THE PLM STATE

The PLM State TBT: Closing the Communication Gap between IT and Executives

Welcome to this week’s TBT post, originally published in 2010.

On September 8, 1974 Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket cycle aptly named Skycycle. Between...

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The PLM State: Jumping the Fence -- Why I left the successful world of independent PLM consulting and joined an Oracle partner

After this year’s Oracle MSCE event, I was reminiscing about the Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Oracle events I participated in over the years. First the Agilities as an Agile employee,...

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The PLM State: Ground Control -- the Pros and Cons of Moving to Software Services in the Cloud

Through most of the space program, much of the computing power and control has been land-based with only critical functions being handled by onboard hardware. As computers have become more powerful,...

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The PLM State TBT: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?

Welcome to this week’s TBT post, originally published in 2010.

For some reason that I can't explain, I really like the show Top Chef. I am not sure why since the most complicated dish I can whip up...

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The PLM State TBT: Alphabet Soup- What PLM and ERP Can Learn from CRM

Welcome to this week’s TBT post, originally published in July 2010.

Oleg Shilovitsky's blog last week on Social PLM and PTC's recent announcement regarding Windchill SocialLink (Cool Blog by Erin...

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The PLM State TBT: Oracle OpenWorld 2010 - A Brave New World

Wow! I am not sure I can do justice to the Oracle Customer Appreciation Event. After seeing Fergie's wardrobe from the Black Eyed Peas, I think I finally have my flying monkey reference. She had some...

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The PLM State: Oracle’s Modern Supply Chain Experience 2017 - A rookie’s perspective into the future of Agile PLM

I was excited to learn I would be attending the Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience (MSCE) 2017 at the San Jose Convention Center. Though I’ve been in the product lifecycle management (PLM)...

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The PLM State TBT: Does Oracle actually have a heart?

For this week's TBT post, I'm continuing my Wizard of Oz series, which captured my thoughts on OpenWorld back in 2010.

We covered the Scarecrow in my blog titled "It looks like Agile Engineering...

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The PLM State: To The Cloud Or Not To The Cloud, That Is The Question.

Recently, I’ve attended two Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) events and talked with many customers about their 2017 plans, and carving a path to the cloud is a common theme. And yes, this is not...

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The PLM State: MSCE 2017, All is Well. Remain Calm.

Another Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience (MSCE) Conference has come and gone. For some reason, as I attended the conference, I kept having flashes of Kevin Bacon in Animal House trying to calm...

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