The most recent NAFEMS SPDM Conference was held in Paris, France, in November 2017. This was an opportunity for French speakers to hear about impressive SPDM deployments led from France and to interact with expert practitioners. It followed on from the 2012 “Challenges of SDM” conference in Paris and could have been entitled “Achievements of SPDM”. Four industrial organisations; Faurecia Seating Systems, Safran Landing Gear Systems, Airbus and Valeo shared their diverse experiences of SPDM solution deployments.