Agile PLM Highlights from Oracle OpenWorld 2012
- by Kerrie Foy
Thank you to
everyone who joined us at Oracle OpenWorld this year, either in person or
virtually (thanks for tweeting #oowplm)! From customer presentations to after-hours networking
opportunities, there was a lot to see and do during the entire conference.
Sessions
It was our pleasure to feature several customer speakers during our PLM
sessions at OpenWorld from such companies as Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Eli Lilly,
and many more. Each had a unique perspective to share and fascinating
insight into how they successfully leverage Agile PLM to facilitate profitable
innovation, protect brand integrity, streamline operations, manage compliance,
launch faster, etc. For example, during the Product Value Chain keynote session, CIO Chris Bedi of JDSU shared how they implemented Agile PLM to
support business imperatives around rapid innovation, centralizing product information,
collaboration, and eliminate the “Excel gymnastics” required to obtain global
portfolio visibility. In just 120 days
after implementing, JDSU employees reported significant improvements
around product record management, new product introduction, engineering
collaboration and more, which created a better work environment to enable critical
innovation. I could write on and on about the almost 20
sessions! So to spare yourselves, please visit launch.oracle.com/?plmopenworld2012; it’s
a curated selection of PLM presentations from the OpenWorld Content Catalog
and available on-demand. Enjoy!
Agile Innovation Management
During OpenWorld, we announced an exciting new addition to the Agile PLM
applications called Innovation Management that redefines the industry’s scope
of product lifecycle management. Our broad vision of complete enterprise PLM for the entire Product Value Chain already broke
new ground by helping organizations extend PLM disciplines downstream by
connecting product design to commercialization processes; now we are helping
executives look farther upstream in the early innovation phases to ultimately
close the gap between strategy and execution that so commonly nags innovation
initiatives. More on this coming soon so stay tuned!
Unique Networking Opportunities We know it can be challenging during OpenWorld to find time to
productively connect and network with your industry peers, so we hosted an
Agile PLM “Birds of a Feather” networking brunch for the second year in a
row. At a fine restaurant close to Moscone we hosted nine tables,
each with only ten seats to encourage active conversation. Furthermore,
guests could select from a list of predetermined table topics sponsored by a
specialized PLM partner to guarantee – even more so – that they were seated
with like-minded company and optimizing their time at the conference.
Everyone enjoyed the opportunity to easily connect with other PLM users during
OpenWorld in a more casual setting.
What’s Next?
Thank you again to all who joined us! If you haven't yet, mark your
calendar to join us for the next Oracle Agile PLM conference at the Value Chain Summit in
San Francisco, February 4-6 in 2013! We’ll have 40 sessions of PLM
content in four tracks. Don’t miss
it! You can sign up to be notified when
official registration opens by visiting www.oracle.com/goto/vcs.
