{"id":19961,"date":"2025-08-06T04:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/?p=19961"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:37:16","slug":"siemens-leader-2025-forrester-plm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/siemens-leader-2025-forrester-plm\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf0a Siemens named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Wave\u2122 for PLM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In its Q3 2025 evaluation of product lifecycle management (PLM) platforms for discrete manufacturers, Forrester assessed 8 vendors across 36 criteria grouped into current offering and strategy. Siemens&#8217; Teamcenter software received the highest possible scores in 11 evaluation criteria, received the highest score in the Strategy category among the evaluated vendors, and was also recognized as a Customer Favorite based on reference customer feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-860x1024.png\" alt=\"Forrester\" class=\"wp-image-20089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-860x1024.png 860w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-504x600.png 504w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-768x914.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-1291x1536.png 1291w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-1721x2048.png 1721w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025-900x1071.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/Image_Product-Lifecycle-Management-Platforms-For-Discrete-Manufacturers-Q3-2025.png 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/analyst-report-teamcenter-plm-leader-forrester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u25b6\ufe0f Explore the full Q3 2025 <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/analyst-report-teamcenter-plm-leader-forrester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Forrester <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/analyst-report-teamcenter-plm-leader-forrester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wave\u2122 report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\ud83d\udcac \u201cReference customers unanimously endorse Siemens\u2019 continuity of support, security, clear communication, customer service, and issue resolution,\u201d the report states. \u201cAll said they would buy from Siemens again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-teal-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4b8155de8b9cf45340b70d9f23aac0e3\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong>100% of reference customers said they would buy from Siemens again &#8211; a clear vote of confidence we deeply value!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"highest-possible-scores-in-11-criteria\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>&nbsp;\ud83c\udfaf<\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;Highest possible scores in 11 criteria<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Current offering<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Digital thread<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embedded software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interoperability with design tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bill of process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Materials or sourcing library integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for small batch manufacturing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for sales and marketing use cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pricing flexibility and transparency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roadmap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partner ecosystem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gray-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2ec249da8a37e6374d5bd780b27eed02\">The report also states that Siemens \u201c<a>reinforces its vision for transforming the PLM foundation of smart manufacturing with a pragmatic, transparent roadmap,\u201d and notes that \u201cSiemens\u2019 commitment to innovation pays off with many above-par capabilities.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siemens attributes this recognition to its long-standing commitment to delivering powerful, scalable and modern PLM solutions that support today\u2019s most complex engineering and manufacturing challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ud83d\udcac-siemens-comment-on-being-a-leader\"><strong><br>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>\ud83d\udcac Siemens comment on being a Leader<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to be recognized by Forrester as a Leader in PLM for discrete manufacturing,\u201d said Frances Evans, Senior Vice President, Lifecycle Collaboration Software, Siemens Digital Industries Software.<br><br>\u201cTo us, this recognition reflects our strategy to deliver modern, flexible PLM solutions through the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, and we\u2019re especially proud to see Teamcenter acknowledged as a customer favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evans emphasized the importance of customer feedback in shaping the Teamcenter portfolio:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe work closely with manufacturers across industries to ensure our technology not only supports digital transformation goals but is grounded in real-world use cases that drive measurable results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/analyst-report-teamcenter-plm-leader-forrester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u25b6\ufe0f Explore the full Q3 2025 <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/analyst-report-teamcenter-plm-leader-forrester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Forrester Wave\u2122 report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/siemens-teamcenter-plm-wave-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u25b6\ufe0f Read the official press release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/analyst-report-teamcenter-plm-leader-forrester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-600x600.png\" alt=\"Forrester PLM\" class=\"wp-image-20092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108-900x900.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Leader_184108.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ud83e\udde0-a-foundation-for-innovation\"><strong><br>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>\ud83e\udde0 A foundation for innovation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With demand growing for intelligent, cloud-based PLM, <strong>Teamcenter X delivers faster deployment, seamless upgrades, and continuous innovation &#8211; key attributes for companies embracing smart manufacturing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Forrester Wave\u2122 report notes that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cSiemens reinforces its vision for transforming the PLM foundation of smart manufacturing with a pragmatic, transparent roadmap.\u201d<\/em><br><\/strong><br><strong><em>\u201cSiemens\u2019 commitment to innovation pays off with many above-par capabilities.<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These remarks reflect the strength of Siemens\u2019 architectural decisions, including embedded AI and tools like Teamcenter Copilot that support real-world use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\ud83e\udde9-about-teamcenter\"><br>&nbsp;\ud83e\udde9 About Teamcenter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Teamcenter is a comprehensive PLM platform that helps companies manage complexity, accelerate innovation, and bring high-quality products to market faster. Teamcenter provides the digital backbone for engineering, manufacturing and compliance.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teamcenter X, the cloud-based SaaS version, offers the same deep functionality with built-in best practices, lower total cost of ownership, and faster time-to-value. Both are part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services &#8211; designed to help companies of all sizes embrace digital transformation on their own terms.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teamcenter continues to receive recognition from analyst firms and customers for its strength in areas like BOM management, systems engineering, supply chain collaboration and lifecycle data access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b862e0be5e526ed1eb46d22c5ca37528\">Read the official press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd599f91fc73978396edbe8b8e5827de\"><a><em>Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester\u2019s objectivity&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/about-us\/objectivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>here\u202f<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-teal-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-teal-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>Start fast and grow with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siemens.com\/en-us\/products\/teamcenter\/teamcenter-x-cloud-plm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teamcenter X<\/a>   |   Make smarter decisions with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI-powered PLM<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-teal-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-teal-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/teamcenter\/\" style=\"border-radius:57px;font-size:30px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Teamcenter Solutions<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/teamcenter\/trials\/\" style=\"border-radius:57px;font-size:30px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>30-day trial<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forrester names Siemens a Leader in PLM in its 2025 Wave report, recognizing top scores and Customer Favorite status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54306,"featured_media":20091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,51],"tags":[20600],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[7477],"class_list":["post-19961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-news"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/03\/Customer-Favorite_184108-sm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19961"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21530,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19961\/revisions\/21530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19961"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=19961"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=19961"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}