recognized Endeca as a leader in enterprise search, according to the new Forrester Wave: Enterprise Search, Q2 2008. Details

FARO Technologies, Inc. announced that its President and CEO, Jay Freeland, earned Ernst & Young's 2008 Florida Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Technology category. Details

Flomerics announced that Bronswerk Heat Transfer BV has expanded use of Flomerics EFD.Pro. Details

idCAD Consulting and PCO Technologies announced their merger resulting in the creation of PCO Innovation. Details

Intergraph Corp. announced it will integrate its SmartPlant Enterprise plant configuration solution, SmartPlant Instrumentation, with the PAS Integrity/DOC4000 product family. Details


 Global Product


Mentor Graphics Corp. announced its integrated circuit implementation strategy. Details

Metris announced that it has received the Best Performer Sales Growth award. Details

PTC announced that Tokai University used Pro/ENGINEER. Details

RAND Worldwide announced that ASCENT added a training course to its AutoCAD 2009 curriculum line-up: AutoCAD 2009 Advanced. Details

Siemens PLM Software announced an in-kind software grant with a commercial value of US$78.4 million to Rutgers University. Details

SolidWorks Corp. announced that the Boston Business Journal recognized SolidWorks Corporation as one of the greater Boston area's "Best Places to Work". Details

Stratasys announced that PSA Peugeot Citroen, Brazil, has purchased Stratasys' 10,000th additive fabrication machine. Details

Valor Computerized Systems Ltd announced a cooperative agreement establishing a technological partnership with Guilin University of Electronic Technology. Details

Zuken announced that Quadra Solutions was the CADSTAR European Reseller of the Year 2007/08. Details

Zuken announced it continues to bolster support for the integration of FPGA technology onboard. Details

Z Corp announced DE magazine announced that Z Corporation's ZPrinter 450 3D Color Printer was voted the 2007 DE Readers' Choice Product of the Year. Details


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