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Advanced Solutions, an Autodesk Platinum Partner and Authorized Training Center (ATC), today announced the newly designed innovation offering, Workflow Simulation + Analysis. Advanced Solutions' Workflow Simulation + Analysis empowers businesses to make informed decisions which improve efficiency, eliminate waste and increase profit. Using a structured process, the workflow simulation team collects data, builds models, designs alternatives, validates designs, and simulates "what if" scenarios. This process results in workflow data, which informs business decisions to reduce operational waste. As part of the Advanced Solutions 2013 Autodesk University luncheon, the Industrial Engineering team gave a preview of the new service offering, providing guests with a chance to answer some simple questions about their day-to-day business process. The presentation introduced 7 kinds of operational waste experienced by every business: Over-production Transportation Inventory Over-processing Waiting Defects Motion Traditional Simulation Modeling is the process of creating and analyzing a digital prototype of a physical model or process to predict outcomes for the real world. Taking this concept to the next

Lectra is pleased to announce that Imperial is implementing Lectra Fashion PLM to reinforce its position in the fast fashion market and support its worldwide business growth strategy. Founded in Bologna, Italy, in 1978 by Adriano Aere and Emilia Giberti, Imperial provides menswear and womenswear to 4,000 customers across the world, including Italy, Europe and Asia. The company, which delivers 6 million pieces per year, decided to expand its activities in 2012 and invested in 80 multi-brand stores. Imperial’s challenge is to cope with increasing activities, while continuing to deliver up-to-date quality collections on time. “With the company growing at a very fast pace, we need to be able to master the end-to-end development process,” says Adriano Aere, Imperial Founder and President. “As consumers demand more and more variety and newness, we also need to become faster and produce more,” he adds. The fast fashion brand decided to integrate Lectra Fashion PLM to

solidThinking, Inc. today announced that solidThinking Inspire has been selected as the Golden Mousetrap Winner in the Design Tools - Hardware & Software CAD/PDM/PLM category. The awards celebrate the companies, products, and people who are energizing North American design, engineering, and manufacturing. The Golden Mousetrap Awards were announced at a ceremony held February 11, 2014 at the Anaheim Marriott. Design News' editors worked tirelessly to evaluate the many entries received to select the products most deserving of inclusion on the list of finalists. The finalist entries were then sent to the entire editorial team and the distinguished Advisory Board for final selection of the winners. "We are honored that Design News has recognized solidThinking Inspire with the Golden Mousetrap Award," said James Hassberger, President of solidThinking. "Recognition from an industry-leading publication like Design News is a tribute to the innovative tools that solidThinking offers. It is our commitment to radically improve the

Two Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) chapters received grants totaling $10,000 from Knovel in support of important community health initiatives in the Philippines and Cameroon. The University of Notre Dame EWB-USA Student Chapter was awarded one grant for a project designed to provide a clean and reliable source of drinking water to a school in Sangmelima, Cameroon. The Philadelphia Professional Chapter of EWB-USA was awarded the other grant in support of an initiative that will bring potable water to the village of Apatut in the Philippines. Both chapters submitted an application and received funding as part of EWB-USA's Fall 2013 Project Grants Program. EWB-USA is a nonprofit humanitarian organization established to support community-driven development programs worldwide through partnerships that design and implement sustainable engineering projects. Knovel became an EWB-USA corporate partner in 2012, and last year, Knovel provided a grant to the University of South Carolina chapter. Knovel’s cloud-based application integrates technical information from more than 100 engineering

Integware today announced that they have released a whitepaper that covers best practices for PLM project governance. The whitepaper is available for download now at the Integware website. The whitepaper was co-authored by Graciella Byers, Director of PLM at Integware, and Greg Letendre, Integware’s Senior Solution Consultant. The PLM consultants at Integware have found that PLM system implementations will not be successful unless proper governance guides the program/project, proper organizational support is put into place for the changes and supporting business processes are deployed. “PLM implementation is extremely important, as it serves as the product-information backbone for companies and their other enterprises,” said a spokesperson from Integware. “The purpose of this document is to provide examples of governance structures that may be adopted for organizations implementing a PLM solution.” The whitepaper contains several tables and charts that help to illustrate Integware’s PLM consulting principles. “PLM training is a big part of what we do,” said the Integware spokesman. “We created

Dassault Systèmes today announced that the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) will adopt the company’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform for 10,000 users (students and educators), including its full range of capabilities in the design authoring, digital manufacturing, collaboration, scientific simulation, and visualization fields. Today’s announcement comes after nearly 12 years of collaboration, in which Georgia Tech and Dassault Systèmes have partnered to establish an ambitious science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education program unique in academia. Georgia Tech’s Integrated Product Lifecycle Engineering (IPLE) Laboratory and Dassault Systèmes jointly developed a new pedagogical model to educate tomorrow’s engineers through a cloud-based design and manufacturing infrastructure. Several years ago, key figures at Dassault Systèmes and Georgia Tech realized that the future of science, technology and engineering was collaborative in nature. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a new type of curriculum for STEM in high schools was developed in partnership between Dassault Systèmes

Altium Limited announces that DesignCon has honored Altium Designer 14 with a 2014 DesignVision Award in the PCB Design category. The award program celebrates the achievements of the most innovative electronics companies and the unique tools that support customer needs to improve and simplify the design process. UBM Tech's editorial staff evaluated products from hundreds of submissions. Winners were selected based on three criteria: how well the product met the market’s vision and offered unique insight into customer needs; the originality of the solution and if it offered a new approach to meeting market needs; and the quality of the implementation and how well it fits the market requirements. “As evidenced by their receipt of this award, the team at Altium continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with design software,” said Janine Sullivan Love, DesignCon Technical Program Director. “With its 3D PCB design environment and support of flex and rigid-flex design,

EDS Technologies Pvt. Ltd has extended its relationship with Dassault Systemes to provide GEOVIA mining applications. EDS Technologies has been a leading Dassault Systemes Value Solutions Partner in India since 1998, serving industries including aerospace, automotive, industrial machinery, high-tech and electronics, infrastructure, and engineering. Software is playing an increasingly vital role in the mining industry, as companies seek to maximise the value of their mineral assets and to communicate more effectively with their internal stakeholders. EDS Technologies has been assisting India’s leading enterprises since its founding in 1995, selling Dassault Systemes applications. EDS Technologies has been recognised with numerous awards for their service with Dassault Systemes technology. With the mining industry seeking to increase productivity and control costs, EDS Technologies experience in delivering Dassault Systemes solutions will provide the Indian market with a valuable partner in delivering GEOVIA software. “We are pleased to welcome Dassault Systemes GEOVIA products to our offerings for

IC3D has today launched IC3D Steel – the first SolidWorks-based application designed for modelling and detailing steel constructions. Distributed nationally in Australia and New Zealand by Intercad – the largest SolidWorks distributor in the region – IC3D Steel builds on a longstanding and collaborative partnership with Intercad to find a dedicated SolidWorks solution that saves time and cost in the design, development and manufacture of steel fabrications. IC3D Steel manages the key phases of the steel construction process, from the creation of three-dimensional models to the compilation of the Bill of Materials and drawings of the steel constructions. The application integrates seamlessly with SolidWorks and includes an SQL database that permits advanced and coherent project management in the SolidWorks environment. Mike Gilliland, IC3D Software and Consulting Services Manager, says existing steel construction design solutions often compromise the industry-standard SolidWorks approach. “Other modelling applications enforce a rigid workflow on the steel fabrication designer, requiring participants

ZWCAD Design announced that Sivan Design has become a ZWSOFT Developers Network partner offering its Sivan Design CivilCAD 2014 for ZWCAD+. With high-speed results and unsurpassed usability, it brings the new generation in civil engineering to a new and unprecedented level of competence and cost-effectiveness. Innovative Work Environment and User Experience Sivan Design CivilCAD for ZWCAD+ enfolds ZWCAD+ working environment with supplementary set of advanced design tools for civil engineering professionals allowing time-consuming tasks to be done effortlessly and accurately. It introduces a user friendly and intuitive task based interface, allowing the engineer to easily locate looked-for commands using intelligent contextual toolbars and menus. Multiple Solutions to Match User’s Requirements Sivan Design CivilCAD for ZWCAD+ Solution Suite consists of five profession based versions to match user's requirements avoiding overwhelming and complex work environment and resulting in intuitive and exceptionally easy to operate user interface. Sivan Design CivilCAD for ZWCAD+ SURVEY - Surveying and COGO calculations Sivan Design CivilCADfor ZWCAD+