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News Release from: SSA Global | Subject: Product Lifecycle Management (iBaan for PLM)
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 June 2002
Enterprise strategy software updated
Enterprise strategy software updated to provide enhanced capabilities for tracking, management and monitoring of product from design to manufacturing to service.
Baan, the leading enterprise application provider for industrial enterprises and part of Invensys plc, has extended its iBaan for Product Lifecycle Management (iBaan for PLM) suite with the launch of its new iBaan Product Data Management, iBaan Lifecycle Analyzer, iBaan Product Packager and iBaan PartnerNet solutions The new additions further enhance the iBaan for PLM suite to enable complete tracking, management and monitoring of products from design, to manufacturing, to service
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Jun 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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iBaan Product Data Management bridges the gap between an organization's CAD environment and its ERP environment; iBaan PartnerNet extends the iBaan Product Data Management solution to the extranet; iBaan Product Packager allows iBaan users to securely transmit and receive product information; and iBaan Lifecycle Analyzer is a powerful collaboration tool that can integrate with iBaan Product Data Management, iBaan Enterprise and other iBaan products to help enable users to determine the effect of a change on key factors, such as cost, stock, production line schedules, time to market and product quality.
Ilana Jucha, President of Baan PLM said: "These new solutions have been developed in response to customer feedback and demonstrate our commitment to helping companies by providing them with the tools that can enable them to compete more effectively, increase market share, build on long-term stability and ultimately become more profitable." iBaan Product Data Management has been designed to create a virtually seamless flow of information between designers, procurement, manufacturing, sales, post-sales service and every other authorized party throughout an extended enterprise.
Running across an enterprise's intranet, iBaan Product Data Management allows users to move information up and down the entire supply chain, ensuring that all relevant parties are provided with all the information that they need.
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The solution's multiple view support allows engineers and non-engineers to provide input during all stages of design, as well as to participate in the change decision and validation process without having to install the enterprise's native CAD system.
iBaan PartnerNet extends the iBaan Product Data Management solution to the extranet, creating a secure environment for product-centric communications with customers, suppliers, and partners.
iBaan PartnerNet has a three-tier architecture with a unique, decoupled user interface and is designed to run outside an organization's firewall.
This helps ensure that the organization's authorized partners interact only with the information intended for them.
Leveraging its collaborative applications, iBaan PartnerNet translates data into a format users can easily understand whilst its integration and collaboration capabilities allow users to continue working in the system environment most familiar to them.
iBaan Product Packager allows iBaan users to securely transmit information on a 'need-to-know' basis, and view received data in their preferred format.
The solution is used to securely import and export product information in a variety of formats from, and to another iBaan PartnerNet user or a business partner communicating via email, CD-ROM, FTP or other Internet-enabled applications.
The iBaan Product Packager can also connect iBaan with other PDM systems and multiple iBaan Product Data Management/PartnerNet instances.
iBaan Lifecycle Analyzer can be used concurrently with iBaan Product Data Management, iBaan Enterprise or other iBaan products and as such, can also be integrated with the other two core iBaan solutions - iBaan for SCM and iBaan for CRM.
The solution allows users to determine the effect of a change on key factors, such as cost, stock, production line schedules, time to market and product quality.
This information supports decision-making based on a measurable analysis of change impact.
It retrieves information from multiple components of the iBaan environment, as input for evaluating and approving a change.
A broad variety of comparison options, such as a comparison between 'As-Designed' and 'As-Built' ensure the efficient management of the product during its entire lifecycle.
Jack Maynard, Research Director, Collaborative Business Solutions for Aberdeen Group commented: "As Aberdeen looks at the rapidly increasing activity in the PLM solutions market, Baan stands out as a vendor that provides a broad base of complex manufacturing support within the company's ERP suite that is also fielding an end-to-end PLM solution.
The synergy between iBaan ERP and iBaan PLM ensures interoperability 'right out of the box' without the traditional pain associated with integration - for Baan customers this means a much faster time-to-value." iBaan for PLM is part of the iBaan suite of Internet-enabled solutions that combines proven Baan technology with new developments to enable customers to take significant steps towards seamlessly integrating systems and processes.
It provides end-users with personalized and easy-to-use information, and empowers businesses to collaborate with their customers and suppliers over the Internet.
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