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CATI loves product designers. We have a special...
CATI loves product designers. We have a special place in our heart for those product designers that live and work in the Midwest...these folks make up the majority of our customers, and their innovation and creativity make us proud every... Continue reading
Posted Mar 15, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Great news from mfrtech.com today: SMB...
Great news from mfrtech.com today: SMB Manufacturers project to grow significantly in 2013. Here on some highlights: - Sixty-eight percent of respondents expect revenues to increase in 2013 - Eighty-seven percent of companies expect capital expenditures to grow or remain... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Congratulations to Peter Fischer
SolidWorks World 2013 is in the books. For those of you that have never attended...start working on it for 2014. For those of us in the Midwest, San Diego in January is as good a place to be as anywhere.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at CATI Tech Notes
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Discussion - The role of the CIO
CATI aims to provide solutions that reduce cost and provide time and material savings for our customers. Often times, our solutions are pretty easy to justify: If it takes someone a week to design and document a product using SolidWorks... Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2012 at CATI Tech Notes
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No one wants to buy PLM…Part 11 of an infinite series
Posted Jul 24, 2012 at InFlow Technology
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Everything that 3DVia can do in less than 4 minutes
The latest release of 3DVia Composer brings with it a ton of useful capabilities, including some incredible webstore functionality. In less than 4 minutes, this video shows off nearly every example of how CATI customers are using Composer...if the music... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2012 at CATI Tech Notes
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Robot Pebbles
My daughter would argue that I have no idea what is and what is not cool. I believe, however, that THIS is really freaking cool: Researchers at MIT have hyptohesized a "smart sand," which will allow you to clone real... Continue reading
Posted Jul 11, 2012 at CATI Tech Notes
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No One Wants to Buy 2D software
For the past several years, I have been blogging on both our InFlow Technology and CATI pages about my trials and tribulations faced as a PLM sales guy. So get this...last year, SolidWorks and its parent company, Dassault Systemes, announced... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2012 at CATI Tech Notes
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DriveWorks Integration with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
I recently posted an article on our CATI Tech Notes Forum that is certainly relevant to InFlow's customers and fans (we are huge in Lisbon). http://blog.cati.com/2012/02/driveworks-integration-with-solidworks-enterprise-epdm.html Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2012 at InFlow Technology
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DriveWorks integration with SolidWorks Enterprise EPDM
Earlier this year, DriveWorks Ltd posted an article on a simple way to integrate EPDM with DriveWorks. This integration is something that our customers often inquire about...how do we manage the files that DriveWorks creates? How do we maintain an... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2012 at CATI Tech Notes
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Shout outs
...so using the term "shout out" gave me pause. I am getting to the age where my daughter tells me what is cool and what isn't, and it is too late to wake her to ask her if shout out... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2011 at CATI Tech Notes
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Product Recalls
I have the honor of attending the Dassault Systemes Customer Conference in Las Vegas this week. After making my donation to The Flamingo last night, I was well prepared for a morning filled with proudct discussions and customer testimonials. So... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2011 at CATI Tech Notes
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You sketch like a girl
This past week, CATI participated in a National Movement called "Introduce a Girl to Engineering." For the past 10 years, US universities, commercial companies, and volunteer organizations have, through individual efforts, attempted to introduce engineering concepts to young women in... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2011 at CATI Tech Notes
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Please check out my post regarding CEO optimism on...
Please check out my post regarding CEO optimism on our CATI Tech Notes Page...this should be good news for anyone that is looking to technology to improve their current processes: http://blog.cati.com/2010/12/i-saw-an-interesting-article-this-morning-on-bloomberg-citing-ceos-optimism-for-the-coming-year-one-item-of-interest-was-t.html Continue reading
Posted Dec 20, 2010 at InFlow Technology
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Near Shoring
I just saw a great article that is very encouraging for our market. It is in today's Crain's Chicago Business, and it discusses a trend called "Near Shoring." http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/multimedia?project=Chicago%20Business%20Today&title=Home%20field%20advantage#axzz17X0w9xuL Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2010 at InFlow Technology
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No one wants to buy PLM…Part 10 of an infinite series
Posted Jun 15, 2010 at InFlow Technology
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No one wants to buy PLM…Part 9 of an infinite series
Posted Apr 28, 2010 at InFlow Technology
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Cool New Website for Engineers
I posted a short article on our sister site that may be interesting to our PLM followers. Check it out: http://blog.cati.com/2010/04/cool-new-website-for-engineers.html Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2010 at InFlow Technology
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Cool New Website for Engineers
I simply wanted to share a cool new website which may be valuable for CATI's customers. The website introduction is pretty long, but the functionality on the site is very impressive. At a glance, the website demonstrates how you can... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2010 at CATI Tech Notes
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In Search of a Prius That Runs on Cooking Oil, or Product Documentation Contributes to the Smart Grid
If you root around the CAD websites these days, everyone seems to be looking to add a check to the "green" box. SolidWorks, for example, recently rolled out "Sustainability Express" in all licenses of SolidWorks. This video highlights some functionality... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2009 at CATI Tech Notes
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No one wants to buy PLM…Part 8 of an infinite series
I am a PLM sales person…and the title of this blog entry may imply that I am whining about my job. While I am not immune to the occasional emotional episode / mild tantrum, the title of this blog entry... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2009 at InFlow Technology
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Simply put...this is really cool
Having sold CAD and PLM for a number of years, I have seen some cool products. I have been on the shop floor where they built high tech weaponry, service trucks, and components so small that you had to look... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2009 at InFlow Technology
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Dassault Assures the Future of Enovia SmarTeam V5
Last week, Dassault announced that they have outsourced the development of Enovia SmarTeam to a group of PLM experts called artizone. The new company is led by Alex Zeltcer, former CEO of the SmarTeam Brand at Dassault. Essentially, Zeltcer has... Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2009 at InFlow Technology
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Do You Ship Products to the European Union?
Recently, we have had a number of customers inquire about solutions to help them comply with environmental regulations. While many of these regulations have been in place for quite a few years, the enforcement of these regulations is becoming a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2009 at InFlow Technology
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3D Viewing on your iPhone or iPod touch
Posted Sep 24, 2009 at CATI Tech Notes
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