IBM Increases Investments In PLM

By DE Editors

By tapping into its global network of more than 2,500 product lifecycle management (PLM) service and software experts, IBM (Armonk, NY) is expanding the number of Dassault Systemes (Paris, France) PLM applications it sells to support PLM's integration as a core set of enterprise applications. The intention is to increase PLM resources and investments to help companies manage product development complexity and fine-tune global product launch operations.

IBM will sell and support Dassault Systemes’ V6, a new set of integrated PLM applications for collaborative development across all disciplines in the product introduction process. V6 offers a web-connected environment and 3D renderings of new products from systems concepts to virtual testing and manufacturing, before costs are committed to development and manufacturing.

V6 offerings for PLM affect global collaborative innovation, virtual product design, 3D virtual product documentation, and digital manufacturing. These are accomplished, respectively, via: ENOVIA, an environment for the management of business processes including product governance, global sourcing, and intellectual property lifecycle management; CATIA, a product definition and simulation offering provides product definition through mechanical and simulations systems used to predict product behavior and fine-tune product design; 3Dvia includes web-enabled offerings such as 3Dvia Composer, for use in publishing content for technical publications, manuals and work instructions, also 3DLive, which is a 3D environment to search, communicate, and collaborate on product and manufacturing data; and DELMIA, which provides a manufacturing process development and simulation environment to design and optimize production systems and processes.

In addition, IBM's PLM Centers of Excellence comprise a large global network of PLM experts where companies can identify their PLM performance levels against competitors and develop a PLM business strategy.

For more information about IBM PLM Solutions, visit IBM.

For V6 details, visit Dassault Systemes.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.