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News Release from: Siemens PLM Software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 October 2003
EDS PLM Solutions Recognised as the
Leader
AMR Research highlights EDS PLM Solutions' Strength in Customer Needs Management, Collaborative Product Design, and Product Data Management
EDS PLM Solutions today announced it was recognised as the leader in the PLM vendor comparison by industry research firm AMR Research in a new benchmark study of the PLM market entitled "CAD Versus ERP Versus PDM: How Best to Anchor a PLM Strategy," published on September 30, 2003 The AMR Research study compared PLM providers' strength in five key areas - Portfolio/Program Management, Customer Needs Management, Collaborative Product Design, Product Data Management and Direct Material Sourcing
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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EDS PLM Solutions received strong ratings in all five categories, with particular strength in Customer Needs Management, Collaborative Product Design and Product Data Management.
In analysing the overall summary and scoring of vendors presented in Table 6 of the report, EDS PLM Solutions found that no other vendor equalled its overall strength in the five key areas that define PLM.
"We applaud the comprehensive nature of the AMR Research benchmark and the resulting depth of their analysis," said Tony Affuso, president of EDS PLM Solutions.
"EDS is the clear winner in this benchmark study.
Not only are we the leader in terms of global, 24x7 production implementations around the world, but AMR Research's results also recognise our leadership in solutions depth and breadth across the lifecycle." AMR Research recognised EDS PLM Solutions' strengths in the area of product data management, noting strong configuration management, CAD integration, engineering change, product structure and enterprise product data management.
In the solution comparison, AMR Research specifically noted the strengths of community collaboration, visualisation, requirements management and strategic sourcing capabilities in EDS PLM Solutions' Teamcenter portfolio.
To quote the report:.
o "EDS is strongest with Teamcenter Requirements".
o "Another definite winner for those that have not yet tried it is visualization.
EDS Teamcenter Community is the best-in-class here ".
o "EDS' eBreviate [Teamcenter Sourcing] is strong for quote analytics and auctioning - ".
For more information on the AMR Research report, go to http://www.amrresearch.com/.
To see why Teamcenter earns top ratings from industry analysts, request a free, interactive guide to PLM, "Teamcenter in Action," from http://www.eds.com/teamcenter_cd.
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