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Should your path to PLM implementation begin by organizing your data? Or does the most value derive from getting your processes enabled by PLM? Duelling analysts Jim Brown and Chad Jackson disagree. Vote for the most compelling argument. Loser suffers pain, as usual.

Dueling analysts Jim Brown and Chad Jackson disagree about the practicality of simulation in concept design. Vote for the debate winner, and watch the loser of the last debate become a moving paintball target.

Mobile Devices are a new technology platform that can make PLM data more accessible and bring new functionality. Analysts Jim Brown and Chad Jackson disagree about the future direction for mobile PLM. Be sure to cast your vote!

Today’s “Smart” products embody elements of mechanical, electrical and software design. That makes the requirements increasingly interdependent. Systems engineering is the integration of these functions into a unified design. In this episode, Chad and Jim debate whether systems engineering is ready to be integrated in the PLM system, or should stand apart using best-of-breed applications.

Small design teams face a tough choice for managing product data. Should they implement a simple document management solution? A CAD-only data management tool? Or go for something bigger that manages the BOM through to manufacturing?

Where’s the better value in CAD software? Is it in integrated suites that preserve data integrity? Or in stand-alone tools that better fit individual tasks? And why was Jim willing to take on a topic so close to the debate he lost in an earlier episode?