Arena
PLM is delivered over the Internet as a secure service and
facilitates outsourcing, operational efficiency, and time-to-market for product
manufacturers of complex products, and global outsourced supply chains.
Arena
helps the adoption of product lifecycle management (PLM)
across companies at all stages of development by offering a suite of on demand
PLM
solutions such as, Arena PLM
Workgroup Edition for entry-level PLM, and
Arena PLM
Professional Edition for full-featured advanced PLM
needs.
For more information visit the company's web site
http://www.arenasolutions.com
Datastay PLM provides manufacturers with a collaborative
environment and a suite of business solutions that allow teams to work together
to reduce time to market, increase product quality, and decrease costs, in order
to capture more value from every product they sell. Flexible enough to meet the
needs of any sized manufacturing operation, and comprehensive enough to support
diverse and growing needs, Datastay's solutions can be tailored to each unique
situation and be rapidly deployed in an extremely cost effective manner.
Datastay has helped manufacturing companies of different sizes and across
different industries achieve tremendous results that speak for themselves:
• 85% faster execution of engineering changes • 50% reduction
in time to market • 90% reduction in the cost of sharing product
specifications
For more information see
the company's web site
www.datastay.com
or
www.datastay.com/ds2005/solutions/plm_modules.asp
For a trial version of Datastay software, click
http://www.datastay.com/ds2005/contact/requestInfo.asp?formrefer=tryit
The Materials Compliance Suite is made up of three
applications. The Intelligent Authoring (IA) application is used for authoring
and distributing regulatory documents globally. The Document Manager application
is our document scanning, archiving, and web distribution application. The Event
Processor application is a unique tool that allows you to manage events coming
from ERP systems, which need to be introduced into your EHS&T system
(materials master, bill of materials, customer order, customer profile, etc.).
Our Software Development Kit (SDK) describes all the information required for
your technical people to interface and adapt our suite to your needs. Satellite
applications (such as Lotus Link and Label Management) are also available.
For more information, visit the company's web site
http://www.atrionintl.com
Prodika PLM Solutions include; Global Specifications
Management; Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Compliance Management; New Product
Development and Introduction; Packaging and Label Management, Product Data
Synchronization and Syndication; Value Chain Performance Management; Product
Portfolio Management; Recipe/Formulation Design and Virtual Prototyping.Prodika solutions are delivered as
a managed application service (MAS) and is based on the Microsoft .NET platform
and a service-oriented architecture. Deployed around the world, Prodika natively
supports collaborative PLM processes in all languages, cultures, and
currencies.
The DS PLM solution suite is embodied in four key brands—CATIA, DELMIA,
ENOVIA, and SIMULIA—which form one of the industry’s most comprehensive PLM
software portfolios. Used separately or collectively, the vendor’s proven
applications define, simulate, and optimize all products, processes, and
resources in an all-3D environment powered by an open development platform.
With DS PLM V5 solutions, all business processes are linked
together—including change management, activity and time management, asset
management, and more. By enabling employees to collaborate in real time while
accessing and sharing the same up-to-date information, companies can increase
communication and speed modification, as well as approval processes.
As a result, all organizational groups and processes–from design through
marketing to maintenance–can share, reuse, and enhance product information in
the pursuit of an optimum business strategy.
For Virtual Product Design: CATIACATIA enables users to simulate the
entire range of the industrial design process, from concept to product design,
analysis, and assembly. The CATIA product line covers all types of design and
engineering needs and seamlessly integrates with the vendor’s other brands.
For Virtual Production: DELMIADELMIA enables manufacturers to digitally
plan, create, monitor, and control production and maintenance processes. DELMIA
applications provide complete coverage of manufacturing processes.
For a Global Collaborative Environment: ENOVIAENOVIA addresses user
requirements across the full spectrum of product and business processes, from
small-scale teams to extended enterprises with many thousands of users. The
ENOVIA portfolio consists of three product lines:• ENOVIA VPLM—management of
highly complex product, resource, and manufacturing processes in medium and
large extended enterprises • ENOVIA MatrixOne—collaborative product
development business processes for enterprises across a wide range of
industries, including synchronicity for semiconductor design data management
• ENOVIA SmarTeam—collaborative product data management for small to medium
businesses, engineering departments of larger organizations, and across supply
chains
For Virtual Testing: SIMULIABy building on established technology,
respected quality, and superior customer service, SIMULIA makes realistic
simulation an integral business practice that enables engineers and scientists
to improve product performance, reduce the number of physical prototypes, and
drive innovation.
For more information, see the company's website
http://www.3ds.com
or the product homepage
http://plmv5.com
Windchill® is a production-proven set of modular solutions for rapid collaborative development of customer-driven products. It removes the traditional barriers existing within and between organizations and business systems. Windchill technology forms the foundation for the packages PTC offers to address data, change, configuration, and process management, product development collaboration, project management and execution, and the release of product information to manufacturing management systems. Windchill PDMLink® consolidates scattered islands of information into a single information source. In addition, Windchill PDMLink brings order to chaotic change processes and speeds the development of new product configurations. Windchill ProjectLink® creates a virtual workspace that becomes the central access point for a project. By providing team members with access to the right information at the right time, the software helps teams keep moving quickly, in the same direction. By automating project management activities, Windchill ProjectLink helps PTC customers better manage all of their programs, project schedules, information, and processes. All Windchill solutions include unparalleled visualization capabilities that ensure individuals anywhere in the organization are able to review complex product information in meaningful terms. For more information, visit the company web sitehttp://www.ptc.comor the product web pagehttp://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/products/home.jsp?k=37
Lascom's Internet solution allows the timely exchange of
all mission critical data and documents, either in project, program, system, or
product management.
Infor PLM Optiva tracks and traces
the actions and activities related to a product, from concept to production,
sourcing, change management, installation, operations, field feedback,
maintenance, and eventual retirement, regardless of organizational
boundaries.
The Omnify product lifecycle management (PLM) system
provides a
single location for all members of design and manufacturing teams
to share information for designing, manufacturing, and supporting products.
OneSpace.net is a lightweight collaboration tool for engineering data and project teams. It includes a secure project workspace, integrated meeting center for web-based meetings, application sharing, instant messaging, decision and task tracking and a 3D model explorer for evaluating product designs.
Agentrics Product Vine PLM (formerly GNX ProductVine) is a collaborative product and development lifecycle management tool designed to meet the needs of the food and grocery industry.
ProductCenter™ PLM (product lifecycle management) solution delivers a combination of document management, design integration, configuration control, process management, and enterprise integration to help companies optimize product development across extended design and supply chains.
Most companies create a new marketing plan every 12 months. At the same time, they should audit their message strategy to stay on top of competitors’ marketing and to have confidence that they are delivering the right message to their market.
Providers of complex products, systems, and services should view quote-to-order (Q2O) systems as enablers that can improve competitive advantage. At the same time, users should remember that Q2O solutions are not necessarily advantageous for all manufacturing departments or businesses.
The latest generation of quote-to-order systems uses knowledge-based software to help reduce an organization’s dependence on its highly skilled experts. The ability to harness a company’s intellectual property and know-how helps build competitive advantage.
Christina Park and Wayne Thompson - November 5, 2007
The clock is ticking for manufacturers to come up with a solution to the ongoing loss of knowledge capital. Their best hope lies in introducing knowledge management strategies across the enterprise—before it’s too late.
Using the service-oriented architecture concepts of reusability and standards-based interoperability, and based on extensive experience with legacy systems and packaged applications integration, Eqos can deliver pre-configured, cross-enterprise business processes that blend new and legacy functionality into a more coherent process.
