| Darmstadt, Germany - December , 2004 –
The IT consulting specialist Valtech has joined the
ProSTEP iViP Association and will be contributing its
expertise to the "Engineering Change Management" (ECM)
project. The aim of this project – highly regarded in
the industry – is to accelerate global development and
manufacturing processes. Valtech is advising the
automotive industry with regard to the de-sign of
interfaces for improved software-based communication
be-tween OEMs, suppliers and partners. The ProSTEP
iViP Association provides almost 200 international
companies from the automotive, aerospace and IT
industries, as well as research organizations, with a
platform where the industrial application of the
international product data standard STEP (Standard for
the Exchange of Product Model Data, ISO 10303) and
harmonization of product lifecycle management (PLM)
processes can be discussed and, if possible, a
consensus achieved.
Within the framework of the ECM project, Valtech is
providing support for current software implementations
in change management between the OEM BMW and the
supplier Magna Steyr. In the medium term, all the
OEMs, suppliers and software partners involved in the
project expect a significant reduction in development
time for new vehicles.
Ingo Kriescher, managing director of Valtech
Deutschland, had the following to add: "Since we have
been working together with the automotive industry for
years, especially with regard to the product
development process, it was high time that we joined
this forum. We are looking forward finding answers to
the challenges we are facing."
For more Information on ProSTEP iViP, visit:
www.prostep.org.
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