ANN ARBOR, Mich. - July 9, 2020 - CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, "Data Governance in the Era of Digital Transformation." The webinar will take place on Thursday, 13 August 2020, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour.

Often, digital transformation initiatives are succeeding or failing based on the robustness of corporate data. As a result, most company executives recognize the importance of Data Governance. Many of these digital initiatives are attempting to force a "data culture," trying very hard to remove the silos of data, tribal knowledge, and data quality issues. Unfortunately, many organizations focus on low hanging fruit instead of organizing a sustainable data governance structure and overall strategy.

In this era of digital, it is astounding that organizations have yet to manage their data in a way that treats it as a business asset, which is the backbone of digital transformation. Data governance continues to fall short of true ROI as organizations continue to believe it is a project, not a process that must be thought through to ensure it is sustainable. Investing in people, processes, and organizational elements have to be championed by executives to place data governance in a strong position for long-term success. This webinar offers useful guidance on this critical topic.

Attendees at this webinar will:

· Learn how data governance enables digital transformation.

· Better understand how to start a Data Governance journey.

· Learn how to gain executive "buy-in" for Data Governance.

· Find out how to manage the transformation from non-governed data assets to governed data assets.

· Be able to determine the value that will come from Data Governance.

· Learn how to leverage data governance to support an organization's digital transformation journey.

According to Janie Gurley, CIMdata's Practice Manager for Data Governance, and the host for this webinar, "As digital transformation spreads throughout the business, the need for effective Data Governance is gaining importance, benefiting every task and process where reliable data is indispensable. Today, digital transformation is one of the main drivers of the need for Data Governance. Still, many other changes are sweeping through today's successful enterprises, including fundamental shifts in the ways that products are planned, developed, marketed, and serviced."

Ms. Gurley has over 27 years of professional experience in understanding and supporting strategic business execution with broad-based expertise in product development solutions within manufacturing. Besides her responsibilities as the Data Governance Practice Manager at CIMdata, Ms. Gurley is also responsible for the management and execution of CIMdata's services delivered to PLM solution providers, including the coordination and execution of CIMdata's Community and associated solution provider strategic management consulting activities.

This webinar will be of interest to product planners and managers, PLM team leaders, PLM team members, PLM users, manufacturing engineers, field service personnel, product managers, IT leadership, solution providers, and those wanting to learn more about Data Governance.

To find out more, visit: https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/educational-webinars/webinar-data-governance-in-the-era-of-digital-transformation. To register for this webinar, please visit: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5201730539307173890.

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