Editorial

PLM is making its way into the cloud

By Bernd Pätzold

There is movement in the market for cloud PLM. If the relevant market surveys are to be believed, PLM in or from the cloud is also enjoying growing acceptance in Germany. All leading PLM vendors now have cloud offerings of some kind, which would indicate a growing demand. Even if only a small number of companies in Germany are making use of these offerings, everyone should be giving thought to this topic since cloud PLM is an important future trend.

Agility is driving the transformation of the PLM landscape

An Interview with Ralf Waltram

BMW Group IT wants to become 100 percent agile so that it can implement IT solutions more quickly, extend them more flexibly and generate greater benefits for users. Ralf Waltram who, as VP of the BMW Group, is responsible for IT systems in vehicle development, explains what this means for the carmaker’s future PLM landscape.

Röchling Automotive: 3D PDFs improve digital information flows

Von Timo Trautmann

Digital information flows provide the basis for the fast and reliable handling of development projects. Digitalizing them, however, is no easy task for automotive suppliers with heterogeneous IT system landscapes. Röchling Automotive uses interactive 3D PDF product data sheets as the common denominator for providing users in downstream departments with digital CAD and PLM data at an early stage.

Cloud PLM is still raising many questions

By Martin Strietzel

The use of PLM functions and services from the cloud is also enjoying growing acceptance in Germany. However, many PLM users are faced with the question of whether it is worth the effort of migrating their customized PLM solutions to the cloud and, if so, how best to proceed. PROSTEP's PLM consultants are supporting them in defining a sustainable cloud PLM strategy.

PROSTEP to present the new version 9.0 of OpenDXM GlobalX

By Udo Hering

PROSTEP will be presenting the new version 9.0 of its OpenDXM GlobalX data exchange solution to a larger group of users for the first time at this year's PROSTEP TECHDAY. The event is being held 8 November 2018 at DARZ, a high-performance data center in Darmstadt, Germany. The new version of OpenDXM features a completely redesigned user interface that makes data exchange even easier, especially for occasional users.

PROSTEP provides the MEYER Group's shipyards with support for implementing their multi-CAD strategy

By Matthias Grau

Companies in the shipbuilding and offshore industries often use different CAD systems for design engineering in the steel construction and mechanical engineering sectors and need to then exchange the models between these systems. At the CADMATIC User Meeting in Turku, Finland, PROSTEP and MEYER presented the integration solution between 3DEXPERIENCE (CATIA V6) and CADMATIC, which makes it possible for the two CAD systems to coexist.

PROSTEP and DSC integrate OpenDXM GlobalX and SAP ECTR

By Udo Hering

DSC Software AG and PROSTEP AG have developed an OpenDXM GlobalX SAP ECTR integration with the aim of making data exchange as easy, secure and flexible as possible for development partners, joint ventures and suppliers. It makes it possible to exchange native CAD data, drawings and other documents directly from the SAP ECTR user interface via PROSTEP's managed file transfer solution.

New look and feel for the 3D PDF and aftersales websites

By Joachim Christ

You can find out everything that you have always wanted to know about 3D PDF technology and its various possible applications – presented in a clear and concise form – on PROSTEP's redesigned 3D PDF website. We have also created a new aftersales website to provide you with specific information about our 3D PDF-based solutions for digitalizing service processes.

Companies rely on software as a service from the Cloud

By Michael Wendenburg

The trend towards using software as a service (SaaS) from the cloud is inexorably changing the computer workplace of the future. That was the conclusion of a survey conducted by BetterCloud. The market researchers forecast that by 2020, 73 percent of companies will be using almost all their applications from the cloud. According to BetterCloud, the SaaS segment is growing faster than any other segment of the cloud market.

PROSTEP TECHDAY 2018 on 8 November at DARZ

By Peter Pfalzgraf

Those attending PROSTEP TECHDAYS 2018 can look forward to interesting customer presentations, numerous new products and a highly secure venue: The event is being held 8 November 2018 at the green, high-security IT data center DARZ in Darmstadt. The data center is located in the building that once housed the Hesse Central Bank's vaults, where the Federal State of Hesse used to store its gold and money reserves.

New white paper on digitalizing service processes

By Harald Blümel

The automated preparation and provision of spare parts catalogs, maintenance manuals and other documents provides the basis for efficient service processes and support for new, service-oriented business models. A PROSTEP white paper explains how information flows between the development, sales, technical documentation, spare parts management, after sales, and service departments can be systematically digitalized.

OpenPDM 8.5 provides support for newer PDM versions

By Udo Hering

PROSTEP has introduced the new version 8.5 of OpenPDM, which in conjunction with the appropriate OpenPDM connectors now also makes it possible to connect the latest PDM system versions such as 3DEXPERIENCE R2018x, Windchill 11.1 and Teamcenter UA 11.4. OpenPDM 8.5 also supports MongoDB, which can significantly improve performance especially in the context of migration projects.

Save the date

By Joachim Christ

Our members will be happy to provide you with information personally at the following events. We look forward to seeing you there.

Siemens PLM WORLD (RUG) Regional User Group Meeting, Detroit, MI, USA	11. October 2018
PACK EXPO International, Chicago, IL, USA	14.-17. October 2018
Siemens PLM Software 2018 Simcenter Conference – Americas, Detroit, MI, USA	15.-17. October 2018
SYSLM 2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany	17. October 2018
3DExperience Forum, Göttingen, Germany	18.-19. October 2018
Siemens PLM Connection Europe 2018, Berlin, Germany	29.-31. October 2018
JT Day 2018, Wolfsburg, Germany	05. November 2018
TdSE 2018, Berlin, Germany	05.-07. November 2018
Aras ACE 2018 Europe, Hamburg, Germany	06.-07. November 2018
PROSTEP TECHDAY, Darmstadt, Germany	08. November 2018
formnext 2018, Frankfurt, Germany	13.-16. November 2018
SIMVEC 2018, Baden Baden, Germany	20.-21. November
PTC Forum Europe, Stuttgart, Germany	28. November 2018
COExperience, New Orleans, USA	24.-27. February 2019