Susan Zimmerlee

A marketing manager at Siemens PLM Software for Teamcenter, I have nearly 30 years of experience developing, testing, selling, implementing, and marketing Product Lifecycle Management software.

🧠 AI impact on product development – thoughts?

🧠 AI impact on product development – thoughts?

February 4, 2026
Independent CIMdata survey on AI adoption in product development, focused on real-world use cases and implementation challenges across PLM.
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What’s new in Teamcenter

What’s new in Teamcenter

January 14, 2026
Learn more about what's new in Teamcenter! Here you'll find a summary of all of the latest Teamcenter releases, with links to additional information.
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🌎 Unleash the future of PLM

🌎 Unleash the future of PLM

March 26, 2024
Teamcenter delivers the future of PLM, today The future means change. Our proven ability to adapt and move with the...
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🛑 Stop information overload

🛑 Stop information overload

December 1, 2023
Products become more complex. The amount of data to wade through multiplies. Work in context to increase productivity, reduce errors and get to market faster.
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â›… Unlock the secret behind product innovation

â›… Unlock the secret behind product innovation

September 13, 2023
Teamcenter powers product innovation - it's behind many of the products you use every day. Learn how innovative companies use PLM today.
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Teamcenter is the PLM leader

Teamcenter is the PLM leader

July 12, 2023
We take our role as the PLM leader seriously. See how customers, analysts and industry leaders prove we are the PLM leader.
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Exciting news for 2023 Teamcenter releases!

Exciting news for 2023 Teamcenter releases!

February 15, 2023
This year, we resolve to make things easier! The first step is update Teamcenter release numbers to align across Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
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Spring into Product Development Project Management

Spring into Product Development Project Management

February 21, 2019
Maybe it’s time to refresh your approach for product development project management!
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Program Management and Sporting Events: What they have in common

Program Management and Sporting Events: What they have in common

October 2, 2017
How is program management like a massive sporting event? Big sporting events can be the highlight of a season -- depending where you live and what your interests are -- it can be as ex...
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Delivering ETO products: Can you afford it?

Delivering ETO products: Can you afford it?

August 30, 2017
ETO products are becoming more and more common in today’s market. The recent Tech Clarity survey on ETO differentiation and profitability confirmed the trend that I’ve observed wherein many manufactu...
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Behind the screens of Schedule Manager in Active Workspace!

Behind the screens of Schedule Manager in Active Workspace!

August 14, 2017
Schedule Manager on Active Workspace: More than a pretty screen We heard you! It was back in the times of Teamcenter10x when a few customers told us that they would like to see performance improv...
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Schedule management and the accidental project manager

Schedule management and the accidental project manager

July 14, 2017
“Do I need schedule management?” It’s a question I hear outright sometimes. Other times, it’s implied or I can see it written on somebody’s face! Many of us never set out to get into&n...
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Change Lineage, Item Disposition and Inventory Management

Change Lineage, Item Disposition and Inventory Management

May 23, 2017
For an exclusive, inside look at Teamcenter change management, register for this webinar, "Strategies to Streamline Product Innovation with Engineering Change Management." Managing and tr...
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Next Generation PLM: Modeling Complex Products in a Complex World

Next Generation PLM: Modeling Complex Products in a Complex World

March 15, 2017
Next Generation PLM Product complexity is a reality facing most companies today. We've explored a variety of bill of materials topics to help address managing product complexity. We've been th...
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Integrated Product Definition of Things

Integrated Product Definition of Things

February 22, 2017
Previously, Ashok Krishnamurthy discussed how Moving Product Master Data Management Closer to the Innovation Epicenter can be beneficial to efficient decision making and the flow of value through the...
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PLM Project Management for the Masses

PLM Project Management for the Masses

January 23, 2017
Project management solutions inside of PLM can be very powerful. You can coordinate complex projects spanning entire product platforms that involve resources across your organization. But PLM project...
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Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Fine Tuning

Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Fine Tuning

January 16, 2017
There is a project manager in all of us. All project managers want to organize and complete projects on time with quality and within the budget. Effective project scheduling helps project managers to...
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Integrate Product Complexity Management and Decision Making

Integrate Product Complexity Management and Decision Making

January 4, 2017
Product complexity management is very challenging for many manufacturing companies. Managing product variety and its resulting complexity is crucial for the success. Variety offered to the market pla...
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Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Digging Deeper

Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Digging Deeper

December 12, 2016
There is a project manager in all of us. All project managers want to organize and complete projects on time with quality and within the budget. Effective project scheduling helps projec...
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Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Getting Started

Tips for effective Project Scheduling: Getting Started

December 5, 2016
There is a project manager in all of us. All project managers want to organize and complete projects on time with quality and within the budget. Effective project scheduling helps pro...
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The Future of ETO Software is So Bright!

The Future of ETO Software is So Bright!

November 7, 2016
I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of Engineer to Order (ETO) software.We’ve explored the power of Engineer-to-Order processes to acclerate lead times, and the importance of capturing t...
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Rethinking Product Configurator Software

Rethinking Product Configurator Software

October 5, 2016
With your current product configurator strategy, can you keep up with the variability demanded by your customers and still remain profitable? For an exclusive, inside look at Teamce...
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A Visual Product Experience: Not Just for Designers Anymore!

A Visual Product Experience: Not Just for Designers Anymore!

September 21, 2016
“A picture paints a thousand words” – whether it is the 70’s love song by Bread or an acknowledgement of people’s innate ability to process a tremendous amount of information at a glance – there is f...
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ETO w/o W-H-Y is not G-O-O-D

ETO w/o W-H-Y is not G-O-O-D

August 31, 2016
Engineer-to-Order (ETO) automation, if you’ve never seen it in action, is actually quite impressive.Capturing all of the process elements needed to bring a unique product variant to a customer...
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Deliverables-Driven Scheduling

Deliverables-Driven Scheduling

August 29, 2016
We’ve been exploring different aspects of PLM process management. From a high level look at product development process management, to more focused conversations on product change management and chan...
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Defining the Part Bill of Materials

Defining the Part Bill of Materials

August 24, 2016
We’ve been exploring bill of materials management from the perspective of configurator on PLM as well as specific discussions about guided production configuration and product variant management...
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Mastering Product Development Process Management

Mastering Product Development Process Management

June 10, 2015
Complex products mean complex data, which require a complex network of people to plan, design, develop, manufacture, deliver and support
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BOM Management: An introduction

BOM Management: An introduction

December 10, 2014
Which bill of materials management or BOM management solution is best for you?
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The low-hanging fruit of PLM: Process management and traceability

The low-hanging fruit of PLM: Process management and traceability

May 15, 2014
Could your PLM system be working harder for you?
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