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Managing Service InformationBuyer’s Guide for Managing Service Information (eBook, survey results)

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Tech-Clarity’s Buyer’s Guide for Managing Service Information identifies the biggest challenges of managing service and parts information. It then looks at how Top Performing companies overcome these companies and what they look for in a software solution to support them. One of the top things they do is leverage the information produced by engineering to support

Service and Parts Information SurveyManaging Product Service and Parts Information (Survey Invitation)

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How should you improve access to service and parts information? Please share your experience, thoughts, and lessons learned  in this new survey on managing product service and parts information. The survey explores ways to streamline parts information for service technicians and the associated benefits. We will explore questions such as: What are the biggest challenges you should

PTC PLM Vision 2015+

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PTC is going through a major transformation to support their customers’ evolution to the next era of product offerings – smart, connected products. They’re taking a bold move, staking out a significant claim in the Internet of Things (IoT). This strategy will lead them to transform their core product offerings while simultaneously taking IoT to

PTC PLM Vision 2014+

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PTC is a top three PLM vendor and has a long history in engineering software and PLM. PTC’s strategy is unique, aimed at helping manufacturers achieve “Product and Service Excellence.” While other vendors have invested in “managing products across their lifecycle” – as the PLM standard definition suggests – most have focused primarily on supporting products

Tech4PD Tackles Hot Topic of Service in PLM and One Really Hot Habanero

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Tech4PD episode 15 features dueling analysts Jim Brown of Tech-Clarity and Chad Jackson of Lifecycle Insights debate the role of Product Lifecycle Management in product service. Jim and Chad both feel that PLM has an important role to play in service. But Chad thinks that the primary roles will be around service documentation and validation. Jim feels that PLM

Does PTC Acquisition of Servigistics Signal a new Direction for PLM Acquisitions?

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I have been giving a lot of thought to PTC’s entrance into the Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) industry. PTC acquiring Servigistics is not your ordinary PLM company acquisition. Why? Because PTC is not just extending their PLM and engineering software capabilities into the service department, PTC is now supporting the business of service management. Game