CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
18 August 2008
Company News
Canadian Software Producer Wants to Take a More Active Role; MKS is Now ProSTEP iViP Member
ProSTEP iViP continues to grow. The most recent member is the Canadian software producer MKS, with its core business in Application Lifecycle Management. MKS’ solutions allow industry and IT-companies an integrated management of their software development activities.
Manager Thomas Hornek expects additional benefits for his customers from the membership. “We would like to take a more active role in some problem matters of the automotive environment and bring our special knowledge to the table”, says Hornek. “At this time our focus lies on the projected standardization and implementation activities for the Requirements Management exchange format RIF.”
With its primary product MKS Integrity the company supports all software development activities with one application, what leads to improved cooperation and higher productivity for their customer. MKS operates worldwide, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.
About the ProSTEP iViP Association
The ProSTEP iViP Association is an international branch-specific community comprising leading companies in the automotive and aerospace industries, system vendors and research institutes. The aim of the ProSTEP iViP Association is to find solutions for the challenges facing the manufacturing industry as a result of networked collaboration in a worldwide development network.
A concept based on a coherent, cross-organizational and cross-domain view of data, processes and systems provides a solid foundation for meeting these challenges. The Association’s five main areas of focus reflect this approach: process management, system integration, product data standardization, engineering collaboration and knowledge transfer.
The ProSTEP iViP Association is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and was founded in October 1993 by 38 industrial companies and a number of system vendors as part of the German STEP initiative. Members of the ProSTEP iViP Association currently include about 200 companies and organizations from 17 nations.
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