Tech-Clarity Insight – Creating the Environment to Innovate, How Industry Leaders Put People, Processes, and Technology in Place to Drive Innovation shares our insights and the perspective of three leading companies on how to best create an atmosphere that fosters innovation. The report explains that companies must put a realistic improvement plan in place that
What’s Happening in Engineer to Order (ETO) and Design Automation?
Engineer to Order is a great way to increase sales and improve margins for some and a business reality for those in industries that demand products that fit into their customers’ environments. It’s also one of my favorite topics because I have seen the issue from the ERP / sales configurator side of things as well
PLM Missing a “P” in the Lifecycle – Packaging
Despite all of the advancements in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) packaging still requires a best of breed solution. For many industries the package is an equal part of the marketable product. As PLM has penetrated industries where packaging plays a key role, such as consumer packaged goods (CPG), there have been investments and improvements in the
Does Enovia Still Deliver the PLM Experience in the 3D Experience Era?
Where do Enovia and PLM fit in Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience strategy? As I posted in Dassault Systèmes PLM Vision 2014+, DS is “moving beyond the core of PLM.” Many of their existing manufacturing customers, particularly in Engineering, may not find a reason to care. Some might even be concerned that DS has lost focus on
PLM Extends to the Scientific Lifecycle as Dassault Systemes Acquires Accelrys
What an interesting surprise this morning to see Dassault Systemes decided to acquire Accelrys. The combination of Dassault Systemes’ PLM capabilities and Accelrys’ solutions for scientific exploration offer a compelling suite of solutions that will be hard for anybody else to match. See the press release here. What does Accelrys Do? Accelrys offers Scientific Lifecycle Management
Dilbert on Change Management and PPM
Adrian Samuels posted a Dilbert cartoon on LinkedIn about change management. It was his way of sharing some lightheartedness about PLM. We could all use some of that! In reply, here are a couple of my favorites. With apologies to Scott Larson (one of my heros), I couldn’t find either of them online so I am