CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
11 November 2008
Company News
PDES, Inc. and ProSTEP iViP Set the Seal on Extended Cooperation
The standardization consortium PDES, Inc. and the ProSTEP iViP Association signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 17, 2008, in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. This is the basis for extending an already successful collaboration. Beside the existing cooperation in the CAx-Implementor-Forum (CAx-IF) the activities concerning long-term archiving shall be concentrated and common pilot projects shall be realized.
The Working Group CAx-IF has been conjointly supported by PDES, Inc. and ProSTEP iViP for around ten years. The group is the instrument to ensure a smooth geometric data exchange via STEP, including continuous quality improvement of the available processors and the support of new functions required by users. In parallel to the increasing demand for solutions on long-term archiving of product data - especially in the aerospace industry - the request for internationally accepted standards addressing this topic is growing as well.
"Our goal is to promote long-term archiving of product data in order to make results available even faster as European (EN) and American (NAS) standards", declared Dr. Michael R. Jahadi, President and Chairman of the PDES, Inc. Executive Board. This would guarantee transatlantic acceptance, thus representing an active contribution for investment protection. Therefore both organizations decided to launch the project group "LOTAR International". Furthermore, common pilot projects shall be conducted.
About PDES, Inc.
The PDES, Inc. program is an international industry/government/academia consortium committed to accelerating the development and implementation of standards that enable enterprise integration and Product Lifecycle Management interoperability. Its members represent leading manufacturers, U.S. governmental agencies, software vendors, universities, and research organizations. PDES, Inc. supports the Digital Enterprise through the development and implementation of information standards to support Model-based Engineering, Model-based Manufacturing, and Model-based Sustainment. Testing of implementations and data exchange using standards is an integral part of PDES, Inc.
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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