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Mobility Plays Key Role in PLM Software Selection

Italian apparel manufacturer Beretta chose Centric Software to create digital product catalogs that its global sales staff can customize to their clients’ local market needs using an iPad app.. More

PTC, Camstar Partnership Will Improve PLM Quality Management

Camstar has signed on to the PTC PartnerAdvantage Program so the duo can deliver a closed-loop change management and quality execution system for PTC’s Windchill PLM product.. More

Beyond the ‘Happy Path’: Managing Dynamic Processes Case-by-Case

New to the manufacturing industry, dynamic case management applications can help employees make the right decisions when events stray too far from the norm.. More

Autodesk to Enter the Enterprise PLM Arena

A new hybrid approach keeps data management processes on-premises, while allowing partner collaboration to take place in the cloud.. More

Autodesk Unveils Design App for iPad

Running on the wireless mobile device, ForceEffect allows an engineer to capture design constraints in the field to determine product viability.. More

Siemens to Strengthen PLM Suite with Vistagy Deal

In its latest software acquisition, Siemens’ Industry Automation group will add engineering applications for advanced composite materials to its PLM portfolio.. More

Siemens PLM Upgrades Its Digital Manufacturing Technology

Tecnomatix 10 includes 3D simulation, design-to-production collaboration tools, and tight integration between the Teamcenter PLM software and factory floor control systems.. More

New App Extends Oracle PLM to Mobile Devices

IT services company Mahindra Satyam rolls out a mobile client that lets iPad and iPhone users access the Oracle Agile PLM enterprise application.. More

PLM Needs Business Intelligence, New White Paper Reports

PLM consulting firm CIMdata has published a paper that outlines how manufactures can use BI to leverage PLM across the enterprise, providing a competitive edge for delivering products to market.. More

PLM Providers Announce Acquisitions, Product Rollout

It was a busy week in the PLM community as PTC and SAP added to their product portfolios with acquisitions, and Siemens unveiled a new version of its mobile PLM application for the Apple iPad.. More

Aras, Autodesk Partnership Integrates PLM and 3D Design

Aras will integrate its Innovator software with Autodesk CAD, digital prototyping, and data management applications to provide global manufactures with an enterprise PLM solution.. More

PLM Sales Boost Dassault’s Q2 Results

In a quarter that included the rollout of new version of its PLM software that adds consumer simulation and a SaaS-based subscription model, Dassault Systèmes is reporting a flurry of customer activity that has resulted in double-digit revenue growth.. More

Collaborating Across Engineering Disciplines

A new generation of PLM software helps engineers leverage each other’s work, improving product and process efficiency.. More

Duct Tape Is Not Enough for U.S. Manufacturing

The national manufacturing base is broken, and we need more than a quick patch-job to fix it.. More

Dassault Takes PLM, 3D to the Cloud

The latest version of Dassault Systèmes’ development platform for its PLM, CAD, and simulation software leverages Amazon Web Services, providing customers with a SaaS-based computing architecture and an online community to share content and download applications.. More

PTC Delivers First Creo Apps

As part of Creo 1.0, the PLM vendor has rolled out a set of design and product data management applications that leverage a common data model; the apps can be easily accessed and used by everyone in the organization who is contributing to product development.. More

PLM for Apparel Industry Gets Usability Boost

Gerber Technology has rolled out a new version of its Web-based YuniquePLM software that adds personalized home pages, new measurement and process functionality, and integration with the company’s CAD system.. More

Siemens PLM Augments Social Product Development

Siemens PLM’s Teamcenter community collaboration capabilities now leverage Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to coordinate activities through shared desktop workspaces that are enhanced with wikis, blogs, and other social networking tools.. More

Omnify Releases Web-Based PLM App for SMB Manufacturing

Empower 5.0 moves the product lifecycle management software to a new browser-based application that is said to enhance usability, scalability, and integration.. More

PTC Bolsters PLM with Quality and Analytics

Windchill 10.0 is said to ease data management while extending the PLM platform to include product analytics, quality management, and new ways to support aftermarket services.. More

Dassault Closes the Loop by Acquiring MES Vendor Intercim

After a long relationship in which the PLM vendor made a minority investment in its MES partner, Dassault has taken the final step and acquired Intercim. The $36.5 million deal is said to provide A&D customers with a closed-loop digital manufacturing system that brings continuity between engineering and factory operations.. More

Centric PLM Augments Quality Control

The maker of PLM for fashion and consumer product verticals has added a quality module that captures safety and compliance results throughout the product lifecycle.. More

PLM Productivity Packs Aim to Boost ENOVIA Performance

NovaQuest will roll out two add-on applications aimed at enhancing the functionality of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM software.. More

PTC, Apriso Partner to Connect PLM and MES

The integration effort will synchronize engineering design and manufacturing planning processes with production execution on the shop floor.. More

PLM Vendors PTC, Dassault Push CAD for the Casual User

PLM and CAD providers PTC and Dassault take different paths to spreading CAD and design software beyond hardcore engineers.. More

Innovation Starts in the Heart

From the Mac to the iPad, Steve Jobs has transformed the way we work and play through technology. Now, as he steps down from his post as Apple’s CEO, we reflect on his triumphs and the passion that ignited his innovative ideas.. More

A Manufacturing Democracy

Social media has changed the way business is conducted in the enterprise. Now, Local Motors has introduced community-oriented manufacturing, designing and building innovative cars through open source crowdsourcing and micro-factories.. More

Manufacturers and Connected Products: A Dangerous Combo

Manufacturers with no history of cybersecurity are now launching products that connect to the Internet and the cloud. It’s time to define this new category of manufacturing and work to avoid data breaches of valuable customer information. . More

Old Ideas Trigger New Innovations

Pioneering companies are tapping into existing ideas to create the next generation of cutting-edge technologies. ABB has created a new direct current (DC) electrical system; Livescribe is turning an everyday pen into a smart device; and manufacturers are leaning on PLM to help with product innovation efforts.. More

The Cost of Innovation

R&D departments rarely have to innovate on a budget. But as manufacturers try to manage the product innovation lifecycle, engineers are being asked to design to cost, adding new responsibilities such as comparing suppliers and evaluating manufacturing processes.. More

Enterprise Software Applications Find a Home on Mobile Devices in 2012

This year, as enterprise applications are ported to smartphones and iPads, executives are finally viewing mobility as a strategic advantage, and are encouraging IT departments to support the mobile workforce.   Smartphones have been hanging from the hip holsters of corporate executives for more than a decade, and have served as important personal productivity tools. [...]. More