excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 98% EDMPDM: An IW Summary: EDM--engineering document management--refers to managing all the documents and data used by engineers, while PDM--product data management, a newer manifestation--encompasses product-related data that originates with the engineer and makes links to other industrial systems. In mechanical engineering, for instance, where product data management is an essential part of the engineering database,... 93% As islands of document automation collide, engi Summary: Those systems focus on managing the company's bill of materials, product configuration and engineering change orders. There is a close integration between the PDM system and the company's ERP/MRP system that manages the production and inventory control process. The systems have a tight integration with the ERP/MRP system. It's the need to manage the many drawings and procedure and specification... 91% The CAD connection While EDMPDM vendors bring... Summary: While EDM/PDM vendors bring out systems designed. to work with a variety of CAD formats, CAD vendors. are building tools of their own. As the worlds of engineering and business merge, EDM/PDM vendors need to support the concepts that have evolved around the user. Many CAD vendors are building complete PDM/EDM systems, says Jenkins. 91% Software promotes dialog between designers, shop floor Summary: Software promotes dialog between designers, shop floor. AccraTronics benefits from view and markup capabilities. To make the transition successfully from a military to a commercial supplier, AccraTronics knew that it had to abandon its reliance on paper and adopt a computer-based solution that permitted a virtually real-time electronic dialog between designers and shop floor staff regarding all... 91% EDM/PDM Summary: Cost/benefit analysis. The costs associated with revising drawings are dependent on the method and solution used. * Increased value of paper drawings through integration with CAD and EDM/PDM tools. The overall benefit to organizations of scanning paper drawings is to increase the value of the company's most valued asset--information. The value of the drawings increases along with existing... 90% Aircraft industry embraces EDM The integration... Summary: Imaging World, March 3rd, 1997 Aircraft industry embraces EDM. The integration of document management and engineering drawings is attaining a firm foothold in the manufacturing market. A critical sector within the manufacturing sphere is the aircraft industry. The following case studies explore the use of document management applications by Raytheon Corporate Jet and Learjet. Raytheon officials... 90% Evolution in thinking about process redesign Summary: The design process must respect and involve the user. but also behavioral questions involving "What kind of lives and lifestyles do we want to design?" The process must involve the user. Enter vernacular design. Some of the best process designers used to be video game designers. 89% How to modernize your paper engineering drawings Summary: paper engineering drawings. CAD is the most productive environment in which to manage and modify engineering documents. Integrating these older designs into CAD has created two potential environments: hybrid raster CAD and vector CAD, which is the result of a raster-to-vector conversion. Substantial savings can also be realized in a managed revision process. CAD has already proven itself as a... 88% Kalthoff finds PDM buyers reaching for their w... Summary: Kalthoff's research also shows an increasing number of companies in the later stages of system evaluation, a key indicator of the market's potential for growth. The buying index research data was compiled to identify active purchasing initiatives and buying cycle phases for PDM and EDMS software. Results showed that 423 sites reported having a PDM or EDMS purchasing initiative underway. Of the... 88% Allies market standards-based PDM software Summary: Allies market standards-based PDM software. Enterprise document management provider PC Docs (Burlington, MA) and Agile Software (San Jose) have agreed to work together to provide information management solutions for manufacturing and engineering organizations. Using ODMA standards, the partners-based approach will provide manufacturing customers with an integrated solution to control, manage... 88% EDM in the acid test Users grade the vendors ... Summary: Tom Marquez:. Tom Marquez is president of. No product is perfect." Currently, there are approximately 100 users. However, Adra is making significant improvements in this area. 88% Allies market standards-based PDM software Summary: (Posted: Monday, April 7, 1997, 9:55 AM) Enterprise document management provider PC Docs (Burlington, MA) and Agile Software (San Jose) have agreed to work together to provide information management solutions for manufacturing and engineering organizations. 88% People 4-7-97 Summary: Software developer Cascade Systems (Andover, MA) names George Farnham OEM sales manager. He joins from Archetype. Farnham is responsible for the development of OEM channels for the company's product suite. Cunningham joins from Software 2000 where he was corporate controller. Celerity (Knoxville, TN) names Kenneth D. Van Meter CEO. 87% Sessions explore Microsoft, BPR Summary: Sessions explore Microsoft, BPR. 30 to Oct. 30 at 4 p.m., Ryrie will discuss the effects of Microsoft's presence in the imaging/workflow and groupware market. Ryrie also will address Microsoft's workflow strategy and the company's willingness to partner with companies other than Wang for document management solutions. On Oct. 87% How PDM can fight competitive battles Summary: With the new system, electronic change requests are possible. Also new is electronic viewing and sign off. Users can query a document's status, view a drawing in progress, access detailed information about process changes, look at outstanding change requests, or query a part to see where it is used throughout Morton. "That makes it much easier for us to meet certification requirements." copy on... 87% Why workflow users need BPR tools Summary: Why workflow users need BPR tools. Workflow vendors have for so long wrapped their software in the lingo of business process re-engineering that BPR and workflow software seem to be one and the same. Workflow users need these bridges if they want to translate task automation into business process improvement. Workflow software is an implementation technology, concerned with process automation... 87% BUSINESS PROCESS RE- Summary: When planning for imaging and workflow--and the subsequent organizational makeover --management should carefully map the strategic benefit of the change and how it will be accomplished. Your application assessment will include an honest evaluation of your organization and your competition. The cost/benefit assessment. Abrams and Smith: When planning an imaging and workflow initiative and the... 87% A do-it-yourself EDM solution Summary: "Our first objective was to make all of our drawings available on-line," continues Chase. But it's still a homegrown system. The purchasing department has begun to use the system. Right now everyone who has access to the electronic document vault can make their own copies. Not bad for a homegrown low-budget EDM system. 87% ImagingExpo'96: A world-class conference schedu Summary: Monday, September 30. Monday, September 30. Monday, September 30. Monday, September 30. Monday, September 30. 86% FileNet partnerships abound Integrating workfl... Summary: Integrating workflow with BPR is one result. The combined product boasts start-to-finish business process management and work automation. "Now organizations can build workflow environments that improve quality on an ongoing basis," said Kian Saneii, Visual WorkFlo product marketing manager at FileNet. With "real data" coming from Visual WorkFlo, organizations can improve those processes to adapt...
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