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Moving Production Innovation and Engineering to the Cloud (guest blog post)

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Jim Brown contributed insights from his recent research on cloud options for product innovation, product development, and engineering software in a guest post titled Moving Production Innovation and Engineering to the Cloud, What’s Your Strategy? on the Siemens PLM Community. The post references findings our recent Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook. For more information on

Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development (eBook)

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The Exploring Cloud Options for Product Innovation and Development eBook shares our thoughts about the cloud software choices available for product innovation, product development, and engineering software including PLM, PDM, CAD, CAE, and more. The eBook details the different software models available and provides considerations for each. It also helps put the various options into context with a

Swivl’s Mike Pierce Explains why Startups Need PLM (PLM411 video)

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In this episode of PLM411, Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown interviews Mike Pierce to understand how PLM helps Swivl save tens of thousands of dollars by eliminating mistakes. Mike shares his experience that most companies have to “experience something awful” before they realize they need PLM, and then find out how fast PLM makes life easier for them. Mike tells

SaaS-O-Matic Spoof and Interview on True Cloud PLM with Excellims

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How do you tell true cloud PLM software versus other SaaS options and why is it important? We start this episode by poking some fun at old software disguised as cloud. Then, Jim Brown interviews Excellims Corporation’s VP of Engineering Mark Osgood who shares his experience outgrowing spreadsheets for managing product lifecycles, finding PLM systems cost

PLM411 Silly PLM Justification Story / Candid Cloud PLM Discussion

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PLM411 tells a silly story about how one product developer convinced his company to improve product development processes and performance with PLM and helped them understand the different needs of PLM and ERP. The short clip is followed by a discussion between host Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity and Brian Roepke of Autodesk about the benefits of

Cloud PLM Webcast

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Join Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown on this webcast as he presents his views on PLM and how cloud offerings help to drop the barriers to entry.  In addition, hear from Mike Gurican of Autodesk give an overview of PLM and PLM360 and discuss common issues that PLM improves, including BOM and Change Management. The webcast is sponsored by MasterGraphics and will air