CIMdata brings the PLM industry’s premier education & training program to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from November 11 to 15, 2013. The program will be hosted by CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Alliance member Mercury Marine. CIMdata’s 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.

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program equips PLM professionals at several levels with the tools they need to successfully address the inherent challenges to PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. In addition, the program provides intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and become a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community.

“We are delighted to be partnering with Mercury Marine to bring the CIMdata PLM Certificate program to Fond du Lac. This location ensures that a wide range of PLM professionals will have the opportunity to participate in this world-class program, and provides a unique opportunity to combine the CIMdata curriculum with a series of case studies presented by members of the Mercury PLM Services team. Attendees will be able to participate in a plant tour as well, to learn firsthand how PLM is used at Mercury Marine,” said James McKinney, CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Practice Manager.

According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s President, “Since the program’s introduction in 2009, over 150 global PLM professionals have received their PLM Leadership certificate from CIMdata. In many ways, our program has become the de facto standard in PLM education. We are extremely excited with the program’s success and we look forward to delivering this valuable information throughout much of the industrial world.”

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is built on CIMdata’s 30 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 that are considering or are already implementing PLM, and to PLM solution and service providers. PLM Certificate Program participants may register online for either a 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