General Dynamics pursues the digital thread
The world’s fifth-largest defense contractor is always pushing for manufacturing innovations. GD’s Dean Bartles sees the digital thread as the next wave for improving interoperability and operational...
View ArticleMercury Marine pushes PLM first, ERP second
“Our lifeline is product innovation,” so Mercury Marine uses PLM to invest in four key components: people, process, technology, and integration. A hostile army lies in wait for Mercury Marine. Every...
View Article2008: Northwest small manufactures plan to invest in PLM
A new survey of SMB manufactures in Washington State and Oregon reveals a positive outlook about regional and national economic conditions and a perceived need to more completely implement PLM and ERP...
View ArticleSolidWorks 2012 adds costing module and large design review technology
The emphasis for this year’s update is on automating repetitive processes and pushing forward into design tasks SolidWorks users have been doing on the side. SolidWorks is adding a new costing tool as...
View ArticleRoulunds Braking happy to be in the Autodesk 360 PLM camp
The maker of automotive braking systems has offices around the globe. Autodesk 360 PLM replaces a system based on Excel and email. When Autodesk launched its new cloud-based Autodesk PLM 360 in...
View ArticleBig data meets big infrastructure as Bentley acquires Ivara
The deal will beef up Bentley’s existing asset performance management portfolio. Ivara technology is used extensively in asset-intensive organizations including mining and process/power plant...
View ArticleAutodesk Jitterbit alliance offers “no-coding” connections from PLM 360 to...
New Autodesk PLM 360 Connect offers business application data integration. Jitterbit has backed away from its open source roots. Autodesk has created an alliance with data integration specialist...
View ArticleAutodesk and NetSuite partnership to link PLM to ERP
The goal is increased visibility of all product data, from materials to availability and inventory, in one dashboard environment for everyone in the organization. Autodesk and NetSuite have started a...
View ArticleDassault acquires Apriso for manufacturing operations management
The California software company behind FlexNet gains a much larger sales force; Dassault gains new tools for Delmia and new customers. Dassault Systèmes today announced the acquisition of Apriso, a...
View Article2007: Blurring and bridging the boundaries between PLM and factory automation
Increasing the communication between engineering and the factory floor has developed significantly, but still has a long way to go. From the April 2007 edition of Engineering Automation Report,...
View Article2007: Oracle acquires Agile in $495 million bid to become PLM leader
In hindsight, this acquisition was just one of many; Oracle assimilated Agile and moved on. Here’s what it looked like in 2007, from the archives of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by...
View ArticleMercury Marine pushes PLM first, ERP second
“Our lifeline is product innovation,” so Mercury Marine uses PLM to invest in four key components: people, process, technology, and integration. A hostile army lies in wait for Mercury Marine. Every...
View Article2007: Oracle acquires Agile in $495 million bid to become PLM leader
In hindsight, this acquisition was just one of many; Oracle assimilated Agile and moved on. Here’s what it looked like in 2007, from the archives of Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by...
View Article2008: Northwest small manufactures plan to invest in PLM
A new survey of SMB manufactures in Washington State and Oregon reveals a positive outlook about regional and national economic conditions and a perceived need to more completely implement PLM and ERP...
View ArticleSolidWorks 2012 adds costing module and large design review technology
The emphasis for this year’s update is on automating repetitive processes and pushing forward into design tasks SolidWorks users have been doing on the side. SolidWorks is adding a new costing tool as...
View ArticleRoulunds Braking happy to be in the Autodesk 360 PLM camp
The maker of automotive braking systems has offices around the globe. Autodesk 360 PLM replaces a system based on Excel and email.
View ArticleBig data meets big infrastructure as Bentley acquires Ivara
The deal will beef up Bentley’s existing asset performance management portfolio. Ivara technology is used extensively in asset-intensive organizations including mining and process/power plant operation.
View ArticleAutodesk Jitterbit alliance offers “no-coding” connections from PLM 360 to...
New Autodesk PLM 360 Connect offers business application data integration. Jitterbit has backed away from its open source roots.
View ArticleAutodesk and NetSuite partnership to link PLM to ERP
The goal is increased visibility of all product data, from materials to availability and inventory, in one dashboard environment for everyone in the organization.
View ArticleDassault acquires Apriso for manufacturing operations management
The California software company behind FlexNet gains a much larger sales force; Dassault gains new tools for Delmia and new customers.
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