excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 100% 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... 96% Learjet leads in aircraft maintenance innovati... Summary: Learjet leads in aircraft maintenance innovation. A NEW WAY OF HANDLING MAINTENANCE HELPS KEEP LEARJET IN THE AIR AND OUT OF THE HANGAR Because every minute costs when a corporate aircraft sits on the ground, Learjet (Wichita, KS) has created the Learjet Active Maintenance Publishing System (LAMPS) to shave time off of maintenance and keep aircraft where it belongs--in the air. Hyperlinking... 93% Raytheon shares data across the sea Electronic Summary: "We needed data in both locations. A system configured with user involvement. We had two gentlemen in the U.K. who were also involved--one engineer and one involved in system support." Currently, the system contains all the product and maintenance data on the Beech corporate jets. "Probably the first benefit was to have all data accessible from any point," Tos says. 89% 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... 88% 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,... 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... 87% Kalthoff Spring '97 conference highlights Summary: (Posted: Thursday, April 17, 1997, 8:07 AM) Attendees at the Kalthoff International Spring '97 User Forum learned that the Web is alive, growing and going--into business. 87% Kalthoff finds PDM buyers reaching for their wallets Summary: (Posted: Thursday, April 3, 1997, 8:20 AM) According to the Kalthoff International (Cincinnati), purchasing initiatives for product data management (PDM) and engineering document management systems (EDMS) are underway in 47% of the industries that the company contacted. 87% 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... 86% Deal Makers Summary: An agreement between Diamond Head (Richardson, TX) and DynCorp (Reston, VA) will combine IT provider DynCorp's Enterprize imaging and object management software with Diamond Head's ImageBasic component tools. Alliance brings CD-R storage to NT. Both products are optimized for the NT platform. "We were impressed with Smart Storage's position in the CD storage marketplace.". BancTec working in... 86% 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... 85% 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. 83% 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. 83% IW World Class Solutions Summary: It's a valuable synergy of need,. Bank officials were so amazed when the project was finished in just two weeks that they decided to create a full-scale application for employee personnel records. Both projects use ImageBASIC from Diamond Head. Employees were justifiably excited when they learned that 10,000 documents could be stored on one CD. It took about two weeks for approval. 82% Access drills for drawings off the coast of Japan Summary: Access drills for drawings off the coast of Japan.cimage.uk), the North American distibutor of U.K.-based Cimage document management products, has announced that Marathon Oil (Houston) intends to use document management software and services at its subsidiary, Sakhalin Energy. Access will manage distributed engineering documents for an oil drilling and production platform in Russian waters off... 82% 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. 81% The Ohio Department of Transportation has sign... Summary: It's added more than 70 licenses to its installation. Drawings, schematics and documentation will be available instantly online to employees on the factory floor. Marathon Oil Company (Houston) has purchased Cimage's (Irvine, CA) document management software and supporting services. The county encompasses 1,300 square miles serving 1.6 million residents. Page, drawing, roll film and color... 78% IWTopCust96 Summary: Small county conquers big info management problems. Customer: Polk County, Oregon Vendor: Diamond Head Software (Richardson, TX) Polk County--with a population of just 55,000--has found big ways to save money and manage information. New solutions have been rolled out to assist other departments.--Murray Giesbrecht, Polk County IS manager. Imaging system benefits civil servants. 74% Hot Products Summary: Mass production CD-ROM system. The MPS system is available for more than 25 Unix platforms. *. So much in store. Windows NT storage strategies are being formulated by most storage vendors. In addition to the storage options themselves, there is a wide range of storage management products is available. 73% Dates & Times SIGCAT '97, May 18 to May 22 at ... Summary: Imaging World, May 5th, 1997 Dates & Times. SIGCAT '97, May 18 to May 22 at the. Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA. Sunday, May 18: Tutorials 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 19: Plenary session 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.;. sessions 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.;. exhibition setup 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; exhibitor reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 20: Sessions 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;. ...
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