CIMdata Press Release

CIMdata Brings Acclaimed PLM Certificate Program Back to The Netherlands

August 15, 2012

Program will take place in Amsterdam – November 12-16, 2012.

Ann Arbor, Michigan — August 15, 2012 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Amsterdam, The Netherlands from November 12-16, 2012. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM implementations. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community.

“We are excited to be holding our final European CIMdata PLM Certificate program of the year in Amsterdam. The demand for well-educated PLM professionals continues to grow, across all industries and regions. We are convinced that our decision to make CIMdata’s world-class PLM Certificate Program, available at this central location, fulfills that need. Being located near one of the main international transportation hubs in Europe makes CIMdata’s world-class PLM education program in Amsterdam easily accessible by air, train, and automobile.” said Gerard Litjens, CIMdata’s Director of European operations.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is built on CIMdata’s more than 28 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. The program is available to industrial companies who are considering or are already implementing PLM, and to PLM solution providers. PLM Certificate Program participants may register online for either a 3-day or 5-day program. For more detailed information about the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program and how to register, visit CIMdata’s website at http://www.cimdata.com/services/education/plm_certificate.html.