Centric Software Inc., a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software for the retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods industries, has opened its first Asian office, in Shanghai, China.
Arena Solutions Inc., a vendor of cloud-based applications for product lifecycle management, has integrated Arena PLM with the electronic components information database of SiliconExpert Technologies.
Dassault Systèmes B.V., a vendor of software for product design and lifecycle management, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Quintiq, the provider of operations planning and optimization software.
Accenture has launched a service to help manufacturing clients organize, develop and manage their products and services from idea through to retirement.
Arena Solutions, a provider of cloud-based applications for product lifecycle management, has developed a new tool for discrete engineering and manufacturing.
Dassault Systèmes has extended its operations-management and intelligence applications, offered through the Delmia Apriso brand, to all mobile devices.
Over the past five years we have experienced a dramatic change in the role that manufacturing has played as part of the fabric that ties together our global economies. No longer seen as simply "black boxes" in the supply network that simply consumed materials and produced products "” manufacturing has experienced a renaissance whereby investment has returned with an expectation of continued growth into the future. In today's demand-driven reality, the role of the factory has evolved to necessitate greater flexibility and an ability to adapt to real-time sales information, resulting in better customer satisfaction, efficiency and profits.
