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2010

Teamcenter “unified”: “Siemens PLM Software’s Next Generation PLM Platform” - 662 KB
Traces the roots of Siemens PLM Software’s next generation Teamcenter “unified” platform—from a set of integrated PLM enabling applications to a new extended enterprise enabled four-tier unified architecture that incorporates the latest in technology and business functionality.

2009

PLM Market Growth in 2008 “A Mid-Year Look in 2009—Weathering the Storm” - 378 KB
Forecasts that the PLM market changes during 2009 as industrial companies are still reacting to the global economic downturn.

Economic Benefits of PLM-Enabled Collaboration “A Review of PTC Customer Experiences” - 178 KB
Provides insights into how PLM-enabled collaboration provides savings and supports the requirements for multiple industry verticals, including aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics / high-tech, and fabrication and assembly.

ECAD-MCAD Collaboration Solutions “Integrating Mechanical and Electrical Product Design” - 561 KB
Provides an overall description of collaboration between the ECAD and MCAD disciplines and presents issues and benefits as well as CIMdata’s assessment of the ECAD-MCAD collaboration solutions of PTC and Mentor Graphics.

PLM Market Growth in 2008 “A First Look in 2009—Weathering the Storm” - 334 KB
Explains how PLM may be one of the major deciding factors in determining which companies are able to weather the current economic storm and be in the best competitive position when global markets rebound.

2008

Getting Started in PDM “Companies of All Sizes Can Take Advantage of Today’s PDM Systems”- 202 KB
Explains the key components of PDM that mid-sized companies should care about, how PDM can address their critical business issues, and the most critical best-practices related to the planning and implementation of a PDM system.

The Value of Unified Architectures for PLM “Harmonizing the Environment”- 138 KB
Presents the challenges that companies are currently facing, defines a unified PLM architecture approach, describes the benefits that it can deliver, discusses factors companies should consider in evaluating whether to transition to a unified architecture, and discusses approaches to the transition.

Nissan Motor Corporation “Product Lifecycle Management Case Study” - 706 KB
Japanese Translation - 2.95 MB
Describes Nissan Motor Corporation's successful approach to PLM

PLM Market Growth in 2007: A First Look in 2008 - Exceeding Expectations - 472 KB
Describes Product Lifecycle Management’s (PLM’s) market trends in 2007 leading into 2008.

2007

PLM and APQP How PLM Supports this Key Automotive Industry Initiative- 636 KB
Describes Product Lifecycle Management’s (PLM’s) role in supporting the automotive industry’s Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process framework.

PLM-Automation Market Evolution The PLM Footprint Steps onto the Factory Floor - 396 KB
Analyzes the impact on the overall PLM Market of Siemens AG’s Acquisition of UGS.

PLM Selection and a Company’s Business Model: Selecting the Most Appropriate PLM Solution - 451 KB
Provides an analysis of one of the significant challenges faced by companies in the fabrication and assembly (F&A) industrial segments as they prepare to launch a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) program including what role their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system should play in enabling PLM.

2006

Enterprise Simulation Management (ESM): An Expanded Perspective on Simulation - 486 KB
Presents the new role of product-related simulation as a visible and accessible component to significantly improve the overall product development process, pressures motivating its use and the value and future of ESM.

Immersive Product Development “An Evolving Product Development Approach that Maximizes Productivity and Leverages Knowledge” - 877 KB
Discusses new concepts and capabilities to support quality product designs more quickly.

Electro-Mechanical Product Development: The Mechatronics Requirement for Automotive Competitiveness - 873 KB
Explores some of these new advances and examines the vehicle and business risks associated with implementing mechatronics into a company’s product design processes and describes how Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) can help mitigate the risks and improve the mechatronic design processes.

Overcoming the Challenge of Electro-Mechanical Product Development in Aerospace and Defense - 831 KB
Focuses on how Force Transformation, the complete reorganization of warfare tactics, human resources training and deployment processes, procurement policies, and product development practices, is mandating new Aerospace and Defense (A&D) product development processes and is driving the need for effective electro-mechanical product development solutions.

Manufacturing Goes Digital - 223 KB
Provides a perspective on Digital Manufacturing; the pressures that motivate its use, an introduction to Digital Manufacturing and its role, and an overview of the benefits companies have experienced from its use.

Repurposing Digital Assets "Extracting Value from Your Product and Process Data" - 630 KB
Describes the role of a Mockup Visualization and Publishing (MVP) solution in the effective dissemination of product information within multidisciplinary product development teams and offers details about the capabilities of Seemage’s MVP Solutions.

Leveraging Product Development Knowledge: "The Role of Product Data in Creating Innovation" - 341 KB
Explores how visual data solutions have evolved to provide access to all product design information in a way that is easily accessible, streamlining the work of many people and producing incredible benefits for the organization and allowing companies to exploit visual data in workflows beyond viewing and mockup.

Defining Mid-Market PDM: Companies of all sizes can take advantage of today’s PDM systems - 220 KB
Describes the evolution of PDM systems and their growing applicability to mid-size manufacturing companies in multiple industry segments and explains the key components of PDM that mid-size companies should care about, and how PDM can address their critical business issues. Also explains what mid-size companies need to do to get started with PDM, and how to assess the suitability of the different PDM systems on the market.

Digital Manufacturing in PLM Environments - 747 KB
Presents some of the experiences of companies who have been using Digital Manufacturing in the context of a broader PLM initiative to improve their product development processes.

2005

The High-End MCAD and cPDm Market Segments of the PLM Industry - 292 KB
Provides a focused review of two of the primary market segments within the overall Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market: 1) High-End Mechanical Computer-Aided-Design (High-End MCAD) and 2) collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) for the discrete manufacturing industries.

The Value of Digital Manufacturing in a PLM Environment Case Study: Fiat Auto S.p.A - 346 KB
Discusses some of the benefits experienced by companies who have been using Digital Manufacturing for some time in their product development process and within the context of a broader PLM initiative with a specific focus on Fiat Auto.

PLM and ERP Integration: Business Efficiency and Value - 358 KB
Discusses the business motivations for integrating PLM and ERP, factors that should be considered, and various approaches and methods that can be used to perform the integration.

2003

Manufacturing Enterprises of All Sizes Can Benefit from PLM “PLM has Arrived for Mid-Size Manufacturing Enterprises” - 177 KB
Describes the trend toward flexible, focused solutions is good for customers and the PLM industry alike. The approach makes it easier for all enterprises to improve product lifecy- cle activities, especially mid-sized manufacturing enterprises.

PDM to PLM: Growth of an Industry - 307 KB
Describes the evolution of the Product Data Management (PDM) market of the 1980’s and early 1990’s to the comprehensive Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market of today to provide a coherent record of the beginnings and growth of this important software industry and the extent to which PLM is being utilized today.

Using Federation to Integrate the Extended Enterprise - 565 KB
Discusses Federation services that provide convenient and rapid data access for organizations that have to conduct their product development activities in a distributed environment. A federated approach enables these organizations to automatically maintain their product information in multiple geographic locations so that it can be quickly accessed without the need for moving large blocks of information on an on-demand basis.

2002

The Benefits of Digital Manufacturing - 202 KB
Describes benefits achieved from digital manufacturing implementations at twelve companies in the automotive, aerospace, and shipbuilding industries in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Definition - 453 KB
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Definition (Japanese Translation) - 900 KB
Describes PLM's vital role in industry to support current changes and challenges and includes a definition of PLM and an overview of how companies can benefit from PLM solutions.
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2001

collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm): An Overview - 692 KB
Presents an overview of a collaborative approach to managing the product definition lifecycle.

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