Dassault Systemes

Connecting Social Interaction with Product Information – Interview of Jim Brown

What I learned this week … came from a great conversation with Sankar from Younomy. I have been in a number of conversations recently that make me realize that the world of social computing is looking into social product development and social innovation as much as the PLM and manufacturing communities are looking into the…

2011 – The Year Social Computing Explodes in NPD and PLM?

What I learned this week … came after reflecting on this video on social computing in PLM I ran across on PTC’s website. I spent a significant amount of my time and energy last year trying to understand the implications of the social networking explosion on product innovation, product development, and engineering. It was interesting…

Reflections on Dassault Systemes Business, Strategy, and Progress at DSCC

I had the chance to talk with … the execs at Dassault Systemes at their recent customer event, DSCC. DS carved out time for analysts and press to share some deeper perspective on their business, their strategy, and their progress this year. DS had a lot to day, starting with sharing some very good financial…

Supporting Business Strategies with Engineering Data – PLM? PDM? CPDM? EDM?

A quick peek into some research on … how effectively managing engineering data can improve engineering efficiency. Beyond just efficiency, the study looks at how solutions that manage engineering data – whether you call them PLM, PDM, CPDM, EDM, or any other acronym – can play a critical role in helping manufacturers realize their business strategies.

Did PLM Give Up on Product Cost Management?

Product cost is not getting the attention it deserves in PLM. I was presenting on the future of PLM and a participant asked “why I hadn’t included cost in the future of PLM?”

In Search of a Standard PLM Definition

What I learned this week was that we could use a good, common PLM definition and scope, but we will not get one. The discussion (a lot of discussion in multiple forums, actually) came from my post SAP, Too Much or Too Little Credit for PLM Efforts and another called Who Will Disrupt Entrenched PLM Vendors?

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