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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:40:13 +0000

[...] PLM" solution announced about two years ago PLM+. I had a chance to post about them – PLM plus user experience minus complexity on demand. When Kenesto website is still under construction, you can download and read Kenesto white paper. [...]

By: Process Simplification – the next goal for PLM companies?

Process Simplification – the next goal for PLM companies? — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:38:10 +0000

[...] PLM” solution announced about two years ago PLM+. I had a chance to post about them – PLM plus user experience minus complexity on demand. When Kenesto website is still under construction, you can download and read Kenesto white paper. [...]

By: Benny Shaviv

Benny Shaviv — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:13 +0000

hi David,

Thanks for your comments and been years since we’ve spoken – hope all is well for you!

Allow me not to go into the details at this point, but only to say that we will solve the critical issues for SMBs, which all the large companies (dassault, siemens, ptc, etc) have completely failed at.

Fact of the matter is that in SMBs most PLMs run WAY over budget, WAY over time, and in many cases fail.

Its time to make PLM mainstream.

keep in touch with me and I’ll gladly update you when the time comes

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:53:29 +0000

David, Thank you for your comment. However, I don’t know. Looks like we need to wait until Benny/Guy will explain it to us .. Best, Oleg

By: David Chadwick

David Chadwick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:13 +0000

Congratulations to Guy and Benny and their team on the launch of PLM+. The website looks very professional and I like the promotion of a free trial – I think this will be very attractive for SMBs who are concerned about the cost and complexity of getting into PDM.
I wonder with a web based solution how will PLM+ capture data from multiple CAD solutions? We have found that even smaller companies, through acquisitions or when working with suppliers and customers, need to manage data in multiple CAD formats. The approach of traditional PDM vendors in developing multiple CAD integrations for their software and trying to keep everything in synch sometimes seems too complex to me for SMBs – maybe their is a more elegant solution?

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:18:36 +0000

Benny, Thank you for your comments. I agree, technologies changed, processes and people too. I think to have open industry conversation is important even if you we are competitors. So, I’m looking forward to your presentation . Best, Oleg

By: Benny Shaviv

Benny Shaviv — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:50:03 +0000

Hi Oleg,

The focus in my view is that the customer problem still exists within small & medium customers. Regardless of bold statements by all vendors, that they have SMB solutions that can work for companies of all sizes – the problem remains unsolved. Companies must have a “PLM strategy” in order to convince themselves to go through the painful process of implemeting one of the existing solutions.

We are a small company. We never had a CRM strategy, but we do have a CRM. Wasnt a question of IF we will get it, only a question of which one. This was not the case 10 years ago, things have changed.

Why should PLM be different? It shouldnt. Technology has matured, people’s mindset has matured, and the research into human-software ergonomics have also matured. Its time to make PLM mainstream.

How is PLM+ different? I’ll gladly give you the tour once we publish (actually, you could do it yourself with a free trial and give me feedback). That should be better than going through 6-12 months of benchmarking, evaluating, and negotiating, no?

p.s. – I’ll give you the personal tour even though you are working for the competition