Sandalwood is a Professional Service provider of Project Management, Engineering, and Ergonomics solutions to the transportation and home appliance industries. Sandalwood’s clients include Ford Motor Company, Daimler, and GEA/Haier Appliances. Founded in 1989, Sandalwood has 100+ employees located in four (4) countries including the US, Canada, Mexico, and the UK.

Sandalwood is currently devoting a tremendous amount of time, effort, and money to align itself with a select number of PLM solution providers, exclusively Parametric Technologies Corporation (PTC) and Siemens. To date, these relationships have been driven by Sandalwood’s primary customer, Ford Motor Company.

Sandalwood is a Technology Partner with Siemens and has been a provider of Professional Services for the Siemens Jack and Process Simulate products for over 15 years.

Sandalwood has recently partnered with PTC to provide Professional Services for PTC’s ThingWorx and Vuforia

Sandalwood is seeking answers to the following questions:

· What is the market forecast for PLM solutions?

· What is the technological outlook for PLM solutions?

· What are the current trends for PLM solutions?

· Who else, besides Ford, uses these solutions?

· Are the companies that use Siemens and PTC members of the Fortune 500, mid-market corporations, or small businesses?

· Who else, besides Sandalwood, provides Professional Services/support for these PLM solutions?

· If you were the president/owner of Sandalwood, would you continue to partners with these platforms exclusively, or would you find other partners? If so, whom would you recommend?

Potential Data Sources:

· Gartner

· Forrester

· BCC Research

· Freedonia

· Mind Commerce

· IBIS World