THE PLM STATE

Stephen Porter

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Going Virtual with Agile PLM… Installing the Agile Stack (Part 3)

This is the third post in a series about leveraging virtualization for the purpose of hosting an Agile PLM environment. I am basing the series on a development instance of Agile PLM 9.3.0.2 that I...

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Going Virtual with Agile PLM… Provisioning and Preparing the VM (Part 2)

This is the second post in a series about leveraging virtualization for the purpose of hosting an Agile PLM environment. Given my need to work with the latest Agile PLM release (9.3.0.2), I thought I...

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Going Virtual with Agile PLM… Don’t Be Scared (Part 1)

Often as I talk to clients the subject of virtualizing their Agile PLM environment comes up and as much as they may want to embrace the technology it seems as though they are usually afraid to make a...

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PLM Perspective: What Happens When the Rubber Meets the Road?- The Perils of Applying a PLM Implementation Plan to the Real World

Last week I discussed the importance of planning when it comes to Product Lifecycle Management software implementations in my blog "PLM Implementation-No Big Red Easy Button". I wrote about how on...

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PLM Perspective: Close but no Cigar- A Review of PTC’s Website for PLM Resources

It is time to rejoin our tour of the web for PLM resources. Last week I reviewed Oracle's site and this week I will share my perspective on PTC's much improved site. Before we start to dissect the...

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PLM Perspective: Journey to the Center of the Web- PLM Vendor Websites

It's time to take a break from the exciting world of Product Lifecycle Management(PLM) pricing models and continue our series on useful PLM websites. In the previous article we discussed helpful blog...

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PLM Perspective: A Product Lifecycle Web Tour and Critique of PLM sites

If you have followed Zero Wait-State for very long you may have noticed a significant transformation of our web site over the last few months. We have become ardent believers in a term called...

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PLM Perspective: Faceoff with Facebook versus Linkedin as Engineering Collaboration Tools

As hockey season reaches its compelling peak we here in Texas are glued to our TV sets watching every moment. Okay, I have to admit Hockey in Texas is not huge although with the constant influx of...

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Reviewing Solidworks and Pro/Engineer data in Agile with AutoVue

One of the advantages the Engineering Collaboration environment offers in Agile PLM is the ability to take different data sets from various CAD tools and allow you to integrate them via the 3D CAD...

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PLM Perspective: A Brief History of Part Numbering Systems

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have changed the landscape when it comes to part numbering. Many companies are saddled with different types...

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