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PLM after 20 Years – What is the position of the IT and Service providers today?
PLM After 20 Years – Surprising Statements From Important IT Providers
Two articles have been published exclusively in this small series. One on the position of Dassault Systèmes, here Darko Sucic, Senior Director, Industry Consulting in Central Europe at Dassault Systèmes, was my interview partner. And one on the position of Siemens...
PLM after 20 years – What is the position of Siemens Digital Industries Software today?
Siemens Digital Industries Software has had a number of names. Some of them had PLM or PLM software in the center. Now the software company with headquarter in Plano, Texas, which is with more than 20.000 employees a big part of Siemens worldwide, has not only grown...
The Term PLM Was Coined 20 Years Ago – The Position Of One Of The Main Players, Dassault Systèmes, Today?
20 years is a long time in information technology. The term PLM has played an important role in industry digitalization for 20 years. During this time, managing product data centrally and increasingly using it throughout the entire lifecycle of products was, in a...
PLM After 20 Years – What Is The Position Of The Providers Today?
The term PLM for product lifecycle management has been around for around 20 years. Back then, no one talked about digitalization or digital transformation, AI was still a specialty of computer science geeks, and hardly anyone in Germany knew about IoT. Now it's all...
Digitalization in Corona Times – a Series of Interviews with Representatives of IT-Vendors
How Are Automation And Digitalization Helping In The Corona Pandemic, Mr. Helmrich?
Interview with Klaus Helmrich, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Digital Industries - August 2020 PLMportal/Die Digitalisierer: Let's start with the economic impact of the pandemic on Siemens: How many employees in which areas were or are on...
What are the most serious consequences of the pandemic, Dr. Theis?
Interview with Dr. Karsten Theis, Member of the Executive Board of PROSTEP AG, August 18, 2020 Ulrich Sendler: Dr. Theis, even before the shutdown in March, you said: "The situation can only be mastered through agility". What did you mean by that? Dr. Karsten...
What impact does the pandemic have on Dassault Systèmes and your customers, Mr. Löckel?
A conversation about winners and losers of SARS-CoV-2 Interview with Klaus Löckel, managing director Dassault Systèmes Eurocentral, in Munich-Riem, July 22, 2020 Ulrich Sendler: The Corona pandemic has drastically shown the industry how important digital...
What does Corona change for small and medium-sized companies, Mr. Schlupp?
A discussion about the consequences of the pandemic for mechanical engineering in southwest Germany Interview with Frank Schlupp, managing director of keytech Süd GmbH, on September 8, 2020, in Sulz am Neckar. Frank Schlupp (photos Sendler) is managing director of the...
PROCAD: Will everything remain different, Mr. Wawer?
A conversation with the managing directors Volker Wawer, Johann Dornbach and Gerhard Knoch in Karlsruhe Whoever talks to the PROCAD management in 2020 will feel the continuity of a successful, medium-sized IT supplier for medium-sized companies, built up over decades...
AI Compass in the Industry – Interview serie with Representatives of IT vendors
Definition: What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean?
During my research for the book "AI Compass for Decision Makers" I kept coming across the question of what is actually meant by artificial intelligence and what I understand by it. The variety of definitions is indeed broad, and it is not always easy to distinguish an...
Trustworthy AI – Ethics Guidelines of the EU Commission
Ethics and artificial intelligence? Do they go together? Hasn't it already been decided that the market alone determines what is feasible and permitted? No, because with the use of AI in industry, the question of ethics has again come to the fore. In the last two to...
AI Compass For Decision Makers
This section focuses on the use of artificial intelligence in industry. Following the spread of this technology to smartphones and in the consumer sector, AI is currently developing into an important driver of industrial innovation. Perhaps comparable to the impact of...