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In today’s guest post, integration and migration specialist, Kevin Ryder, shares his advice on what to know in order to have a successful PLM project. Today’s piece is the first instalment of a three-part series around this topic – each piece picking up where the last left off. Having worked in the PLM sector for […]

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Conversations: Christopher Birk, Barner

25th October 2017 Lydia Mageean

Just last week, Christopher Birk (pictured above, left), Business Development Manager & Co-Founder of Barner, spoke keenly with us about his brand’s (very) new launch. Barner provides non-spectacle wearers (as well as an option for prescription wearers) with high quality eyewear to protect their eyes from harmful blue light – giving customers better sleep and […]

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Dassault Systèmes: Create delightful consumer experiences through social ideation

23rd October 2017 Lydia Mageean

This guest advertorial from Dassault Systèmes explores the importance of brands socializing with their markets in order to get ahead of the competition, ahead of consumer demand, and to forge new ideas through collaboration. Dassault Systèmes explains just how to do this by leveraging their technology suite.

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The Future of Supply Chain Transparency: PLM meets the IoT and Blockchain

20th October 2017 Mark Harrop

In his latest digital exploration, WhichPLM’s own Mark Harrop shares his thoughts on blockchain, the IoT, PLM, and the consumer as each relates to the modern supply chain. Since PLM entered the retail, footwear and apparel (RFA) industry around the turn of the millennium, I have to admit that I’m disappointed at the lack of […]

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Building a Vision & Business Case for a PLM Implementation

18th October 2017 Lydia Mageean

In their fourth guest article for WhichPLM, the team at Manner Solutions explores the value in creating a business case for a PLM implementation. Michael S. Robinson and his colleagues, Amy Hockenbrock and Erin Muller, share their first-hand Change Management and PLM experience in developing vision statements and engaging stakeholders to join the PLM transformation […]

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3D: Lost in Vis/rtualisation

16th October 2017 Evridiki Papahristou

In her fourth featured article with us, resident Expert Dr Evridiki Papahristou explores the changing fashion market, and the confusion in the 3D virtual prototype technology field. Evridiki is a devoted fashion engineer with a research focus in the effective integration of 3D virtual prototype in the apparel industry, and sits on our Expert panel in implementing and […]

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Metadata, Data and Big Data; how XMP can bring it all together

13th October 2017 Lydia Mageean

In his first guest blog for 2017, Dan Hudson – President of E-Spec and long-time contributor to WhichPLM – breaks down the various datum in our industry. For those looking to wade through this territory, this is a great guide.

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Conversations: Liron Slonimsky-Shemy, Awear

12th October 2017 Lydia Mageean

Earlier this year, Liron Slonimsky-Shemy, Co-founder & CEO of Awear, took some time out of her busy schedule to chat to our Editor, Lydia Hanson. Liron (with a background in scriptwriting) and Lydia (from the theatrical, creative world) spoke passionately about two industries: the entertainment world [the majority of which has been omitted from this […]

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Design by Social

10th October 2017 Lydia Mageean

In her latest exclusive for WhichPLM, Lucy Royle discusses the digital-social way of working that is becoming the norm in the fashion sector. She explores how socially-oriented PLM platforms are helping designers (and other key role owners) to quickly create fashion collections with the consumer very much in mind.