IDC Manufacturing Insights is offering a new MaturityScape platform to aid companies in developing effective "next-generation" product-lifecycle management (PLM) strategies.

Dassault Systèmes, a vendor of product design and lifecycle-management software, has launched Perfect Production.

Perception Software has released AgileXPLORER as part of Oracle Corp.'s Agile PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Engineering Collaboration Module.

While vast "smart products" opportunities are allowing many high-tech companies to grow and lower their cost of goods sold, 57 percent do not have access to reliable product genealogy information, and 72 percent believe their product data is less than 80 percent accurate.

Aras and T-Systems have jointly launched the T-Systems PLM (product lifecycle management) Cloud Platform powered by Aras Innovator.

Arena Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based software for product lifecycle management, has announced the Fall 2015 release of Arena PLM.