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      <title><![CDATA[ProveIt! 2026 — Key Learnings]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[ProveIt! is the 4.0 Solutions / Walker Reynold's annual industrial operations conference. This year it drew 51 software vendor sponsors and hundreds of manufacturers to Dallas for five days of live demos, keynotes, and honest conversation about what's actually working on the factory floor. I stayed ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[From Suite-Centric to Thread-Centric PLM]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:59:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Executive Summary  PLM isn’t broken. The suite-centric architecture is.  Keep PLM Core as the System of Record for what must be governed (BOM/configuration, change, lifecycle state). Then modernize the stack around it:   * Data Contract + Governance: semantics, access rules, lineage, quality  * MCP ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Generation: 30+ Startups Proving PLM Disruption Is Real]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years after MatrixOne, Arena, and Aras proved you could build PLM without owning CAD, a new wave of startups is attacking the same market—but with cloud-native architectures, AI copilots, and a focus on speed over customization[1][2][3]. This isn't just mid-market disruption anymore. Som]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The PLM Challengers: Cloud Natives, Open Platforms, and the Ones That Got Away]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[By the early 2000s, PLM was dominated by vendors with deep CAD roots—PTC, UGS/Siemens, and Dassault Systèmes. But a different breed of players emerged around the same time, building PLM without owning a flagship CAD system. They bet on cloud, open architectures, and flexibility long before those wer]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[From SmarTeam to 3DEXPERIENCE: How Dassault Systèmes Redefined PLM as a Business Platform]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:59:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While PTC and Siemens built PLM by extending engineering-centric PDM, Dassault Systèmes took a fundamentally different path: it started with CATIA's dominance in aerospace and automotive, acquired the building blocks for a multi-tier PLM portfolio, faced a major architectural setback, pivoted brilli]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[From IMAN to Teamcenter: How Siemens Built the Industry's Most Comprehensive PLM Platform]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[By the early 2000s, two powerful but incompatible PDM systems dominated different corners of manufacturing: UGS's IMAN ruled assembly-heavy industries like automotive and aerospace, while SDRC's Metaphase served discrete manufacturing and mid-market customers. What happened next—a merger, strategic ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[From PDM to PLM: How PTC Evolved Windchill into the Enterprise Backbone]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:42:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[When Pro/INTRALINK reached the limits of engineering-centric PDM in the late 1990s, PTC made a strategic bet that would reshape its future and the PLM market: acquiring an upstart company called Windchill Technology and transforming it from an internet-based collaboration tool into the foundation of]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PLM History 101: PDM (Part 6) - Toward PLM and the Digital Thread]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:10:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From the 1980s to the 2000s, we see PDM evolving from simple file control into something much more ambitious. By the early 2000s, the distinction between PDM (managing CAD data) and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) started to blur. The systems from PTC, UGS/Siemens, Dassault, and others were expan]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[History 101: PDM (Part 5) - Dassault Systèmes VPM V5, CATIA V5, and SmarTeam in the 2000s]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:08:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While VPM V5 targeted the high end (large enterprises with CATIA V5), Dassault also had a mid-market strategy. In early 1999, they acquired a 75% stake in an Israeli company called Smart Solutions, whose product SmarTeam was a more affordable, department-level PDM. Initially, SmarTeam was positioned]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PLM History 101: PDM (Part 4) Mid-Market Solutions: SolidWorks PDM and Autodesk Vault (2000s)]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As PDM capabilities matured at the high end, they also trickled down to the mid-market CAD world in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many smaller companies using CAD now faced similar challenges managing assemblies and revisions, albeit on a smaller scale. Two representative examples are SolidWorks a]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PLM History 101: PDM (Part 3) IBM’s ProductManager and Dassault’s VPM: The CATIA Journey]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:03:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[No discussion of 1990s PDM would be complete without IBM and Dassault Systèmes, the team behind CATIA. CATIA was a dominant CAD system in aerospace and automotive, known for handling massive assemblies (airplanes, for instance!). In the early ’90s CATIA (then in Version 4) had basic assembly managem]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PLM History 101: PDM (Part 2) Evolution of Assembly Modeling into PDM Systems - Unigraphics (1990s–2000s)]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[UGS iMAN: Distributed Assembly Management (Late 1990s)  In parallel with PTC’s efforts, Unigraphics Solutions (UGS) – the company behind Unigraphics (later NX) CAD – was forging its own path in PDM. UGS introduced a system called iMAN, short for “Information Manager,” in the mid-1990s. From the star]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[PLM History 101: PDM (Part 1) - Evolution of Assembly Modeling into PDM Systems - PTC (1980s–1990s)]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:22:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Early CAD Assemblies and the Rise of Data Management (1980s)  In the 1980s, CAD software began to support 3D assemblies, but managing the many files and relationships of a complex product was largely a manual or ad-hoc process. Engineers often relied on naming conventions and printed BOMs to track w]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Polygons to Perfection: The Math and Engineering Power of SubD Modeling]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:46:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A funny thing happens when you zoom out far enough on the history of CAD:  every few decades, the mathematics behind geometry quietly change — and suddenly, an entirely new design vocabulary opens up.  The 1980s brought solids and Booleans.  The 1990s perfected NURBS and parametrics.  And the 2020s?]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zen and the Art of PLM Customization: Aras Innovator in 2025]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 21:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In one of my favorite books, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, author Robert Pirsig described how tinkering with his motorcycle led him to deeper philosophical insights and a sense of zen. In the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) world, “tinkering” or heavy customization has traditionally ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Shenzhen and Seoul to Tel Aviv: CAD/PLM’s Other Epicenters]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:03:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[After tracing PLM’s evolution in the United States and Europe, it would be easy to imagine the story as complete — a tale dominated by the Boston Route 128 corridor, Silicon Valley, Stuttgart, and Paris. Yet that would ignore an equally compelling truth: CAD and PLM are not Western monopolies. Acros]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The European PLM Revolution: From Parisian Vision to Global Manufacturing Transformation]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:26:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While Silicon Valley birthed the personal computer and Boston’s Route 128 pioneered CAD innovation, Europe’s contribution to Product Lifecycle Management tells a fundamentally different story—one of manufacturing heritage meeting digital transformation.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 15 - The Kernel Wars: A Modern Perspective]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Kernel Wars: A Modern Perspective  Today's CAD landscape is defined by a complex ecosystem of geometric kernels and constraint solvers, each representing different strategic approaches. To better understand it, let's first look at the history of the various platforms:  Fun fact: I was born in 19]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 14 - Cross-Kernel Synergies: The Integration Imperative]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:54:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The future of engineering software lies not in the dominance of individual kernels but in their seamless integration. The boundaries between CAD, CAM, and CAE are dissolving as products become more complex and development cycles compress.  The Data Handshake Challenge ISO 10303 (STEP) was supposed t]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 13 - CAE Wars: Simulation Eating the Physical World]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:53:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Reality Engine  In 1941, Alexander Hrennikoff published a paper that would reshape human civilization. Working at MIT, the structural engineer proposed dividing complex structures into simple elements, solving each element's behavior, then assembling the results into a complete solution. He call]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 12 - CAM Wars: The Machinist's Digital Shadow]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:52:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Translation Engine  The story of Computer-Aided Manufacturing is fundamentally about translation—converting the perfect mathematical surfaces of CAD models into the messy reality of cutting forces, tool deflection, and heat management. It's the bridge between digital dreams and physical products]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 11 - CAD Wars]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Chapter X: The CAD Kernel Revolution - From Drafting Tables to Digital Twins   The Geometry Engine  The fluorescent lights hummed overhead in General Motors' Warren Technical Center as Chuck Eastman hunched over his terminal in 1973, wrestling with what would become the most expensive software mista]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 10 - How MCAD and Computer Graphics Drove Each Other: A Story of Mutual Acceleration]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Before we wrap up the Kernel Wars, I thought it would be good to look at the hardware side of the trench warfare fought between companies we discussed such as Silicon Graphics. Here is the story of graphics adapters and AI, their unlikely beneficiary of the 21st century!]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 9 - The Evolution of Graphics APIs]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:45:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Evolution of Graphics APIs   Graphics APIs have been the unsung heroes of the Kernel Wars, serving as the critical bridge between surfacing algorithms and visual output. These interfaces translated mathematical constructs like Bézier surfaces and NURBS into renderable forms, powering CAD, visual]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 8 - The Evolution of Surfacing Technologies — People, Companies, and the Creative Machines Behind the Magic]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:43:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Equally important in the evolution of the Kernel Wars, the battle for controlling surfaces - and ultimately the automotive body industry as well as the nascent Hollywood Special Effects industry, is the history of surfacing technology. It is not only a tale of mathematical innovation—it is one of br]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Test Math]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:33:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Here is inline math: ( e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0 )  Here is block math:  $$ \int_a^b f(x), dx = F(b) - F(a) $$]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 7 - The Computational Alchemy: How Graphics Mathematics Forged the AI Age]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I have been at pains to prove that all this MCAD history is relevant to us today because the problems it solved were found to be analogous to those required for advancing artificial intelligence. The full mathematical story below. ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 6 - From Parametric Roots to Direct Evolution: The Rise of Hybrid Modeling in CAD Kernels]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:18:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[At the beginning there was only direct modeling on solids. PTC changed the game with parametric modeling when they launched Pro/ENGINEER, but then CATIA V5 was the first to achieve the best of both worlds. What follows in an explanation of what these terms mean and where the MCAD industry is headed.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 5 - Cautionary Tales in CAD: When Tech Isn’t Enough]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes vendors approached the market haphazardly or did not see a technological shift, and sometimes they were too lazy to fix their bugs. This is the story of three dead ends in the history of MCAD.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 4 - Solid Edge versus SolidWorks: Two Different (but similar) Paths to Parasolid]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:11:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[At the advent of Microsoft Windows stood Jim Meadlock of Intergraph and Jon Hirschtick of Winchester Design (later SolidWorks) that saw the writing on the wall for the death of UNIX workstations. This is the story of how they got there and their very different fates afterwards.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 3 - Proprietary versus Licensed Kernels]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:08:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Development of graphics kernels is pretty hard are we'll see a little later, so not everyone could afford to build their own. This is the story of a few that were modular and usable by other applications and some that stayed proprietary to their original company.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 3 - The Cambridge Connection: Foundations of Modern CAD]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:03:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The origins of modern CAD technology come from the laboratories of computer science at the University of Cambridge. Let's explore the story.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chapter 1: Graphics Kernel Anatomy 101]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A graphics kernel is the unsung hero of CAD systems, managing the rendering and manipulation of graphical elements. This chapter explains the DNA of MCAD applications.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Kernel Wars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fino Post Index for SharePLMSummit 2025]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/shareplmsummit-2025</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[inaugural #SharePLMSummit in the superb Bodegas Fundador in (very) sunny Jerez, Spain. It is hard to do a final post, but here is a helpful index listed chronologically according to the agenda ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Conference Recaps</category>
      <category>Industry Analysis</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Great PLM Murder Mystery by Rob Ferrone's Shakespearean Players]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/the-great-plm-murder-mystery-by-rob-ferrones-shakespearean-players</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[How Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol Are Uniting the Digital Enterprise]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/agentic-ai-plm-6</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite decades of digital transformation, most organizations still struggle to connect their Systems of Engagement (where people interact), Systems of Record (where data is stored), and Systems of Insight (where intelligence is created).]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Agentic AI</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bill of Information: Beyond Bill of Materials in the Digital Thread Era]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/agentic-ai-plm-5</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While most manufacturers are familiar with the Bill of Materials (BOM) concept, there’s growing interest in more comprehensive frameworks like the Bill of Information.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Agentic AI</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Future of PLM S01E02: Asset Lifecycle Management]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/the-futhr</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Transforming Engineering Workflows: Agentic AI and MCPs Address Daily PLM Challenges in 5 Use Cases]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/agentic-ai-plm-4</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 12:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[delve into the Agentic AI use cases in the context of PLM, providing more detail on the pieces and parts, the AI's role, the system interactions, and how the sources discuss dealing with issues. Here are five key PLM-related use cases discussed, integrating the details provided across the sources.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Agentic AI</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Silicon to Systems: The Wild West Coast's Transformation of PLM]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/silicon-to-systems</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From San Diego to Seattle, West Coast innovators infused PLM with computing breakthroughs, consumer-focused design thinking, and eventually, cloud transformation that would reshape how the entire world approaches product development.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>History of PLM</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Future of PLM S01E01: Digital Threads as a Service - Ideation to Engineering]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/the-future-of-plm-digital-threads-as-a-service</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Between the Coasts: The Untold Story: How America's Heartland Shaped CAD and PLM Evolution]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/between-the-coasts</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The central United States—spanning from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast and from the Appalachians to the Rockies—has been home to pioneering companies and visionaries who fundamentally transformed how products are designed, engineered, and manufactured. ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>History of PLM</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boston's Hidden Legacy: How the 128 Tech Corridor Became a CAD/PLM Powerhouse]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/bostons-hidden-legacy-how-the-128-tech-corridor-became-a-cad-plm-powerhouse</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software has a surprising epicenter: Boston's Route 128, home to many PLM and engineering software giants. ]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>History of PLM</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fino Post Index from Aras ACE 2025]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/fino-post-index-from-aras-ace-2025</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[#ArasACE2025 was a fantastic few days in Boston where I got to learn about the Aras Corporation vision, hear from their customers, but especially interview some of the PLM Hall of Fame members such as Peter Schroer, Jim Cashman, Tony Affuso, Martin Eigner, and Peter Billelo amoung many, many others.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Conference Recaps</category>
      <category>#Industry-Analysis</category>
      <category>Industry Analysis</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Index of My Summaries from Capgemini Engineering Horizons Conference 2025]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/capgemini-ehc-2025</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Index of My Summaries from Capgemini Engineering Horizons Conference 2025]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Conference Recaps</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Future Horizons: Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Autonomous Systems in Manufacturing PLM]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/agentic-ai-plm-3</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Building on our previous analysis of current PLM implementation challenges, we project a technological trajectory for the next 3-5 years, identifying key inflection points, technical prerequisites, and strategic implementation pathways.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Agentic AI</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bridging the Gap: Making Agentic AI Practical in Today's PLM Reality]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/agentic-ai-plm-2</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[While the vision of AI agents orchestrating a seamless digital thread across enterprise systems is compelling, several readers rightfully pointed out that many organizations are still struggling with fundamental PLM implementation challenges.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Agentic AI</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Agentic AI Revolution: Reimagining PLM as a Flexible Microservices Ecosystem]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/agentic-ai-plm-1</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Just as we've moved from talking about "Big Data" and "IoT" to "Digital Twin" and "Digital Thread" in recent years, we're now witnessing another transformation with "Agentic AI" taking center stage.]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>Agentic AI</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Demystifying Digital Twins Infographic]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/demystifying-digital-twins-infographic</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Demystifying Digital Twins]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
      <category>PLM Technology</category>
      <category>Data and Digital Transformation Infographics</category>
      <category>Industry Analysis</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dassault Systemes History HD]]></title>
      <link>https://demystifyingplm.com/high-res-ds</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2025 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Short History of DS - 2025 EditionShort History of DS - 2025 Edition.png16 MBdownload-circle]]></description>
      <author>Michael Finocchiaro</author>
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