CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 February 2012
Events News
Inforbix Announces Breakthrough Product Data Apps at SWW 2012 That Revolutionize How SolidWorks Users Extract More Value from Engineering and Manufacturing Data
Inforbix is announcing two new products data apps that seamlessly aggregate product data from different file types, sources, and locations. The new Inforbix apps will help customers get more out of their product data and become more productive while improving decision-making. Inforbix will announce the apps at SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego, California, Feb. 12-15.
“We are delighted to be a part of SolidWorks World 2012. Inforbix is proud to be a SolidWorks partner, and together with SolidWorks will help provide our customers excellent product data access capabilities,” CEO Oleg Shilovitsky said.
Inforbix announces the immediate availability of two new apps: Inforbix Charts and Inforbix Dashboard. These apps are in addition to Inforbix Search and Inforbix Tables released in October 2011. For a preview of Inforbix apps, visit http://www.inforbix.com/product/ .
“With Inforbix Charts and Inforbix Dashboard, Inforbix continues to deliver the industry’s only cloud-based product data access apps. All Inforbix apps are designed from the ground up using manufacturing customer feedback, so we know they will begin adding value to both our existing and new customers from the moment they start using them.”
The company is also announcing the expansion of data access to Solidworks EPDM, making it possible for SW customers to get more from data managed by their PDM system.
Manufacturing companies are drowning in the growing amount of product data generated and found within different file types, sources, and company data-silos. They are increasingly using a mix of vendor packages and solutions, all of which generate, contain, manage, or store product data, creating a hodgepodge of resources to be combed through. Product data generated in a typical manufacturing company can be both unstructured (valuable BOM and assembly information spread out across different CAD drawings) and structured (CAD drawings within a PDM or PLM system). Inforbix apps are tools that address specific product data tasks such as finding, re-using, and sharing product data. Inforbix can access product data within PDM systems such as ENOVIA SmarTeam and Autodesk Vault and make it available in meaningful ways to CAD and non-CAD users.
All Inforbix apps utilize product data semantic technology that automatically infer relationships between disparate sources of data. For example, Inforbix can semantically connect or link a SolidWorks CAD assembly found within EPDM with a related Excel file containing a BOM table stored on a file server in another department.
Inforbix Charts visualizes and presents data saved from Inforbix Tables. The product data is presented in charts that include information to help engineers better manage and run processes by identifying trends and patterns and improving data control. For example, Inforbix Charts visually presents the approval statuses of CAD and ECO documents by author, date approved, last modified date, etc.
Inforbix Dashboard dynamically collects and presents important statistics about engineering and manufacturing data and processes, such as how many versions of a particular CAD drawing currently exist, how many design revisions did it take to complete a CAD drawing, or the number of ECOs processed on time. Easy and intuitive to use, Inforbix Dashboard is an ideal tool for project managers.
Customers can access Inforbix apps and their product data online. Current Inforbix customers can immediately begin using the Inforbix iPad app, available for free on the Apple App Store at http://www.inforbix.com/inforbix-mobile-search-for-cad-and-product-data-on-the-ipad/. Account access taps existing Inforbix credentials. New users are encouraged to register with Inforbix to enable the iPad app to access product data within their company. The apps soon will be available on Android devices.
A video preview of the iPad app is posted at http://www.inforbix.com/inforbix-ipad-app-first-preview/. For more information on Inforbix apps, visit http://www.inforbix.com.
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