Press Release: Focus on Transformation through Process Frameworks and Knowledge Reuse Drives PLM Road Map to Record Participation

Press Release

Focus on Transformation through Process Frameworks and Knowledge Reuse 
Drives PLM Road Map to Record Participation

Stamford, CT – October 6, 2005 – Collaborative Product Development 
Associates (CPDA), a leading provider of the latest in-depth objective 
information for assessing technology and business goals, held its annual 
PLM Road Map conference last week in Dearborn, Michigan, with 20% more 
attendees than the prior record set last year. 

Kicking off the conference, Roger Lundberg from DaimlerChrysler 
Corporation outlined the critical success factors in CDS, or the Chrysler 
Development System. Robert Manney from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics then 
hit the importance of serving customer requirements across the full 
product life cycle. 

The tracks featured presentations by executives from automotive, 
aerospace, and discrete manufacturing who shared lessons learned. This 
year’s PLM Road Map event focused on reference frameworks that can be used 
to drive a common understanding across silos to optimize results across 
the entire lifecycle. The Design/Simulation Council focused on the next 
steps in launching a pilot for a CAE data model. In design tools, 
knowledge reuse and up-front manufacturing requirements shared the 
limelight. Integration in general across silos, and ERP/PLM integration in 
particular, received heavy coverage. 

Donna McAleenan from Bombardier Aerospace then gave an intense and 
dramatic keynote on the realities and capabilities of their virtual 
factory – now!  Christian Vertraete from Hewlett-Packard closed the 
conference with a weighty and insightful review of the critical elements 
in managing development across the supply chain. 

The next PLM Road Map conference will be held in the fall of 2006.

PLM Road Map 2005 also featured Eye on Technology a unique forum for 
conference attendees to learn about the latest products and services 
available in the marketplace. Exhibitors included Adobe, Agile, ANSYS, 
Autodesk, 
CD-adapco, CoMeT Solutions, Enductive Solutions, Engineous Software, IBM – 
Dassault Systemes, MatrixOne, MSC.Software, PARTsolutions, Proficiency, 
RuleStream, UGS, and VISTAGY. Sponsors of the event included Aras 
Corporation, Autodesk, Federation Software, Intel, Lattice3D, Procelerate 
Technologies, and PTC.

“The success of PLM Road Map 2005 would not have been possible without the 
involvement of our collaborative research partners,�?? said Don Brown, 
CPDA’s Chairman. “I would like to thank our speakers and research partners 
for sharing their experiences of living PLM on a daily basis by showing 
how they are making the technology work, by driving efforts up front early 
in design, and by continuously incorporating cross-disciplinary knowledge 
and feedback to deliver value to the bottom-line results of their 
organizations.�??

About CPDA

CPDA provides the latest in-depth, objective information for assessing 
strategic decisions involving the tradeoffs of technology and business 
goals. Coordinated by a group of experienced analysts, its cohesive suite 
of collaborative research programs leverages the efforts of top software 
designers and leading-edge users. Specific, deep, and pragmatic analysis 
and a hands-on understanding of the technology required to drive 
successful implementations differentiates CPDA’s unique capabilities. 

CPDA’s collaborative research programs include Design Creation and 
Validation, covering authoring technology and tools, Product Value 
Management for design across the supply chain, PLM-Integration/Product 
Definition, and the Design/Simulation Council. For more information visit 
www.cpd-associates.com