CONTACT Software provides partners and third-party vendors with an excellent open technology platform for developing custom PLM solutions. The new component architecture offers partners a modular software toolkit which, in conjunction with a powerful development environment, supports different business models.
Software vendors can adapt existing application modules from CONTACT's portfolio for specific industries and different countries, provide additional modules or develop fully integrated stand-alone IT solutions for complementary markets. The open source and interface concept implemented by CONTACT protects the investments of partners and customers alike.
CONTACT's partner program is intended to generate added value for customers and boost the global footprint of the company. One milestone on this journey is the collaboration with the ECAD vendor Zuken. In November 2013, the leading vendor in the field of electronic design automation presented E³EDM, the first native EDM integration for electronic and fluid design, and is now starting to market it globally. The solution for data and process management in electronic engineering is based on CONTACT's modular software toolkit and is fully integrated in Zuken's E³Series.
"The result of our joint venture with Zuken is an excellent example of what we mean by openness, and our modular software toolkit made it possible," says CONTACT's Managing Director Karl Heinz Zachries. "When establishing their PLM landscapes, users should be given best-in-class solutions that are easily learned, offer major benefits and are future proof. This can take the form of our own developments, standalone partner solutions or third-party add-on modules." In 2014, CONTACT intends to expand its partner network, primarily focusing on Europe and Asia.
