MatrixOne to Speed PLM Implementation, Adoption and ROI Through New Integration With Microsoft Office

End Users Will Be Able to Manage PLM Content Through The World's Leading Office Productivity Suite

"Our goal is to make implementation of MatrixOne PLM as easy as possible, and to make the PLM workflow mirror users' current habits, so they can easily and naturally begin to use MatrixOne to collaborate with product managers, designers and partners," said Jon Gable, vice president of product management for MatrixOne. "There is no technology more ingrained into the day-to-day lives of our customers than Microsoft Office, so by providing a native integration to the Microsoft Office suite of tools, our customers will rapidly recognize the benefits and ROI of implementing MatrixOne while minimizing end-user training."

According to Bruce Hudson, Program Director, Technology Research Services for META Group, "Successful collaborative PLM processes that extend beyond the core design and engineering domains depend increasingly on the level of integration between a company's existing collaboration and business productivity tools - and their PLM system. End users by and large are comfortable with their Microsoft applications and generally resist change. PLM solutions that acknowledge and accommodate Microsoft's dominance in the general office productivity and collaboration space enhance their own ability to reach through the organization."

Bringing the Benefits of PLM to Microsoft Office Users
The MatrixOne Microsoft Office integration will deliver improvements in efficiency and productivity to users by allowing them to:

• Access MatrixOne PLM directly through their Microsoft Office environment, providing users with the ability to manage product content through a familiar desktop tool - and simplifying the adoption of MatrixOne.
• Apply enterprise-level data sharing and security without disrupting established end-user work procedures.
• Enable enterprise document management by having the ability to easily save, browse and navigate product content organized in Projects, Workspaces, Libraries, Collections and other object types directly from the Microsoft Office suite of tools.
• Securely distribute product content. By using the Matrix PLM platform and MatrixOne applications to control access to product content, individuals will have visibility and editing privileges for only the proper information at the appropriate time in the development process.
• Promote company standards with document templates. Organizations can save and access enterprise Microsoft Office™ templates in the MatrixOne PLM Platform in order to create new content based on company standards.
• Transfer knowledge and re-use via attribute synchronization. Individuals can bi-directionally synchronize file attributes with the data storage in MatrixOne to facilitate knowledge transfer and re-use. Examples include properties such as title, comments and subject, but additional attributes can be configured as needed.
• Record key product lifecycle management decisions by saving e-mail threads as MatrixOne-managed data for future reference.

About MatrixOne
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE) is a recognized leader in delivering collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. We provide flexible solutions that unleash the creative power of global value chains to inspire innovations and speed them to market. MatrixOne's customers include global leaders in the aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, high technology, life sciences, machinery, and the process industries, including Agilent Technologies, General Electric, Honda, Johnson Controls, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, and Toshiba. MatrixOne ((http://www.matrixone.com/) is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts with locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.