CIMdata Announces Schedule for the 2018 PLM Leadership Certificate Program

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Nov. 16, 2017 - PRLog -- CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces its CIMdata PLM Leadership Certificate Program schedule for 2018. The CIMdata PLM Leadership Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership—the PLM industry's most comprehensive non-biased education offering for today's PLM professionals.

The program helps prepare PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. The program is facilitated by a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and are invited to join CIMdata's global PLM Leadership community.

According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata's President, "Since the program's introduction in 2009, some 500 global PLM professionals have received their PLM Leadership certificate from CIMdata. In many ways, our program has become the de-facto global standard in PLM professional education. We are extremely excited with the program's success and we look forward to continuing to deliver this valuable program throughout much of the industrial world." John MacKrell, CIMdata's Chairman and one of the lead presenters on the program, stated, "Our 2018 schedule has been designed to address the needs of PLM professionals around the world. We look forward to providing in-depth education and helping more companies realize the benefits of PLM and its enabling technologies."

The program is built on CIMdata's over 30 years of experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. The program is appropriate for industrial companies that are considering PLM or are already implementing PLM, and to PLM solution providers. PLM Leadership Certificate Program participants may register online for either a 3-day or 5-day program. For more information on CIMdata's PLM Leadership Certificate Program visit our website at https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-certificate-program.

The CIMdata 2018 PLM Leadership Certificate Program schedule is as follows:

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – March 5-9

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – June 11-15

Boston, Massachusetts, USA – October 1-5

Santa Clara, California, USA – December 3-7