Manufacturing Systems Archives

CAD and Product Development Needs (Survey Invitation)

Do your CAD and product development solutions (PDM/PLM) make your job easier or get in the way? What makes your job harder? How do you spend most of … [ read more ]
MBE Survey: Becoming a Model-Based Enterprise (Survey Invitation)

What does it take to become a model-base enterprise (MBE)? Is your company considering adopting MBE? Are you curious about what others are doing? … [ read more ]
Boosting Electronics Operating Margins in an Uncertain World (eBook)

Given the unpredictable supply and market, how can electronics manufacturers prosper? Read Boosting Operating Margins in a Changing World: Why … [ read more ]
Digital Twin – Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Reality (webcast)

What’s the difference between the vision and the reality of the AEC digital twin? What do clients really want? This webinar asks the experts to weigh … [ read more ]
PLM and QMS: Better Together or Apart? (Virtual Event)

Should quality management and product lifecycle management be a single system? As companies seek better digital continuity, the answer might … [ read more ]

Tech-Clarity adds Manufacturing Software Analyst Julie Fraser

February 10, 2020 by Jim Brown Leave a Comment

Tech-Clarity is pleased to announce that we are expanding our research team and extending our coverage to manufacturing operations software! Industry veteran and long-time research analyst Julie Fraser joins Tech-Clarity as Vice President of Research, Manufacturing Software. Julie brings with her a wealth of depth in manufacturing, scheduling, quality, maintenance, and smart manufacturing. Please visit

Strategies of the Major PLM Vendors 2018+

February 13, 2018 by Jim Brown Leave a Comment

The last few years have brought drastic changes in the market for product innovation, product development, engineering, manufacturing, and service software. The scope of solutions has changed, in part to the natural evolution and expansion of software suites, but also due to exciting advancements in technologies like the IoT, 3D printing/additive manufacturing, generative design, virtual/augmented reality

Strategies of the Major PLM Vendors 2016+

February 22, 2016 by Jim Brown 22 Comments

As part of our ongoing coverage of the PLM and engineering software markets, we stay in touch with as many vendors as we can to understand their strategic direction and how it impacts their customers. This post shares our latest published coverage of the vendors, and provides a bit of insight into where we see the market transitioning this

Closing the Loop on Product Innovation – Integrating ERP and PLM

April 29, 2010 by Jim Brown 94 Comments

A quick peek into some research on closing the loop on product innovation through an integrated ERP-PLM strategy.