(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the launch of its annual PLM Status & Trends survey.

This survey, now in its sixth year, is intended for PLM practitioners with experience implementing and using PLM strategies and enabling technologies. The goal is to deepen the collective understanding of the status, drivers, and preconditions for companies to achieve value from their investment in PLM.

CIMdata wants to understand the following from respondents:
• Where your company is on its PLM journey
• Where your company is going on its PLM journey
• The business objectives that motivate your company’s PLM journey
• PLM challenges: things that may put a PLM program at risk

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