Briefs
Advancing Collaboration within the Aerospace and Defense Product Lifecycle Ecosystem
Becoming an ‘innovator’ in collaboration may be the key to dominating product lifecycle management
Last updated: 31 Aug 2009
The perfect product launch: Innovation drives growth in the consumer products industry
This report presents the challenges the CP industry is facing as increased complexities in the competitive environment are forcing shorter product lifecycles and increasing cost pressures. It evaluates the recommendations to reduce their time-to-market and increase their Return on Investment for new product introductions.
Last updated: 18 Aug 2006
Becoming a leader among leaders: Electronics CEOs reflect on their innovation capabilities
Given the electronics industry’s track record, few would question whether electronics companies are innovative. But when we spoke to electronics industry CEOs in our 2006 Global CEO study, we were surprised to learn just how confident they were.
Last updated: 20 Jul 2006
Innovate automotive design and improve productivity, sales and services to grow and reach new markets.
This Executive Brief for Automotive Solutions highlights the value of IBM software solutions for line of business (LOB) and IT automotive executives and influencers.
Last updated: 21 Feb 2006
Product innovation and enterprise integration
This Executive Brief provides a business level overview of the potential benefits of integrating Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications with other enterprise systems and introduces alternative solution approaches to accomplish this integration.
Last updated: 10 Jan 2006
An executive overview – Chemical & Petroleum Asset Lifecycle Management
Production efficiency is the lifeblood of the Chemical and Petroleum(C & P) industry. Yet neither the production, operation, normaintenance data and processes are well integrated with the business processes and business applications.
Last updated: 22 Jul 2005
Brochures
IBM PLM Software Services
IBM PLM Software Services can help your organization effectively implement, extend and maintain high-quality PLM solutions featuring CATIA, ENOVIA, and the full V6 application software portfolio.
Last updated: 21 Sep 2009
V6 PLM Solutions supported by IBM’s Enabling Technologies
Providing a Dynamic Infrastructure for your PLM Environment
Last updated: 17 Aug 2009
V6 brings PLM 2.0 to Life
Leverage the collective intelligence of CATIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, ENOVIA and 3DVIA online to accelerate innovation, empower 3D online collaboration and ensure success.
Last updated: 21 Jul 2009
Electronics/High-Tech industry: Accelerating market-driven innovation through integrated PLM solutions
IBM delivers Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, built on Dassault Systèmes new Version 6 PLM online platform, including CATIA, SIMULIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA and 3DVIA, to help High-Tech and Electronics companies in their strategic initiatives.
Last updated: 01 Jul 2009
IBM and Dassault Systèmes: Business Process Accelerators for Systems Engineering
Integrated Product Development from needs identification through to final product validation
Last updated: 12 Feb 2009
ENOVIA SmarTeam V5 Product Portfolio
New version of the generic ENOVIA SmarTeam solutions portfolio — Powering collaboration across engineering, enterprise and the supply chain.
Last updated: 01 Nov 2008
Enterprise Integration Executive and Capability workshops
IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Enterprise Integration (EI) is a set of practices and enabling technologies and advanced usage practices designed to facilitate true business transformation.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2008
Product Lifecycle Management for Shipbuilding and Offshore
Commercial ships deliver goods, lay communication cables, ferry passengers, harvest fish and keep the sipping lanes free of ice.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2008
Product Lifecycle Management Solutions for Process, Power and Petroleum
PLM solution overview brochure directed at Engineering Procurement Contractors (EPC) and suppliers for plants in the Process, Power and Petroleum industry. This includes energy/utilities, petrochemical/chemical and offshore, manufacturing plants, chip fab plants, paper/pulp, food, mining etc.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2008
Service oriented architecture extends the benefits of product lifecycle management
Amid a multitude of business challenges, competitive advantage can be gained by innovating business processes and models and responding quickly to threats and opportunities. This paper explores the benefits of integrating product lifecycle management (PLM) systems to enhance decision support and innovation.
Last updated: 02 Jun 2008
DELMIA Digital Manufacturing Portfolio
DELMIA V5R18 allows manufacturers in any industry to virtually define, plan, create, monitor and control all production processes.
Last updated: 23 May 2008
Design Chain Management
In today’s highly competitive and dynamic business environment, innovation continues to drive competitive advantage.
Last updated: 23 May 2008
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions
Product Lifecycle Management is a continuous process that enables an enterprise to effectively and efficiently innovate and manage its products and related services throughout the entire business lifecycle, from initial concept, creation and use through to maintenance, recycling or disposal.
Last updated: 23 May 2008
PLM solutions – Empower enterprise collaborative innovation
Leverage solutions tailored to your specific industry and role.
Last updated: 23 May 2008
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Services: Implementation for SMARTEAM
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Services (PLM) – implementation for SMARTEAM can help you efficiently and effectively implement SMARTEAM PDM solutions. We work closely with you to address your unique information technology (IT) and engineering–related needs and provide comprehensive implementation services.
Last updated: 24 Apr 2008
3DLive for CATIA, DELMIA & ENOVIA
Innovation is the number–one business priority for most CEOs today because it drives revenue and margin growth. Making innovation a reality is not just about designing new products; it’s about maximizing your company’s intellectual assets to drive innovative thinking, strategic planning, and ‘lean’ processes every day.
Last updated: 20 Mar 2008
An on demand PLM infrastructure framework for the future
For today’s industrial enterprises, the pace of business is accelerating at an astonishing rate. Product complexity is increasing. Facing fierce competition, automotive and aerospace manufacturers are using innovation to win new programs and customers.
Last updated: 13 Nov 2007
ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.7 Portfolio
ENOVIA MatrixOne, an IBM and Dassault Systèmes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, enable companies to bring together people, processes, content and systems to achieve a compelling competitive advantage.
Last updated: 13 Nov 2007
V5R18 Configurations and Products Portfolio
As a primary user of PLM, we understand your challenges. The IBM PLM value proposition is built on a foundation of decades of world-class IBM technology expertise, supported by thousands of engineers and developers in 40 different countries.
Last updated: 26 Oct 2007
ENOVIA MatrixOne 10.7 Portfolio
ENOVIA MatrixOne, an IBM and Dassault Systèmes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, enable companies to bring together people, processes, content and systems to achieve a compelling competitive advantage.
Last updated: 14 Sep 2007
Digital Manufacturing: Extending the value of PLM
DELMIA allows manufacturers in any industry to virtually define, plan, create, monitor, and control all production processes. It provides an array of dedicated applications for industries, combined with an environment for knowledge sharing and process and resource management.
Last updated: 13 Sep 2007
Managing development of complex systems in products
The Integrated Change Management Solution combines Agile PLM with the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform, providing an end‐to end solution that allows product development of both hardware and software in one integrated system ‐ making management of the software lifecycle an integrated part of the product lifecycle.
Last updated: 20 Aug 2007
IBM Maximo Asset Management in the automotive industry
A growing number of tier one Automotive Manufacturers worldwide are using IBM Maximo Asset Management, part of the IBM Tivoli software portfolio. With Maximo Asset Management, companies have been able to improve asset availability and reliability, production output quality, labor efficiency and material optimization.
Last updated: 24 May 2007
Empowering product lifecycle management with service oriented architecture
The combination of SOA with PLM is especially powerful, enabling greater insight into the business impact of engineering decisions, facilitating collaboration with external partners regardless of the systems and applications they have chosen.
Last updated: 18 Jan 2007
PLM Overview and what's new V5R17
Collaborate across your value chain and work as one with your customers and business partners to develop industry-leading products. Capture, share and reuse your company-specific know-how to improve decision making, optimize product designs, achieve regulatory compliance, and maximize product standardization and quality.
Last updated: 10 Jan 2007
IBM PLM Supply Chain Collaboration
IBM has created a flexible portfolio of solutions to address the needs of design and development customers with complex and evolving supply chains, IBM PLM Supply Chain Collaboration delivers the process enablement and technology required to support globally distributed product design and development.
Last updated: 12 Oct 2006
V5R17 Configurations and Products Portfolio
This brochure describes the configurations packaging of the CATIA, ENOVIA VPLM and ENOVIA SmarTeam portfolio including the product dependencies.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development
IBM PLM RPD provides unprecedented capability and flexibility to enable a company to take full advantage of its PLM investment. With IBM PLM RPD, a company can bring together the right technologies and business processes to reach new levels of business performance.
Last updated: 14 Feb 2006
Gartner
In this report, Dassault Systèmes will introduce some of the key technology trends that are taking place today in PLM that will assist companies in improving "The Process of Innovation".
Last updated: 31 May 2005
V5R17 Mechanical Design solutions Portfolio
CAA V5 provides the most complete set of tools, guides and API’s to support the application development process from the very start of the requirement specification to the final product packaging.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2005
Information centers
IBM eServer-systems enhance PLM in automotive
IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solutions improve product quality and reduce design and manufacturing costs. These PLM solutions include the industry-leading software applications CATIA, ENOVIA, and SMARTEAM which are developed by Dassault Systèmes as part of a decades long partnership.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2008
IBM PLM Enterprise Integration executive quick assessment
The EI Executive quick assessment is designed to develop a clear understanding of the key issues pointing to the value of enterprise integration to improve business performance. Eight functional best practices have been identified as indicators of potential success with an integration effort.
Last updated: 14 Apr 2008
Product styling: The new competitive differentiator in electronics
In the electronics industry, products are similar in general, and every innovation in features or functions can be copied quickly. Moreover, model supply chains have become tightly linked and highly competitive.
Last updated: 13 Feb 2007
Product documentation
CATIA V5 Electrical Wire Harness Design and Manufacturing
Based on the definition of the wires in the schematic/functional application CATIA—Electrical Wire Routing 2(EWR) will route these wires through the created bundles, completing the electrical wire harness system.
Last updated: 11 Jan 2006
ENOVIA V5 supports large–scale product development
Large aerospace and automotive manufacturers rely on ENOVIA to manage huge amounts of product knowledge and connect it with all the supporting information required to design, develop and manufacture complex products.
Last updated: 14 Dec 2005
V5R18 Equipment and Systems Engineering solutions
CATIA V5 is the leading product development solution for all manufacturing organizations, from OEMs, through their supply chains, to small independent producers.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2005
V5R18 Infrastructure solutions
As one of the software applications that lies at the heart of the PLM solution set, CATIA Version 5 is the cornerstone of true integration between people, tools, methodologies and resources within an enterprise.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2005
V5R18 Product Synthesis solutions
CATIA V5 is the leading product development solution for all manufacturing organisations, from OEMs, through their supply chains, to small independent producers.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2005
V5R18 Shape Design and Styling solutions
CATIA – Shape Design and Styling solution set delivers innovative and fun-to-use products for the creation, control and modification of engineered and freeform surfaces.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2005
Solution sheets
IBM Asset Lifecycle Management Solutions for chemicals and petroleum
Chemicals and petroleum companies need to focus on innovative strategies for improving operational efficiency and competing effectively in the marketplace. IBM Asset Lifecycle Management Solutions can enable innovation through improved collaborative processes and knowledge sharing throughout the value chain.
Last updated: 30 Sep 2009
ENOVIA Synchronicity
Helping Semiconductor companies streamline business processes and reduce new product development time.
Last updated: 27 Aug 2009
3DVIA Composer revolutionizes the product documentation process
With its easy-to-use desktop content-creation system, 3DVIA Composer quickly and easily automates the creation of assembly and disassembly procedures, technical illustrations, interactive 3D animations, training materials, marketing materials, sales tools and more.
Last updated: 31 Jul 2009
Helping auto companies innovate and gain competitive advantage with IBM PLM
Automotive IT systems encompass disparate systems, huge volumes of data in various formats, and hundreds of applications used around the clock by employees located throughout the world.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2008
IBM PLM Relational Product Development Product Data Management integration solutions
A more recent development is the use of multiple Product Data Management (PDM) solutions. Such diversity is often the result of acquisitions or design evolution, or the recognition that a tightly integrated PDM solution is needed to maximise CAD system performance.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2008
IBM PLM Lab Services
CATIA foundational and advanced training to fulfill industry, role, or solutions-based requirements.
Last updated: 23 May 2008
IBM Relational Product Development Training and Implementation
The objective of this phase is the successful implementation of an RPD solution, meeting criteria already defined uniquely for each company in terms of due dates, budget, minimised negative organisational impact, and maximised return on investment (ROI).
Last updated: 27 Dec 2007
IBM/Dassault Systèmes International Competency Center (IDSICC)
Mission and Benefits of the joint PLM Center between IBM and Dassault Systèmes (IDSICC), highlighting our unique service available, Performance Capability and Scalability (PCS) testing.
Last updated: 10 Aug 2006
IBM PLM RPD Product Data Management integration using Geometric Software Solutions
This brochure highlights the integration solution for ENOVIA V5 VPM and Teamcenter Enterprise and Teamcenter Engineering from IBM GBS based on the V5-xPDM solution from Geometric Software Solutions.
Last updated: 22 Jun 2006
Integrated Mechanical Product Development (IMPD) A PLM solution for electronics manufacturers and suppliers
In today's highly competitive consumer electronics markets, the styling aspect of products is a key differentiator against competitors as well as being crucial to gaining immediate consumer excitement.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2006
IBM Automotive PLM Solutions overview
Brochure describes the complexities faced by the automotive industry within product development and product lifecycle management in the broader sense. It positions IBM as THE PLM Solutions provider in MCAD/PDM and beyond.
Last updated: 04 Apr 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development capability and needs assessment
This insert supports the IBM PLM Relational Product Development Brochure. It is to be used to communicate the value of the capability and needs assessment associated with the RPD process.
Last updated: 04 Apr 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development strategic roadmap
This insert supports the IBM PLM Relational Product Development Brochure. It is to be used to communicate the value of the capability and needs assessment associated with the RPD process.
Last updated: 04 Apr 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development technology roadmap and implementation plan
This insert supports the IBM PLM Relational Product Development Brochure. It is to be used to communicate the value of the technology roadmap and implementation plan associated with the RPD process.
Last updated: 04 Apr 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development education
This Insert supports the IBM PLM Relational Product Development Brochure. It is to be used to communicate the value of the education associated with the RPD process.
Last updated: 28 Mar 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development (RPD) executive workshops
IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Relational Product Development (RPD) is a set of product development technologies and advanced usage practices designed to facilitate true business transformation.
Last updated: 07 Feb 2006
Speed product development with integrated Digital Mockup solutions
Digital Mockup (DMU) is a key component of PLM. It is the process of building and using a computer–based digital 3D representation of a product – a mockup – to conduct tests that will predict product function and performance in the real world.
Last updated: 18 Oct 2005
Videos
End-to-end PLM business process video
IBM’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions integrate product development with other business operations from concept to retirement. All within an architecture built on open standards that supports multiple applications, distributed among multiple partners and/or suppliers.
Last updated: 09 Apr 2009
IBM's PLM solutions overview video
This video introduces a set of solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) based on a flexible and scalable SOA-based architecture that enables a consistent Product Development Integration Framework (PDIF) across the globally integrated enterprise.
Last updated: 09 Apr 2009
PLM challenges video
This video introduces the IBM SOA and Business Process Management capabilities that support Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies distributed across an extended enterprise.
Last updated: 09 Apr 2009
How IBM can help you become a Globally Integrated Enterprise
This video outlines the myriad of ways in which IBM is helping companies collaborate and integrate with customers and partners. The video highlights how each of IBM’s Software Group brands contribute to the goals of Product Lifecycle Management to help clients become more efficient and innovative.
Last updated: 25 Jul 2008
Dassault Aviation Group
This video identifies how Dassault Aviation addressed their business challenges, and in particular, optimize development of their new Falcon 7X business jet, using IBM PLM solutions developed by Dassault Systemes and created the world's first development platform.
Last updated: 14 Sep 2007
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Watch this to see how Koito Manufacturing implemented IBM PLM solutions including CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam developed by Dassault Systemes and DELMIA from Dassault Systemes, to create a global development and manufacturing network as part of its business strategy to capture 25% of the world automotive lighting market.
Last updated: 14 Sep 2007
How SOA and the IBM Product Development Integration Framework Address Manufacturers' Biggest Challenges
How SOA and the IBM Product Development Integration Framework Address Manufacturers' Biggest Challenges. Listen to a new, IBM sponsored podcast series.
Last updated: 09 Jan 2007
How the IBM Product Development Integration Framework Relates to PLM
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has evolved over the last 3 decades from being "nice to have" -- to a competitive requirement. Almost all medium and large companies have a PLM system today. Listen to a new, IBM sponsored podcast series and learn about the IBM Product Development Integration Framework (PDIF).
Last updated: 09 Jan 2007
White papers
Automotive Architecture Framework: Towards a Holistic and Standardised System Architecture Description
This paper discusses the concept of model driven system architecture development for the automotive industry. It outlines best practices and methods and introduces specific abstraction layers for complexity reduction.
Last updated: 28 Sep 2009
IBM Product Development Integration Framework
The foundation for industry-wide integration to manage the product lifecycle
Last updated: 10 May 2009
Asset Management to support Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Leading-edge manufacturers are discovering that they can improve production efficiencies and manage MRO expenditures by integrating their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.
Last updated: 12 Feb 2009
Expanding the enterprise: breaking the barriers to collaborative product development
Product development has never been easy, but in today’s global market, the pressures facing industrial manufacturers are greater than ever. With more and more stakeholders involved in the product development process, collaboration and communication are critical to driving competitive advantage.
Last updated: 09 Dec 2008
PTC Windchill® and a Service Oriented Architecture
This paper discusses how PTC has leveraged Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategies and tools to provide the critical link between PTC’s Windchill PLM software solutions and external applications to create operational efficiencies not possible in a stand-alone systems environment.
Last updated: 09 Dec 2008
PTC Windchill 9 server sizing on IBM servers
This white paper is intended for IBM personnel, independent solution vendors (ISVs), Business Partners and customers who need to review a quick guide to understand the sizing and scalability benchmark for Windchill 9, which is enabled by IBM Power Systems servers.
Last updated: 30 Sep 2008
SOA in Manufacturing Guidebook
Manufacturing companies are facing many new challenges today to become more flexible and agile as business models change. One technology or architecture that helps companies with this problem is called Services Oriented Architecture, or SOA.
Last updated: 24 Sep 2008
PTC Windchill 9 AIX installation guide
This guide provides step-by-step installation and configuration instructions for PTC Windchill 9 on IBM System p (IBM Power systems) IBM AIX servers.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2008
UGS Teamcenter Engineering 2007 Server installation guide
This guide provides detailed step-by-step installation and configuration instructions for a Teamcenter Engineering server for the IBM Power Systems family of servers, instructions on how to create an Oracle database for Teamcenter Engineering and the deployment of the Web application (IBM WebSphere Application Server).
Last updated: 31 Aug 2008
Automotive 2020
Setting the target at 2020 IBM explored growth strategies of the future, consumer behaviors, the evolution of the industry ecosystem, vehicle innovations, the workforce of the future and more. We challenged the 125 executives, futurists and academicians we interviewed to think beyond today's realities to the possibilities.
Last updated: 01 Aug 2008
WebSphere 6.1 installation guide for PDM applications
This document provides detailed step-by-step installation and configuration instructions for IBM WebSphere Application Server for IBM AIX 6.1.
Last updated: 31 Jul 2008
WebSphere V6.0 installation guide
This guide provides detailed step-by-step installation and configuration instructions for IBM WebSphere Application Server for the IBM System p family of systems (IBM Power Systems) for product data management (PDM) applications.
Last updated: 31 Jul 2008
Deploying IBM BladeCenter S for product lifecycle management (PLM) applications
IBM BladeCenter S is the newest chassis within the IBM BladeCenter family. The ability to put a BladeCenter server with different processor architectures in a chassis that offers integrated storage and is capable of running on 110- and 220-volt power make this an attractive and flexible offering.
Last updated: 30 Jun 2008
Realising the full scope of PLM with Business Process Management
Business Process Management (BPM) is a discipline that combines software capabilities and business expertise to accelerate process improvements and facilitate business innovation.
Last updated: 16 Jun 2008
CIMdata White Paper: Immersive Product Development
A number of business benefits accrue from the use of an IPD methodology. Foremost among these is streamlining the entire product development process from conception, through manufacturing and service, to product retirement. Within the broader context of product development there are many component benefits.
Last updated: 08 Dec 2006
IBM PLM Relational Product Development (RPD) Whitepaper
Presented within this whitepaper is a holistic RPD methodology developed by IBM, to optimise a company's PLM investment. The methodology goes beyond the enabling technologies to help create a business value that supports change and provide the tools and infrastructure needed to enable innovation.
Last updated: 10 Aug 2006
IBM Product Lifecycle Management Financial Business Case Return on Investment Whitepaper
IBM has developed a financial business case justification methodology to assist its clients in evaluating the value offered by the IBM/Dassault Systèmes PLM product suite. This methodology is being copyrighted as the IBM PLM FBC ROI© and is available as part of the IBM selling process.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2005
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