PLM Industry Summary Jillian Hayes, Editor Vol. 16 No. 43 Friday 24 October 2014 Contents CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 2 Accenture Unveils Digital Product Development Framework: Every Business is a Digital Business: a CIMdata Commentary ___________________________________________________________________2 AVEVA World Summit: Focus on the Digital Asset: a CIMdata Commentary _______________________6 Acquisitions ______________________________________________________________________ 10 GRAITEC Acquires HPC-SA & Thermal Simulation software ArchiWIZARD ______________________10 Company News ____________________________________________________________________ 11 Altium and Aras Partner to Deliver Next Generation PLM for Complex MCAD-ECAD Environments ___11 AWV Informatik and LEDAS Enter into Research and Development Agreement ____________________11 Cad-Q is Exclusively Representing Eagle Point's Pinnacle Series in Northern Europe _________________12 Cansel Partners with Global eTraining to Deliver Comprehensive Autodesk Training Solutions across Canada ______________________________________________________________________________13 FCMS GmbH and Dassault Systèmes Conclude CAA Adopter Agreement _________________________14 Karsten Newbury Named Global General Manager, Software, with Gerber Technology _______________15 MecSoft Announces Partnership with GoodFA in Korea ________________________________________15 Mentor Graphics Appoints Vice President for PCB Design ______________________________________16 PacifiCAD has Partnered and Co-Branded Eagle Point's Pinnacle Series to Deliver the PacXone ________16 SigmaTEK Opens Latin America Office ____________________________________________________17 SofInWay Inc. to Donate AxSTREAM EDU to Teams in AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition ______18 Summer Cycling Spirit Pays Dividends _____________________________________________________19 Synergis Earns Autodesk Advisor Partner Status for PLM 360 ___________________________________19 TCS Honored for Outstanding Contribution to the Germany-India Economic Relationship _____________20 TCS Launches User Experience Center of Excellence in Cincinnati, Ohio __________________________21 TSMC Honors ANSYS with "Partner Of The Year" Award _____________________________________21 Viewpoint Announces New Board Member, Mark Fusco _______________________________________22 Viewpoint Construction Software Wins The Earthmover & Civil Contractor's Technology Release of the Year Award ___________________________________________________________________________23 Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 24 Bluebeam Software Takes the Power of Paperless Project Collaboration to Greenbuild Conference and Expo ____________________________________________________________________________________24 Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM Showcases Companies and Industries Doing Business in the Age of Experience _____________________________________________________________________24 Delcam to Show Full CADCAM Range at Autodesk University __________________________________26 German Preview of VISI 21 at Euromold____________________________________________________27 VISI Latest Release on Show at Fabtech ____________________________________________________28 Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 29 3D Systems Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2014 Results _________________________________29 Cadence Reports Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results _________________________________________30 Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid Third Quarter Led by Large Accounts Industry Solutions Engagements _30 EMC Reports Record Third-Quarter 2014 Financial Results _____________________________________31 Geometric Revenues Grow 4% q-o-q to INR 2,796.67 Mn ______________________________________32 OpenText Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results _______________________________33 SAP Announces Third Quarter and Nine Months 2014 Results ___________________________________33 Stratasys Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Financial Results _____________________________34 Copyright © 2014 by CIMdata, Inc. 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CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Trimble Third Quarter 2014 Earnings Call and Web Cast _______________________________________35 Wipro: Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2014 under IFRS ____________________________35 Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 36 Anya Hindmarch Selects Centric Software Product Lifecycle Management _________________________36 Banjo & Matilda Signs Partnership to Support Wholesale and e-Commerce Initiatives ________________37 German Architecture Firm SL Rasch uses ESI's Virtual Performance Solution to Achieve Architectural Excellence in Medina and Mecca __________________________________________________________37 Major Oil and Gas Software Providers Integrate with Altair PBS Professional® _____________________38 Sigmetrix, LLC Announces Sale of Tolerance Analysis Solution to Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. __________40 Trekmates selects Visual 2000 End-2-End Suite of Fashion Business Solutions ______________________41 Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 41 CGTech Announce Integration with Kennametal's NOVO ______________________________________41 ESTECO Unveils modeFRONTIER ® 2014 _______________________________________________42 Exact Offers New Features and Integration with SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor and Excel ____________43 expi GmbH Joins The Aras Partner Program _________________________________________________43 Gerber Technology Launches Integrated 3D with its AccuMark 10 Launch _________________________44 Infor Unveils Cloud Offering Industry-Tailored for Food and Beverage ____________________________45 Innovyze Releases InfoSWMM Generation V13, Spearheading New Era in GIS-Centric Smart Wastewater Modeling _____________________________________________________________________________46 KBMax brings CAD Automation to Oracle Cloud CPQ ________________________________________47 Kubotek Validation Tool 2015 and ECO Manager 2015 Products Available Now From Kubotek ________47 New, Innovative YuniquePLM Line Planning & Development Calendar Functionality Meet the Increasing Demands of the Fashion Industry __________________________________________________________48 Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Exchange 2015 ______________________________________________49 Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Publish 2015 ________________________________________________50 Tecplot 360 EX 2014 Release 2 Now Available ______________________________________________50 Theorem Ships CADverter v17.2 for PTC Creo Parametric _____________________________________51 TraceParts Releases New Version of its Supplier Parts Management system ________________________52 CIMdata News Accenture Unveils Digital Product Development Framework: Every Business is a Digital Business: a CIMdata Commentary 21 October 2014 Key takeaways: Increased product complexity and better enabling-technology creates an intersection where businesses have new opportunities to transform operating models and develop new revenue streams Accenture’s Digital PLM Network enables customers to improve business performance by leveraging state-of-the-art technology across the enterprise and applying new and more interconnected processes The Digital PLM Network leverages Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to deliver a robust platform to enable better business outcomes and product decisions Introduction Increased product complexity is a given in today’s business environment. In addition to the increasing levels of mechanical, electronics, and software integration within a product, complexity is also driven by regulatory requirements, competition, cost pressures, and customer needs and wants. Thriving and sometimes surviving in this environment requires a business to continually adapt and invest in strategic enabling capabilities. Companies have to improve customer interaction and satisfaction to sustain profitability while developing and growing new revenue streams. Companies have been addressing these issues by investing in automation, integration, big data analytic approaches, and recently more broadly in collaboration solutions (to which system integrators have historically added value). Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has been a cornerstone of these investments as companies have migrated to using digital technologies to design, develop, manufacture, and service their products. While PLM solutions have continued to evolve to support a product’s definition throughout its lifecycle, next-generation solutions and processes are emerging that enable new business opportunities, including new revenue streams, and that help companies better position themselves for sustained success. Historically, business processes have been sequential: marketing develops a specification; engineering develops a product to meet the specification; manufacturing produces the product; logistics delivers the product; and services supports the product in the field. While this linear approach was effective in the past, a new approach is needed to create and maintain a competitive advantage.