CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
22 January 2013
Product News
Aras Microsoft Office Connector Now Available in Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM
Aras® today announced from the exhibit floor of SolidWorks® World 2013 the availability of the Microsoft® Office Connector for Aras EPLM. With the Office connector for Aras EPLM SolidWorks users can manage documents, spreadsheets, slides and emails in PLM without leaving Microsoft Office applications. The Office connector for Aras EPLM improves personal productivity while driving standardization and consistency for compliance throughout the enterprise.
See The Office Connector for Aras EPLM at
SolidWorks World 2013 - January 20-23 - Booth #725
the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin in Orlando, Florida
The Office connector for Aras EPLM extends the benefits of enterprise PLM to SolidWorks 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 EPLM provides administrators with sophisticated capabilities for document control and security, including need-to-know access, configurable automatic document numbering and naming conventions, the optional use of corporate templates, and more.
“We created Aras EPLM to enable SolidWorks users to expand the capabilities of EPDM across the enterprise. With the Office Connector we’re taking that a step further, making it even easier for users throughout the company to work with PLM information and contribute to the product development process using tools they are already familiar with,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “What’s more,” said Schroer, “the Office Connector for Aras EPLM includes the powerful administrative tools, security and controls required by highly regulated industries.”
The Office Connector for Aras EPLM Features:
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 EPLM
See a demonstration the Microsoft Office Connector for Aras EPLM. Live webcast Thursday February 28th, 11:00am eastern time. More information and registration at http://aras.com/plm/00175
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