Jim Brown
Jim Brown is the President and founder of Tech-Clarity, an independent research and consulting firm that specializes in exposing the true business value of software technology and services. Jim has over 20 years of experience in application software for the manufacturing industries, with a broad background that includes roles in industry, management consulting, the software industry and research spanning enterprise applications such as PLM, ERP, SCM and others.
Title: VP Product Innovation & Engineering Research
Email: jimbrown@aberdeen.com
PLM and ProfitabilityLink This | Email This | Comments (0) One-to-One: Dassault Systemes and IBM put right the PLM EcosystemI had the chance to talk with … Dassault Systemes and IBM today about Dassault’s announced acquisition of parts of IBM’s PLM business . For many, this is the dissolution of a long-standing marriage that they are comfortable with and makes sense. They may mourn the loss. To me, this is just the final correction to a legacy relationship that has served its time and... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Research Rap: The Evolving Roles of ERP and PLM in ManufacturingA quick peek into some research on … how the roles of ERP and PLM have evolved from Tech-Clarity’s most recent report, Tech-Clarity Insight: The Evolving Roles of ERP and PLM - Integrating the Roles of Execution and Innovation . This research is afollow up to The Complementary Roles of ERP and PLM . The paper furthers my previous research and describes how the use of... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (4) What I Learned: Exponential Times - What Does it Mean for Manufacturing and PLM?What I learned this week … came from watching the Did You Know 3.0 Video and asking myself what it means to the world of manufacturing and product lifecycle management (PLM) . The answer? Quite a lot. If you haven’t seen the video, it is worth 5 minutes of your time to give you an entertaining and informative look into the times we live in. The part that really caught me... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (6) What I Learned: Single Bill of Material - Holy Grail or Pipe Dream?What I learned this week … is a thought sparked by a post in the Daily PLM Think Tank on Engineering and Manufacturing Data Management back in 1992 . The post isn’t from 1992, but Oleg was re-reading some books from that time and commented on some issues that the manufacturing industry is still struggling with after 17 years of progress. I know there are strong... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Research Rap: Digital Prototypes - Yes. But for a Manufacturing Plant?A quick peek into some research on … the use of digital prototyping techniques and technologies to design (and redesign) efficient manufacturing plants. Most of the times I discuss “digital prototyping” it regards products. But the same concepts apply when using digital prototyping in the plant - namely using digital models to increase design efficiency and get... More |
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