CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

1 November 2004

Implementation Investments

VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR TO DEPLOY ARAS VERSION 6

Aras Corporation today announced that Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., a producer of ion implantation equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors, has selected Aras ™ PLM - Version 6 - to provide visibility and actionable metrics for product development and engineering change based on the Institute of Configuration Management’s CMII principles.


“In our industry, superior quality and customer responsiveness are essential to maintain leadership,” said Jim Sutton, Manager of IT Engineering Systems for Varian Semiconductor. “The metrics in the Aras solution give us the visibility we need to direct our product and engineering change processes and enable us to meet our continuous improvement initiatives.”


Varian Semiconductor’s market leadership requires the constant advancement of product technology and the flawless execution of business processes. Increasing product and process complexity led Varian Semiconductor to Aras for a practical solution to simplify and integrate the overall product change process for better coordination. The implementation of Aras PLM will enable cycle-time reduction by unifying and streamlining the change management process. The benefits will also include improved quality and availability of product information throughout the company.


Varian Semiconductor selected Aras PLM based on functionality, cost of ownership, and the ability to deploy the solution incrementally. In addition to the product change process, Varian Semiconductor plans to use Aras PLM for project management, quality systems compliance support, and the process for managing customer and engineering commitments.


The Aras PLM solution enables Varian Semiconductor to manage, measure, and improve its overall product development process. The fact that the Aras solution is based on Microsoft .NET technology appealed to the Company because of the simplicity and affordability. By utilizing Microsoft® .NET technology Aras takes advantage of the common Microsoft platforms in addition to being entirely based on standard Internet protocols including HTTP / HTTPS, XML and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol).

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