ANALYST REPORT - This IDC study examines the changes affecting IT equipment, software and services management, and acquisition practices, rising interest in open source software, and services trends such as outsourcing. Changes resulting from the recent economic turbulence are resulting in substantial changes to business and technology management models.
Posted: June 11, 2010 | Published: June 11, 2010


Topics:  Business Management | Capital Expenditures | Cost Benefit Analysis | eCommerce Services | Economic Environment | ERP | Financial Management | Manufacturing Systems | Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) | Product Life Cycles | Spend Management

CASE STUDY - Aerospace manufacturers are urgently pursuing cost-saving measures to deal with today’s economic realities. Safety and regulatory issues do not make it possible to simply use cheaper materials or lighter packaging. Software-based modeling is proving to be the salvation of manufacturers for delivering products at lower cost, and in less time.
Posted: June 10, 2010 | Published: June 10, 2010


Topics:  Aerospace and Defense Industry | Aerospace Systems | Analytic Applications Software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Design | Product Design | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | ROI | Simulation and Analysis Software | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides CIMdata’s perspective on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, including its motivation for use, value and future. It also describes Mentor Graphics’ FloEFD CFD analysis solution that is designed to provide product designers and engineers with direct access to CFD techniques directly in their design (CAD) environment.
Posted: June 10, 2010 | Published: June 10, 2010


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | CAD/CAM Industry | Data Center Design | Product Design | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Simulation and Analysis Software | Strategic Planning

ANALYST REPORT - The Project HealthCheck Survey 2010 explores the current project panorama in UK corporate businesses, comparing levels of project management maturity and priorities between users and non-users of PPM systems. Read this independent research study to learn more about project and portfolio management.
Posted: March 31, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - Discover how companies taking a strategic approach toward safer and greener products can successfully meet the challenges of achieving effective compliance, safety, and product stewardship in a complex regulatory world, while at the same time gaining a competitive business advantage for the future.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Published: March 15, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Globalization | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper, we will address the various drivers for the green supply chain trend, share important considerations for satisfying a green supply chain initiative of a customer or initiating your own green supply chain initiative, and discuss the role of enterprise software like ERP in keeping pace with this industry trend.
Posted: March 8, 2010 | Published: March 8, 2010


Topics:  Environmental Compliance | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Industry | Manufacturing Systems | Product Life Cycles | Supply Chain Management | Supply Chains

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews aspects of cost reduction and examines some typical financial accounting expense categories. This paper also looks at how data quality services can be applied in those examples to reduce expenses, and examines the potential for applying data quality management as a way to manage and reduce organizational expenses.
Posted: January 22, 2010 | Published: January 22, 2010


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Data Management | Data Quality | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Product Life Cycles

WHITE PAPER - If you're involved in the planning and development of products, software applications or systems, this report is for you. Learn the results of a recent industry survey - get insight on the latest trends, challenges and solutions and learn what development teams are doing to successfully plan and develop new products in a customer-driven economy.
Posted: December 8, 2009 | Published: December 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Collaboration | Collaborative Product Development | Documentation | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management