THE PLM STATE

The PLM State: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PLM Adoption

It has been a while since my last article however, the untimely departure of author Stephen Covey has motivated me to start a 7 week series as a tribute to him. I wanted to highlight some of the best...

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Process Extension Development - Demoting a Change Order

Demoting a change with an obsolete part on the BOM of an affected item

I often go through the Agile PLM SDK group in LinkedIn. On a recent visit, someone was having an issue with obsolete parts...

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Understanding Agile File Managers

Customers new to Agile PLM may not understand how multiple file managers can work together in a distributed environment. This video will demonstrate how the Agile Distributed File Managers (DFM),...

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Agile SDK and Inversion of Control

Looking for a better way to handle configuration for your Agile PLM development projects? Make your way over to SpringSource and read up on inversion of control (IoC) or dependency injection. I was...

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Setting a List Value through Agile PLM Web Services from Microsoft .Net

If you are having trouble figuring out how to use complex data types with Agile Web services from Microsoft .Net this blog may be for you. The web services for Agile PLM are a great way of providing...

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The PLM State: Final Thoughts from SolidWorks World- A PLM-centric Take

There was a subtle shift this year when it comes to SolidWorks World. Several bloggers have commented on how much more Dassault participated this year. I mentioned this last year with the change-over...

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SolidWorks World 2012 Attendees: Why you should care about PLM in San Diego.

While sitting in my office in Portland, Oregon on yet another rainy day, dreaming of San Diego and sunshine, my thoughts suddenly turned to the real reason I am lucky enough to fly down to greener...

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Focus: The Connection Between PLM and Workplace Efficiency

This morning as I peered out onto a foggy Oregon landscape from my home office, it struck me just how far I had come from the typical American corporate workspace of my past. A far cry from the...

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What’s so difficult about Global Product Development Strategy? Let’s start with Part Numbers...

I recently read an excellent book by Kenichi Ohmae, a Japanese business strategist, called “The Invisible Continent”. Mr. Ohmae sites Cisco a few times in the book as an example of a product...

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