WhichPLM Editorial Review – 4 May 2012
In this instalment of his weekly column, our Editor, Ben Hanson rounds up the best of WhichPLM from the past seven days. With exclusive interviews, detailed event reporting and more featuring over the coming weeks (along with the latest news and developments from around the world), WhichPLM remains the premiere online destination for news, opinion and insight relating to product development for the fashion industry.


In the latest of a series of expansions to its software solutions business, Gerber Technology will this week announce the appointment of Peter Bambridge to a new role. Bambridge was formerly Director of Software Solutions for Northern Europe, and his new role sees him promoted to head of Global Business Development within Gerber Technology.
(STUTTGART, Germany & VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France – May 02, 2012) Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D design, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced its ongoing commitment to PLM openness by continuing to support the next phases of the Codex of PLM Openness (CPO), an initiative driven by automotive OEMs, suppliers and the ProSTEP iViP association.
(ANDOVER, Mass. and Munich, Germany – May 1, 2012) Aras®, the leading enterprise open source Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solution provider, today announced that the company is a signatory member of the Codex of PLM Openness (CPO) and has posted a public statement about its commitment to openness on its website.
(New York, NY – May 1, 2012) Computer Generated Solutions (CGS), a leading global provider of technology solutions, announced today the conclusion of their 10th annual INSIGHT 2012 customer conference at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. This year’s event (April 22-25) connected CGS customers and industry experts for an exchange of strategies, solutions, and ideas.
(TOLLAND, Conn., USA, April 26, 2012 ) Gerber Technology, inventor of the first automated cutting system more than 40 years ago, has installed its 10,000th GERBERcutter. Theory, a New York-based men’s and women’s contemporary fashion company, purchased the milestone cutter – a GERBERcutter® GTxL, which is the second such system in operation at Theory’s headquarters and design center in New York City.

In the first instalment of a fascinating, brand-new series, business process expert Kilara Le examines the place of Core PLM in the product lifecycle, and looks at how integration with a growing number of supporting solutions (those that we describe as E-PLM, and that take in everything from CAD/CAM to merchandise planning) has become such a vital part of many implementations.










