CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 April 2005
Product News
Supplemental: Automotive Industry Support for Microsoft in Automotive Peak Performance Initiative Quote Sheet
"As a leader in providing digital design communication solutions on Microsoft platforms and technology, Actify's goal is to help manufacturing enterprises leverage and extend access to 2-D and 3-D design information-both internally and across the supply chain-to increase productivity, reduce costs and, ultimately, bring products to market faster. We are committed to Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative to help bring enterprise communication and collaboration to a new level."
- Randy Ochs, President and CEO, Actify
"We're fortunate that many of our automotive manufacturing clients are very interested in our recently introduced Activplant Performance Management System for their manufacturing facilities. The early interest we're seeing is a testament to the ability of our system to drive new levels of manufacturing excellence. By choosing to develop on Microsoft .NET, we are able to deliver a system that can effectively draw and aggregate data from multiple installed solutions and applications to help manufacturers make the most of their legacy investments, and also help them achieve an entirely new and unparalleled view of how they're performing and where they can make improvements."
- Dennis Cocco, President and CEO, Activplant
"Automotive OEMs and suppliers are under tremendous pressures to improve performance in a highly competitive, cost-sensitive environment. To succeed, these companies are looking for solutions that cut across and integrate the entire value stream. In support of Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative, we are coupling Microsoft technology with Avanade's holistic enterprise expertise to meet the challenges of the automotive industry. Avanade's solutions enable collaborative product design, demand-driven lean manufacturing and supply management, global sourcing, and global operations management."
- Michael Merfeld, Solution Director, Microsoft Business Solutions, Avanade
"Today, both OEMs and suppliers are facing many challenges. As is evident in its automotive vision and strategy, Microsoft has identified where the industry is feeling the most pain and has been working with the right industry partners to deliver solutions that will help companies overcome these issues. Whether these performance issues stem from the supply chain, product life-cycle management, sales and marketing, or operations, Microsoft and its industry partner ecosystem can deliver business and IT solutions that will help these companies succeed."
- Jim Sourges, North America Automotive Leader, Capgemini
"Automotive suppliers design more products and components for new vehicles every year. This growing responsibility brings a new level of complexity to coordinating projects. Suppliers now have to think about international design and manufacturing locations and meeting faster project schedules with lower costs as automotive manufacturers cut development cycles. OneSpace.net offers the automotive community a collaborative PLM application for working effectively across the supply chain, helping companies overcome the challenges of distributed design while increasing the performance of new product development."
- William M. Gascoigne, CEO, CoCreate
"V5 PLM solutions fully integrated with Microsoft platforms enable automotive companies to reduce total cost of ownership and benefit from high and rapid return on investment. Our PLM solutions provide value for a wide and varied installation base, which includes OEMs such as DaimlerChrysler and Toyota Motor Corp. as well as a wide range of suppliers."
- Joel Lemke, President and CEO, Enovia Corp., and General Manager, PLM Americas, Dassault Systèmes
"In today's highly complex marketplace, it is critical that manufacturers have the tools and systems that encourage innovation, and the collaborative environment that is needed to better compete in a global marketplace. Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative enables the collaboration required to improve operational efficiency-from the plant floor and across the entire supply chain. EDS works closely with Microsoft to leverage key technologies, systems and processes so automotive clients can respond quickly to customer demand and lower their operational costs."
- Darl Davidson, Vice President of U.S. Manufacturing, EDS
"As one of the largest manufacturers in the world and an automation solutions provider, GE understands the need for technology that enables peak performance. Our alliance with Microsoft and new Gold Certification enhance our strong technology foundation to develop joint solutions that serve the critical needs of the automotive industry, reducing warranty costs, improving traceability and genealogy, and increasing productivity with expert sequencing and flexible manufacturing."
- Rich Breuning, Director of Automotive Market Solutions Development, GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Infrastructure
"Microsoft Peak Performance technologies provide a superb foundation for Genzlinger's enterprise business management software, the Genzlinger Repetitive Manufacturing System. Designed to improve operational efficiencies and the bottom line for automotive suppliers, the Genzlinger system is built on the Microsoft platform and utilizes SQL Server, .NET and Solomon Financials in an integrated approach to managing all enterprise resources."
- Karen Strichartz, President, Genzlinger Associates
"The next generation of vehicles relies on more intricate electronics and software, and as a result OEMs must now manage highly specialized automotive supply chains. To meet our customers' most demanding technical requirements, HP and Microsoft work together to help automotive companies achieve an adaptive supply chain and reach their peak performance to stay ahead of the competition."
- Neal Elgersma, Director, Worldwide Automotive Industry, HP
"To stay competitive, automotive manufacturers are looking for better ways to develop compelling products and accelerate time to market. Immedient's CPD solution provides a collaborative environment integrated with project management, workflow and enterprise data access tools to streamline the product development process across the entire organization."
- Rob O'Dell, Solution Vice President, EPM Practice, Immedient
"Infosys and Microsoft together bring innovative technologies and integrated services capabilities to deliver tangible business value to automotive customers. Our key solutions for automotive product development reduce process complexity and enhance interoperability, leading to lower cost and faster time to market. Infosys and Microsoft continue to explore opportunities to empower automotive customers to achieve peak performance."
- Franco Gonsalves, Vice President and Head, Automotive and Aerospace Industry Services, Infosys Technologies
"Now more than ever, the automotive industry is under tremendous pressure to reconcile the many factors that inhibit peak velocity of the supply chain. Our solutions embrace Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative by helping automotive manufacturers bring products to market faster, improve global value chain performance and comply with the ever-changing requests of their customers."
- Fred Szumlic, Vice President, JAAS
"Using Microsoft's Windows® CE .NET operating system coupled with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Terminal Services, Microvision deployed one of the world's first low-cost, high-performance wearable thin-client computer with a unique head-worn, see-through display, the Nomad Expert Technician System. By enabling substantial improvements in productivity and profitability in the service operations of automotive dealerships, the Nomad System and the Microsoft platforms are helping our mutual customers realize the peak performance they require to stay competitive and profitable."
- Rick Rutkowski, CEO, Microvision
"Powerway synchronizes the activities of individuals who as members of a supply community are responsible for a product development process that culminates in the ideal vehicle launch. Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative allows Powerway to leverage the Microsoft stack to confidently deliver a high-security and scalable product that can be affordably deployed throughout the global, automotive, multitier supply network."
- Rick Ringlespaugh, Vice President of Business & Process Development, Powerway
"Automotive companies worldwide recognize the importance of PLM in responding to the challenge of developing increasingly innovative products under stringent cost and regulatory pressures. PTC supports Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative by providing solutions on a Microsoft stack to reduce the TCO to the automotive market. Together with Microsoft, PTC is dedicated to bringing real solutions to solve the product development needs of the automotive market."
- Dhiren Verma, Director, Automotive Product and Market Strategy, PTC
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