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News Release from: Dassault Systemes | Subject: Web-based product data management
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 August 2006
Steel plant's PDM accelerates
time-to-market
Korea's leading steel maker, has put into production a Web-based product data management system to accelerate time-to-market and increase competitiveness.
Korea's leading steel maker, has put into production a Web-based product data management system to accelerate time-to-market and increase competitiveness IBM and Dassault Systemes have announced that Hyundai Steel, Korea's leading steel maker, has adopted ENOVIA SmarTeam for efficient design and drawing management, and has put into production a Web-based product data management (PDM) system
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"In the process centric and asset intensive steel industry, the optimized use of equipment and the management of quality, cost, and production are essential in securing a competitive edge for the future," said Min-Seok Yang, manager of mechanical parts in the Mechanical Engineering Team at Hyundai Steel.
"We needed to adopt a more advanced PDM systemto link our facility management systems and design datain order to meet these requirements, and chose ENOVIA SmarTeam." Kuni Horita, executive director of ENOVIA SmarTeam business in the Asia Pacific region for Dassault Systemes, said: "Hyundai Steel has successfully created a web-based collaborative environment around ENOVIA SmarTeam.
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Real-time, multidisciplinary collaboration between Hyundai Steel's business sites is now possible, with drawings generated by each site managed on a central system, which brings a consistent and seamless process to the whole company.
By establishing a web-based system with easier access to secure, up-to-date information for business sites dispersed across the country, Hyundai Steel has attained its goal of reducing costs through higher business efficiency." Jemann Park, sales executive, PLM Solutions, IBM Korea, said: "An innovator in the steel industry in Korea, Hyundai Steel has leveraged ENOVIASmarTeam to benefit from overall data integrity while being able to reuse these data as corporate intellectual capital in an online environment.
This is a proof that advanced PDM solutions like ENOVIA SmarTeam can enhance collaboration in the corporate core system." The drawing management system using web-based ENOVIA SmarTeam was successfully launched in the first half of 2006 and integrated to the existing facility management system.
Access to 24h online support has significantly reduced the time to obtain drawings.
The new solution allows data tobe shared easily over the Internet.
Increased data reuse coupled with standardizing business processes in line with their facility management systems, enables Hyundai Steel to make the right decisions ensuring their long-term success.
Hyundai Steel is planning on expanding the ENOVIA SmarTeam system enterprise-wide by integrating it throughout its IT infrastructure, starting with purchasing, unlocking further opportunities to tap into.
With the competitive edge this will bring, Hyundai Steel plans to drive innovation, and realize its vision of becoming a global steel industry leader in the near future.
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