ANN ARBOR, Mich. - eTradeWire -- CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, "2025 PLM Status & Trends." The webinar will take place on Thursday, 10 July 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

This eagerly awaited annual webinar will provide insight into CIMdata's global PLM Status & Trends research survey results. The research aims to deepen the global PLM community's collective understanding of the status, drivers, and preconditions necessary for companies to derive value from their investment in PLM. Topics to be covered include spending trends, implementation focus, value perception, and processes that are enabled, to name a few. Additionally, the webinar will share some of the key potential PLM industry disruptors, including a brief review of CIMdata's Critical Dozen elements for digital transformation.

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This webinar will help attendees:

• Understand how PLM is used.
• Understand what processes are being enabled by PLM.
• Understand what drivers and preconditions are necessary to derive value from PLM.
• Understand where executives perceive value in PLM.
• Understand the main focus areas of leading companies.

According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata's President & CEO and the host for this webinar, "The global PLM Ecosystem continues to grow and evolve. In many cases, the rate of new technology introduction is increasing, along with heightened business process focus and organizations' push to digitally transform. To be successful, companies need to constantly understand and evaluate where the PLM industry is at and where it is going so that they can achieve maximum value."

Peter Bilello has over 35 years of experience developing business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has participated in PLM analysis, selection, implementation, and training; CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM implementation and management; synchronous and lean manufacturing consulting; software engineering; and general data management strategy development and support. He has authored numerous papers and research reports on PLM and related topics, and his articles, commentaries, and perspectives have appeared in publications throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

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This webinar will be useful to a broad audience, including executives, directors, and managers responsible for PLM initiatives, those responsible for digital transformation, PLM team leaders, PLM team members, PLM users, product managers, IT leadership, solution providers, and anyone else who wants to understand the trends and status of the global PLM industry.

During the webinar, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions about the topics discussed. To find out more, visit: https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/educational-webinars/plm-status-trends-2025. To register for this webinar, please visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3828947432618912347.