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PLM and Profitability
An ongoing conversation about manufacturers' plans, challenges, successes, and failures in improving product profitability with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
One-to-One: Dassault Strives to Make 3D Accessible to All in the SMB with V6
Posted by Jim Brown
on July 3, 2009
This is a guest post from Jeff Hojlo, who has been doing some work with Tech-Clarity after departing from AMR Research earlier this year. Thank you Jeff! I had a chance to talk with…the Dassault Systemes team about their recent V6 product release. They reinforced their key messages during the conversation: SOA based on a single data model, powered by ENOVIA, leveraging 3D ...... Read More
Comments (4)What I Learned: PLM, Please Take 3 Giant Steps Forward
Posted by Jim Brown
on June 23, 2009
What I learned this week … came from reflecting on three major PLM product announcements this week. In one week, Dassault is announcing the new release of their “PLM 2.0″ suite, Oracle is announcing the next release of Agile PLM, and Siemens PLM is announcing the new releases of Teamcenter and Tecnomatix. Jeff Hojlo and I will be covering each of the releases in our blog, but ...... Read More
Comments (0)Research Rap: Are Engineers Social? Online They Are!
Posted by Jim Brown
on June 18, 2009
A quick peek into some research on … how active engineers are with social networks. While attending the PROuser conference, I heard Robin Saitz of PTC talk about a study that they commissioned Forrester Research to develop. The goal of the study was to better understand how active PTC’s customers are in social networks. The results surprised me and they didn’t, it turns out th ...... Read More
Comments (1)What I Learned: Viewing PLM as a "Triad" of Solutions
Posted by Jim Brown
on June 12, 2009
What I learned this week … came from a presentation given by Jim Heppelmann and Brian Shepherd of PTC and this week’s PTCUser conference. The presentation gave a view into some of the interesting things that PTC is working on in their solution set, and a peek into their vision for the future of PLM systems. More accurately, what Jim and Brian said the future for their Product Develop ...... Read More
Comments (0)One-to-One: Big Blue's Unprecedented Mechatronic Opportunity
Posted by Jim Brown
on June 2, 2009
I had the chance to talk with … a number of IBM executives at their Rational Software Conference (RSC2009) over the last two days. I have heard some great talks on the role that software plays in developing a smarter planet, and how IBM can help companies develop smarter products. I have heard them talk about instrumenting the physical world to monitor, analyze, and improve the way it opera ...... Read More
Comments (0)What I Learned: Mechatronic Product Development and the Talking Refrigerator
Posted by Jim Brown
on June 1, 2009
What I learned this week … came from the keynote and press conference at IBM’s Rational Software Conference (RSC2009). IBM is talking about how to help companies develop and manage today’s smarter products. What was surprising to me is that the conference is focused on developing software - not physical products - but that a lot of the conversations focused on manufacturers an ...... Read More
Comments (4)What I Learned: Socially Developed Engineering and Product Documentation?
Posted by Jim Brown
on May 27, 2009
What I learned this week … came from two recent conversations with manufacturers about their use of social computing to support product innovation, product development, and engineering. I am exploring how companies are using these technologies to improve design and product development collaboration, but also trying to uncover ways they are going beyond collaboration on a specific product or ...... Read More
Comments (0)One-to-One: SmarTeam Customers Talk About PLM for SMB
Posted by Jim Brown
on May 22, 2009
I had the chance to talk with … several ENOVIA SmarTeam customers during my recent research. I talked with them for my paper on how mid-sized manufacturers have leveraged product innovation and PLM to get through challenging economic times and come out better during the recovery. See my Research Rap: Small to Midsize Manufacturer in an Economic Downturn? Innovate! for an overview of the fin ...... Read More
Comments (3)One-to-One: Teamcenter Express - Expressly for Small to Midsize Manufacturers
Posted by Jim Brown
on May 18, 2009
I had the chance to talk with … Bruce Boes and the team at Siemens PLM Solutions about their Teamcenter Express offering for small to midsize manufacturers. The Express solution is a a part of what Siemens calls “The Velocity Series,” which is a full PLM offering for the small to mid-size business (SMB). The Velocity Series includes complements to Teamcenter Express that sup ...... Read More
Comments (0)What I Learned: We are not Going to Build an Airplane on Facebook!
Posted by Jim Brown
on May 12, 2009
What I learned this week … came from a participant at my session on “Social Computing in PLM” at COFES last month. A quote from the session has been haunting me since that time, and I haven’t been able to place my finger on why it has resonated in my head. I think because it is both meaningful to me and meaningless at the same time. The quote was “We are not goin ...... Read More
Comments (4)One-to-One: NovaQuest - On a Quest for Better PLM Implementations
Posted by Jim Brown
on May 8, 2009
I had the chance to talk with … Joel Lemke and his team at NovaQuest recently about their business plans and their strategy to help companies gain value from PLM. NovaQuest is a relatively new company, formed by IBM and Dassault Systemes veteran Joel Lemke (along with a host of other talent). Their quest is to help Dassault better implement Enovia PLM solutions, particularly in under-served ...... Read More
Comments (0)What I Learned: Is Social Product Development Viable without PLM?
Posted by Jim Brown
on May 6, 2009
What I learned this week … came from a post on PLM Think Tank (aka PLM Twine) titled 5 reasons why Wiki fails for PLM collaboration which I think points to an interesting set of questions: Is social computing software enough on its own to support product innovation, product development, and engineering? Will social computing software evolve to handle more full PLM-related requirements ...... Read More
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