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  • Do you Love Your PLM?

    I was listening to a customer the other day who complained that he was so frustrated with his old PLM that he basically “wanted to throw it all out and build a functional system himself.” I had to laugh at the number of times I’ve heard that in the last…
  • 2021年の予測

    当然のことながら、 COVID-19 のパンデミックはマークされていなかったため、 2020 年の予測のほとんどは外れてしまいました。一方で、 CIO 多くは野心的すぎて、デジタルトランスフォーメーションの取り組みに集中できず、望ましい目標を達成できないだろうという予測は当たりました。将来を正確に予測することは困難なため、代わりに、すべての変革の主な焦点にビジネスの回復力を含めるべきと提案しましたが、この結果は不明です。そうは言っても、 2021 年に何が待ち受けているかを予測してみましょう。 …
  • 2021 Predictions

    Not surprisingly, most of my 2020 predictions were off the mark, as I didn’t account for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, I was on track with my prediction that most CIOs were far too ambitious and defocused with their digital transformation initiatives…
  • Managing Chaos

    I was teaching a Sunday School class for 15-year-olds. It was really my wife’s class, but she asked me to substitute—“You’ll be fine.” There I was facing 17 teenage strangers. Of course, there was that one kid. Had an answer to every question, a comment…
  • How Resilient Thinkers are Saving PLM

    In my previous blog, "The Talk" I discussed the all too familiar story of PLM sponsors unexpectedly facing the limitations of their newly installed PLM systems due to the outdated frameworks upon which most older PLM systems are built. My point was that…
  • Out-of-the-Box is a PLM Fantasy (Neverland Revisited)

    Last year, I posted a blog, Out-of-the-Box is a PLM Fantasy , which apparently struck a nerve. The response to the blog was both overwhelming and positive, but more interesting was its popularity with the other PLM vendors. The simple message was that…
  • My Thoughts on the PLM Road Map North America - CIMdata

    Recently, I attended the PLM Road Map TM North America Conference in Washington, DC., hosted by CIMdata. One of the key themes from the conference is the disconnect between the trend toward “Digitalization,” the use of digital technologies to change…
  • Applying a Filter to a Search Dialog

    There are times when only a handful of items make sense for a specific Item property. In these cases, you'll likely want to avoid any potential confusion and display only those items in the results of the Search Dialog. Today we'll be going over an example…