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4 April 2011

Product News

SAP Certifies CONTACT’s PLM Standard Interface

CONTACT Software GmbH has obtained certification for its PLM standard interface for SAP® ECC 6.0 for the new version CIM DATABASE 2.9.8. The verification process was carried out in Walldorf on the basis of SAP´s ‘Cross Application – PLM 4.7’ scenario and includes the categories CAD, Document Management, Product Specification and Product Lifecycle Management (PDM/PLM). The CIM DATABASE Gateway for SAP supports bidirectional synchronisation of data and documents between the two business applications and has now been approved as a ‘SAP® Certified Integration with SAP Applications’. For the first time this seal of approval also applies to NetWeaver´s component SAP® Solution Manager. This solution makes it possible for clients to register their SAP-related IT landscape including all certified 3rd-party components with SAP, in order to simplify administration of their IT landscape.

Smooth development processes come about from product data which can flow unimpeded: between tools, systems, employees and partners. Therefore CONTACT Software has a variety of standard integrations for solutions from other suppliers in its product portfolio, and these certified on a regular basis, in so far as this is offered by the manufacturer. With its open PLM platform, CONTACT makes flexible networked solutions available for businesses who want to display their processes in the context of Product Lifecycle Management: from project planning, to development and manufacture, through to operation, maintenance and recycling. With the CIM DATABASE Gateway for SAP, CONTACT Software is addressing businesses who value integrated development of the virtual, and also the physical product, and support of collaborative development processes.

Functions, flexibility and seamless integration in SAP are based on SAP´s PLM API and the CIM DATABASE services Shared Object Management and ERP ACCESS. They support service-oriented and process-controlled synchronisation of product specifications between the two systems. This means that commercial data, such as current inventory stocks or material prices of specific components, open manufacturing orders and orders directly at the developmental work stations, can be taken into consideration. The CIM DATABASE Gateway for SAP combines product development with product industrialisation, and ensures highly integrated processes, and thus reduced throughput times and errors in developmental and manufacturing businesses.

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