TriMech Enterprise
Ian - 3DEXPERIENCE
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Speaker 1: The 3D experience platform. Well, I think you can think of it as a cloud-based collaboration platform, cloud being the important thing. So people can access it from any place at any time. And it's really a place where teams can use their application to connect with each other, to help them really make better decisions and better outcomes for their business. I think our traditional customers would definitely get value out of what the 3D experience platform can offer. Certainly our SOLIDWORKS customers can connect into that and manage the files and collaborate with each other much better, but also people outside of our traditional user base. So those people in the business who may be look after purchasing or marketing or any of the other functions, if they've got access to the right data at the right time, as I've said before, it just means that they can make much better decisions faster without having to chase around for the right version of the information or the right price or the right specification sheets. So really there's a place for the platform with everyone. I think if we ask the right questions, I think we'll find some value in there. Well, I think if we look at today's environment, I mean, even today we've heard about inflation going through the roof. Companies are struggling. Everybody's just got to get more efficient. You've got to reduce the cost base, improve the quality, be able to get the products out to the market faster. So all of that has always been relevant as long as I've been involved in engineering, but never more so than at the moment. So I think the platform as a whole really makes people more competitive because they've got the right view of the right information at the right time. And I keep using this point in making better decisions faster. And that's really what it's about. If you've got the right information at the right time, you can just make better decisions. And whether you're a small company or a large company, that's absolutely critical. The way that we sell access to the 3D experience platform is through what we call roles. So rather than traditional software where you buy SOLIDWORKS or you buy Draft Sight or you buy maybe composer, some people are familiar with that. You actually buy a collection of capability based on what your job function is. So for a designer that may include some SOLIDWORKS capabilities, but it may also include capabilities around project management, project execution, change management, some of these things that our traditional users really want, but it may be something completely outside of engineering. So it's a project project planning or marketing capabilities. So the way that we sell it is subtly different. And also we sell it on a subscription basis. So people find it easy to get on board and if its if that's not what they want to get off. So if we're not tying people info for the long period with a subscription model. Traditionally, what we've sold is a point solution. So many of our customers use SOLIDWORKS as a point solution to create parts assemblies drawings, really what the, the 3d experience platform is around is expanding that. So we're not just focusing on single bits of capability. We're focusing on the collaboration around the customer, the supply chain, marketing purchasing. So the solution really is what, you know, what is the end goal? What is the end benefit to the company? Not just whether we can perform great simulations or whether we can build beautiful drawings. So the solution really is, you know, reducing time, increasing quality, reducing cost. I think it's a really interesting one. I think our traditional markets have been software sales transactional, So I think Dassault and Solid Solutions. And our other partners have been very successful in doing that over the last 25 years of the lifespan of SOLIDWORK so far. I think the move to more of a solution sale is, is critical for us and for our customers. People want us to advise them what the best practice is what our experiences are, how did they make things better, whether that's startups, medium sized companies or even large companies. So I think this move to be more of a trusted business advisor is really interesting for us. And obviously they have great value to our customers as well.