Press reports September 2002 deal with EDM/PDM
Boston, Mass., September, 26,
2002 -
The biggest risk for users approaching a Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) strategy today is to bet on a foundation
that cannot be well mapped to the needs of their industry.
Although PLM vendors exhibit similar levels of functionality,
their industry-specific nature makes vendor selection
risky. The AMR Research Report, “Product Lifecycle Management:
What’s Real Now,” serves as a guide to help companies
use domain knowledge, technology, and reference strength
to differentiate vendors. The report also serves as the
launch pad for AMR Research’s new PLM Service, which will
help companies manage the process of bringing a product
to market and continuously improving it through retirement.
The goal of PLM is to improve communication between factions
of a company that are often at odds with each other, including
manufacturing, engineering, design, purchasing, sales,
and marketing. To reach this goal, the foundation of a
company’s PLM strategy must be based on a flexible Product
Data Management (PDM) platform that supports core customer
value and addresses three critical technology challenges:
Business Process Modeling, Data Architecture, and Scalability.
http://www.amrresearch.com
Santa Ana, CA, September
24, 2002 -
MSC.Software Corp. (NYSE: MNS), the leading global provider
of simulation software, services and systems, today announced
that Warren, Ohio-based Ajax Magnathermic, a subsidiary
of Park Ohio (NASD: PKOH), has utilized a SmarTeam Product
Data Management (PDM) system and integration services
from MSC.Software.
SmarTeam, developed by SmarTeam Corporation, a member
of the Dassault Systemes S.A. group of companies (NASDAQ:
DASTY), is a PDM system that enables businesses to gain
improvements in product quality, reduce costs, expedite
project turnaround, comply with industry standards and
shorten time-to-market by making product-related information
to be available to anyone in an organization who needs
it. According to market research firm Daratech, the market
for PDM systems is estimated at $1.7 billion in 2002 and
is growing at an annual rate of 10%.
http://www.smarteam.com
Westford, Mass,
September 24, 2002 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading provider of
collaborative product lifecycle management solutions for
the value chain™, today announced that Oceaneering International,
Inc. (NYSE: OII), a leading provider of engineered products
and services for customers who operate in marine, space,
and other harsh environments, has selected the MatrixOne
PLM solution to facilitate their Engineer-to-Order (ETO)
initiative for product and process collaboration.
Oceaneering will implement MatrixOne's eMatrix™ product
collaboration platform and Value Chain Portfolio™ applications
including MatrixOne Engineering Central™, MatrixOne DocuManagement
Central™, MatrixOne Team Central™, MatrixOne Supplier
Central™, and MatrixOne Sourcing Central™.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Karlsruhe, Germany, September
23, 2002 -
In August 2002, the document management system PRO*FILE
of PROCAD has been certified by the SAP AG, Walldorf /
Germany, for its interface with SAP ArchiveLink 4.5.
Consequently PRO*FILE met all requirements demanded for
the ‘http Content Server Interface (BC-HCS)’, Bar-Code
BAPI and OLE 2.0 Automation. In the course of the certification
procedure the existing module PRO*FILE ASLink for SAP
ArchiveLink 3.1 has been fundamentally revised and adapted
to new technological aspects of SAP ArchiveLink 4.5 and
4.6.
http://www.procad.de
Needham, Mass., September, 19,
2002 -
PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC), the product development company™,
today spotlighted the PTC® product lifecycle management
(PLM) deployment at DCN, Europe’s largest military shipyard
and naval systems manufacturer. PTC’s technology supports
DCN’s product development environment. DCN has invested
over $12 million in PTC’s PLM software and services over
the past six years. This latest implementation underscores
PTC's strength in providing leading PLM solutions to the
shipbuilding industry. DCN has standardized on PTC’s PLM
solutions for the design and production of its surface
and submarine vessels as well as for its maintenance,
repair & overhaul (MRO) activities.
DCN is one of the most advanced shipyards in the world
and has been extremely successful in implementing PTC’s
PLM solutions, making it the first shipyard in Europe
to deliver a fully digitally designed frigate. PTC's PLM
solutions have led to significant reductions in program
costs, while ensuring an improved access, visualization
and control over product information. This gives DCN a
strategic advantage over its competition.
http://www.ptc.com
Las Vegas, NV, September
13, 2002 -
This week, at the 2002 Autodesk One Team Conference, Cyco
Software, a global software leader dedicated to providing
industry-focused ERP business process integration and
CAD productivity solutions, announced the release of AutoManager
TeamWork for the Autodesk Inventor Series.
This special version of Cyco’s award-winning workgroup
EDM solution incorporates unique capabilities that will
facilitate easier and more practical control of Inventor
3D designs, boosting design speed and enabling efficient
product lifecycle management.
http://www.cyco.com
London, September 10, 2002
-
EDS today announced the implementation by Messier-Dowty
of EDS’ Teamcenter Enterprise product lifecycle management
(PLM) software to provide more than 350 engineers at the
aircraft landing gear manufacturer’s United Kingdom (UK)
facilities with ready access to up-to-date product information.
Messier-Dowty is the world leader in the design, development,
manufacture and support of aircraft landing gear systems.
In addition to its facilities in Gloucester in the UK,
the company has operations in other parts of Europe, North
America and Asia.
Under the software and services contract, terms of which
were not disclosed, EDS PLM Solutions has supplied and
implemented the Teamcenter Enterprise collaboration foundation
and Part Family Manager (PFM) software modules from its
Teamcenter product lifecycle management and collaboration
software suite. The contract also calls for ongoing software
support services.
Intended to replace a number of existing, disparate data
management systems currently in use at Messier-Dowty,
Teamcenter Enterprise will eventually be used to support
configuration management and change control during the
product development process. However, in phase 1 of the
system roll-out it provides view-only access to design
information generated on Messier-Dowty’s CAD/CAM system.
In later phases of its implementation, Teamcenter Enterprise
will be interfaced to Catia and other authoring systems
to provide integrated control of the product development
process.
http://www.eds.com
London, September 10, 2002 -
EDS today announced a contract with the UK-based team
responsible for the design and development of sections
of the fuselage of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) -- the
next-generation fighter aircraft currently being developed
for the United States Department of Defence, the UK Ministry
of Defence and other nations by a multi-national team
led by Lockheed Martin.
The contract, terms of which were not disclosed, represents
Phase 2 of an Information Technology (IT) systems development
programme designed to enable the UK-based JSF design team
at BAE Systems’ Warton and Salmesbury sites to collaborate
effectively with its other JSF Program partners around
the world. Phase 1 of the programme saw the implementation
of EDS’ Teamcenter Enterprise product lifecycle management
(PLM) software to manage and provide secure access to
the JSF Program common product information database.
Now, in Phase 2, EDS is to provide and implement software
to integrate design data from the UK team’s CAD/CAM system
into the Teamcenter-enabled JSF product database. Initially
this will support around 150 concurrent Catia users in
the UK but this figure is expected to grow to some 500
users, including non-CAD users, by the end of the year.
http://www.eds.com
Needham, Mass., September,
10, 2002 -
PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC), the product development company™,
today announced it has received an order for more than
$1 million in Windchill® and Pro/ENGINEER® software from
Compal Electronics, Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers
of computer notebooks and high quality monitor products.
As Compal steadily expands into the communication appliance
industry, the company, headquartered in Taiwan, expects
to leverage Windchill® and Pro/ENGINEER® to optimize its
product development process, speed time-to-market, and
improve product information control and access. The software
was shipped in PTC's third fiscal quarter (ended June
29, 2002).
http://www.ptc.com
Waltham, Mass., September
09, 2002 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today announced that REMP
AG, a leading provider of laboratory automation equipment,
has selected Eigner as its PLM solution.
An engineering company specializing in supplying laboratory
robotics for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry,
REMP AG finds itself growing at an enormous rate. In order
to keep pace with its increased number of customer orders,
REMP needed a solution to help manage its internal engineering
information. Key to the success of the REMP benchmark
was the solution’s ability to be deployed in quick phases,
ensuring shorter time to ROI and to provide a path for
future growth.
http://www.eigner.com
Burlington, Mass., September
09, 2002 -
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) (NASDAQ: WKGP),
a leading provider of collaborative product data management
(PDM) software solutions, today announced that Kollsman,
Inc. is gaining time-to-market advantage through use of
WTC's ProductCenter collaborative PDM solution. Since
recently being deployed enterprise-wide at Kollsman, WTC
ProductCenter has delivered time-to-market advantages
on several recent product development programs, including
programs for Kollsman's advanced Enhanced Vision Systems,
Digital Air Data Test Sets, and Digital Altimetry systems.
In addition to the core WTC ProductCenter PDM application,
all three of these programs utilized WTC's ProductCenter™
Pro/ENGINEER Integrator, WTC ProductCenter™ Workflow,
and WTC ProductCenter™ GenView add-on products.
http://www.workgroup.com
Turin, Italy, September
05, 2002 -
FINCAD, PDM/EDM Solutions (www.fincad.it) announced today
that a PRO*FILE PDM licenses extension contract has been
signed by MARCHESINI Group S.p.A. (www.marchesini.com),
the worldwide operating italian producer of automatic
packaging machinery for food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical
industries. MARCHESINI Group, with this contract, has
reached 100 integration licenses of PRO*FILE, the Enterprise
PDM developed by PROCAD (www.procad.de/procadinc), with
the PTC CAD system Pro/ENGINEER.
http://www.procad.de
Kfar Saba, Israel, September
03, 2002 -
SmarTeam Corporation Ltd., a Dassault Systemes company
(Nasdaq:DASTY) and leading provider of innovative Product
Lifecycle Collaboration solutions, today announced the
release of SmartGateway V.2, expanding SMARTEAM EAI connectivity
through universal standards to a broad range of enterprise
systems.
SmartGateway seamlessly integrates with vital applications,
enabling revision management, change control and collaboration
across the extended enterprise, and driving higher levels
of business efficiency and profitability. SmartGateway
facilitates the bi-directional exchange of mission-critical
enterprise data and processes, optimizing access and transfer
of the latest Parts data, Bills of Material, Change Processes
and Documents, across engineering, manufacturing, logistics,
customer service and other legacy systems.
http://www.smarteam.com
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