Dassault Systèmes sets up PLM Forums every year. Those forums allow our partners, VARs and Customers to connect and interact.

During plenary sessions, attendees will discover new DS strategic orientations, product releases, evolutions and more. Other sessions will be animated by partners introducing product description, customer testimony, and so on.

Ready, Steady, go!

From May 2010 to the end of the year, there will be PLM Forums in EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), Israel Forum took place in February of this year. In the coming two months no less than seven PLM Forums are scheduled, from Nordics to Italy through Germany, France and Eastern EMEA.

Nordics and Eastern EMEA on the starting blocks

The closest PLM Forum will take place in Sweden. Actually, Anthony, the PLM MarketPlace Project Leader will be there to present the program, how it works and the benefits that everybody can get from it.

Dassault Systemes' Slovenia and Czech Republic will launch the Eastern EMEA PLM Forum in the second half of May (May, 12 in Slovenia and May, 26-27 in Czech Republic). Our reseller partners Dytron, Technodat, Idiada and T-Systems will be part of the Czech PLM Forum.

Noomeo, our hardware partner providing 3D scanners and Objet, providing 3D printers, will be sponsor of all Eastern EMEA PLM Forums (Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland).

Both 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies offer low impact 3D to manufacturing technologies compared to traditional technics. If you want to understand and discuss the benefits of sustainable innovation with our partners, we will be pleased to welcome you at our PLM Forums.

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"See what you mean" is our motto here at Dassault Systèmes. This slogan refers to what our PLM solutions can do and how they can improve the user experience. But seeing is not just a matter of software. You can use the best software in the world (these can be found here ) but without a good 3D rendering, it is very difficult to “see what you mean”.

Advanced Micro Devices (aka AMD) is one of the key Dassault Systèmes' Technology Partners. Today, we are proud to announce that their ATI FirePro^TM professional graphics 3D cards family is referenced on the PLM MarketPlace. Users are now offered the possibility to ask for information about AMD's device and be connected to one of their people!

At Dassault Systèmes, we consider AMD's products as one of the key enablers to deliver the power of our software. Take a look at Fred's video in which he explains how are AMD 3D graphic cards provide accelerated performance:

Have a look at what these guys do, 3D rendering is simply amazing! Also, don't miss their new ATI FirePro^TM V8800 Professional Graphics, setting new standards.

Intercim LLC, a global leader in Manufacturing Operations Management and Operations Intelligence software, congratulates The Boeing Company and the 787 Program team for the successful test flights of the first four most advanced aircraft in the industry. Intercim thanks The Boeing Company for the opportunity of being a partner on such a unique program.

The partnership between The Boeing Company and Intercim started in 2004. At that time, Boeing chose Intercim’s Pertinence Suite powered by Velocity® as a key component of the transformational manufacturing system processes defined for the 787 program. Building an airplane is an extremely complex and highly regulated process and Boeing was looking for a solution offering flexibility and scalability. The flexibility needed to be in how the company would handle reports and also gather data. In addition, Boeing wanted a scalable solution to keep pace with the growth of the program. Intercim was selected based on its ability to support these goals.

The first flight of the Boeing B787 on 2009-12-15

Today, Pertinence Suite in the 787’s Final Assembly is an important part of the Boeing toolkit that ensures materials and tools are accounted for throughout the process and installed according to the documented plans. On the shop floor, mechanics are equipped with a tablet PC and any information is available through the wireless device for real- time visibility on the production process of the airplane. The Pertinence Suite is helping Boeing’s partners and suppliers around the globe stay on track.

Pertinence Suite helps Boeing maintain a critical communication link with its worldwide supplier base. The solution supports the program with a real time and paperless process that improves production visibility. John Todd, Intercim CEO, concludes, “The extensive use of composite materials, a global network of component and subassembly manufacturing partners makes this aircraft truly unique; Intercim is proud to support the Boeing 787 team and to be part of this program. Our congratulations to The Boeing Company!”

The 2010 European Conference of our CAA V5 Partner CD-adapco took place last 2 days in London with more than 300 attendies, a big growth compare to 2009 edition.

SIMULIA was this year the Gold Conference Exhibitor and gaining a good exposure in the Exhibition with 17 other companies.
Several contacts with existing customers and prospects from UK, France, Netherland, Denmark.
CD-adapco is partnering with SIMULIA for the Fluid-Structure Interactions  FSI  and with CATIA for STAR-CAT5 (available on PLM MarketPlace) 

Key Note Speaker for SIMULIA with examples of the collaboration between Fluid and Structure analysis have been driving lot of attention from the conference attendees.

Presentations were focused this year on growing industries, interesting domains not only for SIMULIA but also for other DS Brands:
In ENERGY sector, several papers on Oil&Gas simulation, Nuclear power simulation and Battery design & simulation (a strategic component in green initiatives)
In CONSTRUCTION, increasing demand for virtual prototypes in Civil Engineering
In Ship Building with Design Optimization
see detailed AGENDA for more information’s. All proceedings should be available in the next 2 weeks on their mini website.
(feel free to contact me if you need a specific paper)
 
Many Case studies linked to DS industry focus are also posted on CD-adapco web site. Have a look if you need examples of STAR products linked to your customers

You can also review one of their numerous recorded Webinars or Video presentations to get deeper understanding on the value of their solutions in your preferred industry.
 
Jean-Philippe

I have been at the recent LMS user conference in Munich where more than 200 experts in Engineering Simulation have gathered to discuss industry challenges and solutions.

Of course LMS has presented their rev.9 of Virtual.Lab for 3D functional performance simulation, with the stack of solutions for Acoustics, Durability & Fatigue and Motion that works seamlessly in the CATIA V5 environment. Those solutions are accessible via the PLM MarketPlace in the LMS page.

This rev.9 is packed with innovative technologies and advancements in functionalities and has received appraisal in user reviews, e.g. the one in MCAD Café. Please go there to have all the technical details, bells and whistles.

The acoustics simulation in particular seems to offer major breakthroughs in meeting industry challenges in this domain.

If you want you can enjoy my personal review from the 2 days in Munich on 3D Perspectives Blog. Here I take a look on the subject of Acoustics and Sound Design and what it means to the success of a manufacturing brand (cars and Daimler as an example).

Click on the picture to read my personal review of the event

My carry-out from the conference was that LMS showed a very strong commitment to fully grasp their customers’ needs and to help them to find answers. Dr’s Urbain Vanddeurzen, LMS CEO, and Jan Leuridan, Executive VP & CTO, stated in their plenary keynote that LMS does Technology Contributions to support development process at their customers. This is what it is. They do this within a user community of more than 100,000 engineers, with 1,000 employees at LMS and with re-invested revenue of 25% in R&D. Keep up the good work.

Click on the picture to watch the video

Feel free to ask your questions or comments regarding LMS and Virtual.Lab in the comments section or to LMS Director-Product Management Virtual.Lab Nick Tzannetakis (nick.tzannetakis@lmsintl.com) directly.

Best,
Michael

Manufacturing vaccines is a complicated business. Not just because the production process isn't simple, but also because it involves people's health. The development of vaccines requires specific controls that will determine the quality of the final patent.
First there is the selection of small amounts of virus that will be kept under "ideal" conditions, preventing the virus from becoming either stronger or weaker. 
Then there is the growing virus phase, in which the virus is placed in a "cell factory" allowing the virus cells to multiply.

During the separation phase, the virus will be separated from microscopic particles to which the viruses can attach themselves.

Sanofi goes with Intercim

The understanding of such manufacturing process is one of the key elements to master products quality and production units performances. Since 2003, Sanofi Pasteur (a division of Sanofi-aventis group) uses the Pertinence Suite solution to better understand, improve reliability and optimize industrial processes. The software solution will be used within the European and North American sites.

"Manufacture and guarantee the highest level of quality and safety for the patient and the optimum performances for the company are key objectives of process understanding. [...] The use of Pertinence Suite for understanding mechanisms which drive our complex processes is an asset to answer to this double requirement in an efficient manner."
René Labatut, VP Manufacturing of Sanofi Pasteur

With Intercim's solutions, Sanofi Pasteur can identify and set up in real-time parameters influencing the product quality and, moving forward, better control process variability. This is a recurrent challenge for the pharmaceutical industry which needs to consistently deliver vaccines on time, with a perfect traceability.

This deployment demonstrates the willingness to implement in a very operational manner the approach promoted by the regulatory bodies through the ICH Quality by Design (QbD). This approach aims at mastering manufactruring processes and efficiently sharing with the authorities the understanding of the mechanisms which drive products critical quality attributes.

 

See also what Dassault Systèmes solutions can offer the life sciences industry