CIMdata Announces Date and Location for the First European CIMdata PLM Certificate Program of 2012

Ann Arbor, MI, December 16, 2011 --(PR.com)-- CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) management consulting and research firm announces that the first European CIMdata PLM Certificate Program of 2012 will be held in Birmingham, United Kingdom from March 12 - 16. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM implementations. This assessment-based certificate program includes an intimate classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides participants with intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community.

According to James McKinney, CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Practice Manager, “We have designed our 2012 schedule to address the needs of PLM professionals throughout Europe and North America and are excited to bring the first European program of 2012 to Birmingham.”

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is built on CIMdata’s more than 28 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. The program is available to industrial companies who are considering or implementing PLM, and to PLM technology and service suppliers. PLM Certificate Program participants may register online for either the 3-day or 5-day program. For more detailed information about the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program, and how to register visit CIMdata’s website at http://www.cimdata.com/services/education/plm_certificate.html.

Contacts
James Watch
Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922
j.watch@cimdata.com
James E. McKinney
Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922
j.mckinney@cimdata.com

About CIMdata

CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM enabling technologies.

CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922. Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957.

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