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News Release from: Centric Software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 April 2001
Volvo Cars chooses Centric Innovation
CPI software
The Volvo Cars Monitoring and Concept Center (VMCC), in the USA, has made a strategic decision to deploy Centric Innovation solutions for its globally distributed design chain.
Marking another milestone in the company's history of innovation, the Volvo Cars Monitoring and Concept Center (VMCC) today announced it has made a strategic decision to deploy Centric Innovation(tm) from Centric Software, the leading provider of Collaborative Product Innovation (CPI) solutions for the globally distributed design chain VMCC is leveraging the solution to fuse creativity, project management and efficiency as they collaborate with team members
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Pulling disparate data into the Centric Innovation unifying environment enables globally dispersed teams to collaboratively define, synthesise and validate concepts.
VMCC, the Volvo think tank, tests many new techniques and tools such as Centric Innovation, quickly assessing their value for the parent company, which then implements successful processes across the organisation when viable.
VMCC is therefore challenged to provide its team members with flexible design tools that match their creativity and empower them to express and share their concepts and ideas.
Unlike conventional design solutions - including specialist point products such as CAD/CAM, CAE, and visualisation, or rigid control-oriented management systems including PDM and ERP - which stifle creativity, Centric Innovation is the only environment that unites domain experts to freely share know-how and explore innovative ideas.
The ability to define, synthesise and validate product possibilities all in one environment fuels the creative process and enables VMCC to focus on its core competencies and outsource and manage projects as needed to its global partners, working together toward the final project.
"We are tremendously creative here at VMCC," said Lars Jansson, general manager, Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center.
"Centric Innovation enables us to maximise our creativity as well as the expertise of our extended team and existing resources, while minimising costly delays." "VMCC's decision to extend its relationship with Centric Software is another example of its commitment to remain on the leading edge, exploring the technological boundaries of best-in-class solutions such as Centric Innovation," said Neil M.
Mitchell, vice president of marketing and strategic alliances for Centric Software.
"We are confident they will continue to realise its benefits as they create innovative products more quickly, and at significantly reduced costs.".
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