CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
15 January 2013
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Aras Announces New Release of Microsoft Office Connector for Aras Innovator
Aras® today announced a new release of the Microsoft® Office Connector for Aras Innovator®. With the Office connector for Aras, global organizations can manage documents, spreadsheets and emails in the Aras PLM suite without leaving Microsoft Office applications. The Office connector for Aras improves personal productivity while driving standardization and consistency for compliance throughout the enterprise.
See a live Demonstration of the Aras Office Connector
Thursday, January 24th, 2013 – 2:00pm Eastern
Register at http://aras.com/plm/001744
The Office Connector for Aras extends the PLM benefits of Aras to users in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Users can create, store, edit, search and manage documents while working within the familiar, easy to use Microsoft environment. At the same time, the Office Connector for Aras provides administrators with sophisticated capabilities for document control and security, including need-to-know access, configurable automatic document numbering & naming conventions, the optional use of corporate templates, and more.
“Our Office connector is really designed to be simple for everyday users while providing powerful administration capabilities for the most complex global PLM environments,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “Now, thousands of users across the enterprise can seamlessly work with PLM information from inside Microsoft Office while the controls and security required in military, medical devices, aerospace and other highly regulated industries are maintained.”
Aras Office Connector Features
Fully configurable to support your company’s corporate standards, practices and procedures, Aras Office Connector features include:
Search - Search files and templates in PLM from within the Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
View & Edit – Simply select View for read-only access or Edit to lock and modify a file
Automated PDFs - Auto generate PDFs of saved files to attach and distribute to other users in the workflow
Classification - Automated file naming and document number sequencing based on classification categories
Linking - Option to create relationships between Microsoft documents and Aras items such as Parts, Drawings, Projects, Process Plans, and other PLM items from within Microsoft Office. Relationships can drive naming and numbering, and are updated along with associated product components.
Revision & Version Control - Configurable revision and version control on Microsoft files provides traceability and assures that users always work with the correct version of a file
Side-by-Side Comparisons - Enables users to easily view side-by-side comparisons of different revisions of the same document or file
Enterprise Change Management - Apply lifecycle states, approval workflows and sign-offs to documents such as engineering change requests or document change orders
Templates - Create standardized Office document templates that comply with corporate conventions and are ready-to-use for end users
Property Mapping - Map properties from native Microsoft files to Aras or from Aras to the native Microsoft files
Outlook Emails - Capture and store Outlook emails with embedded images and attachments as part of the product record in Aras
Compliance - Document controls, tracking, traceability and audit trails streamline and simplify compliance
Security – Need-to-know access rights and permissions on files managed from within Aras
Learn more and see a live demonstration on the Microsoft Office Connector for Aras webcast on Thursday, January 24, 2013. Registration at http://aras.com/plm/001744
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