CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
30 March 2009
Product News
iBASEt Releases New Dassault Systèmes Partner Solution Integrating Engineering and Manufacturing
iBASEt, a leader in enterprise Operations Process Management (OPM) software solutions, announced the release of its new Dassault Systèmes (DS) CAA Partner product, the iBASEt OPM PDI (Process Data Integrator) for DS, providing the first off-the-shelf integration of Engineering and OPM systems in the industry.
iBASEt’s strategy for integrating its Solumina OPM to Engineering tools like DS’s DELMIA and 3DVia Composer suite is unique in its integration at the engineering object level. Most Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions in the market are delivering graphical instructions as attachments to work orders with a “paper on glass” approach that mimics the old-fashion paper-based processes. Solumina is integrating the Process Engineering and Inspection Planning processes into a collaborative environment where Design, Manufacturing and Quality Engineers work side by side with authoring, workflow and change control among them. The result is an illustrated online work procedure that steps the mechanic and inspectors at the shop floor through work and inspection procedures prompting for data and signatures where needed.
“Engineering requirements for aerospace and defense companies are constantly changing. Our customers need assurance that the product going out the door matches what Engineering prescribed and approved, especially changes done during manufacturing?it is a regulatory requirement in AS9100,” stated Conrad Leiva, VP Product Marketing. “Our customers used to have many additional overhead procedures and people in place to chase this information around and put it together for the customer. Solumina automates this online and real-time, and assembles the product information package electronically.”
Solumina delivers features embedded and layered on top of the graphical work instructions?features that are needed to manage complex processes including:
• Inspection plans with data collection, test, verification and electronic signature requirements
• Employees and tools certification validation
• Complex operation flow requirements with decision points and return loops based on data collected
All of these features delivered in a simple user interface designed to reduce the learning curve for shop floor personnel and provide the process control required to assure product quality in a highly regulated industry.
“We have received much praise from our customers on our unique associative integration approach. Solumina uses all the value provided by the DS tools yet provides full flexibility in adding the required inspections, decisions and calculations to the process plans. We are told we are years ahead of the competition,” remarked Michel Gadbois, VP of Sales and Marketing.
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