CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 November 2004
Product News
Autodesk's Data Management Strategy Helps Manufacturers Improve Productivity, Cost-Effectiveness and Competitive Edge
With Autodesk Inc .'s ProductstreamT 2 software, the company's data management solution now provides customers a path to reuse designs, automate processes, and more efficiently create, manage and share design data across the manufacturing organization. Customers now can receive the benefits of faster, more cost-effective development, production, and delivery of products to market-benefits traditionally only available to customers of high-end PLM systems.
Built to extend the value driven by Autodesk's design solutions, including Autodesk Inventor® Series software, Autodesk's data management solution allows customers to speed design cycles and maintain control of crucial design data as it moves downstream. The Autodesk data management solution is completely modular. Manufacturers have the flexibility to add only the components that make sense, incrementally at a pace that is right for each organization and its budget.
This practical approach to data management begins by integrating Autodesk Vault data management tools into all Autodesk manufacturing design software, including Autodesk Inventor Series. Autodesk Vault organizes all design and related data in one centralized location, helping engineering teams manage work-in-process design data and synchronize efforts among product design and engineering team members. Autodesk Vault securely stores all versions of a design and associated data in a single location, so designers can find, reference, and reuse the right data in order to accelerate design cycles.
With Autodesk Vault as its foundation, Productstream 2 automates the design release process by managing engineering changes and bills of materials. Members of the extended team, such as manufacturing, purchasing and sales personnel, can access vital design data to review and provide feedback, additional requirements, and supporting data for designs. Autodesk Vault ensures the engineering department maintains control over the original design so that data is not corrupted or overwritten.
Rounding out Autodesk's data management solution, the Autodesk Streamline® collaboration service extends the ability to share design information securely with the entire supply chain and customers worldwide. This allows manufacturers to get feedback early enough to make design changes before they become too costly.
Manufacturers who have taken the first step toward data management anticipate they will benefit from Autodesk's complete solution. "We view the deployment and integration of Autodesk Data Management solutions (Vault and Productstream) as a strategic initiative in our organization," said Rich Arvidson, Chief Engineer, Ultrafab, Inc. "We believe that Productstream will improve our efficiency in managing and maintaining design data within the engineering department, as well as facilitate communication to our entire organization."
Productstream 2 is available in limited release. For more information, visit http://www.autodesk.com/productstream .
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