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6 April 2005

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CoCreate Announces Breaking Point: An Automotive Supplier Event

CoCreate Software, Inc. announced Breaking Point: An Automotive Supplier Event, profiting from collaborative design and product development.

Today's automotive suppliers are being stressed to the limit:

•  Price and profit pressures threaten already slim margins.

•  Project schedules place near-impossible demands on timelines.

•  Project complexity involving other parts of the world continues to grow.

Each of these issues has led to dramatic changes in every tier of the automotive industry-from the largest OEMs to the smallest suppliers. And with the supply chain taking on more design and financial responsibility, there's little relief in sight.

Automotive companies that emerge as leaders in the fast-changing supply chain will reap significant rewards; in most cases, these will be companies that realize the benefits modern collaborative design can offer. With effective collaborative design, companies can:

•  Avoid the price and profit squeeze by taking an active part in the design process and shaping products for their manufacturing processes.

•  Master complexity and operate globally through a virtual footprint.

•  Compress a project schedule by easily coordinating project team efforts without travel or misunderstandings.

When :   Tuesday, May 17th

Two session times available:

AM session: 9:00-11:00 am
PM session: 1:00-3:00 pm

 

Location:

Microsoft
Southfield Town Center
1000 Town Center Dr., Suite 1930
Southfield, MI 48075

To register for this no-cost event visit: http://www.cocreate.com/auto_landing.cfm .

Featured Speakers:

David E. Cole , Chairman of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). Formerly Director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT) at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. He has worked extensively on internal combustion engines, vehicle design and overall automotive industry trends. Dr. Cole's recent research has focused on strategic issues related to the restructuring of the North American industry and trends in globalization, technology, market factors and human resource requirements.

Jon Pecaro , Engineering Manager, Trelleborg Automotive Americas. Trelleborg is a world leader in the development and manufacturing of polymer based components and systems used for noise and vibration damping for passenger car, light truck, heavy truck, rail, marine and industrial applications. Trelleborg has used CoCreate's OneSpace.net software to help them streamline engineering processes, reduce costs and leverage their global manufacturing capacity.

Industry leaders from Microsoft and CoCreate Software .

 

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