UGS PLM Solutions Announces New Teamcenter(R) Solution for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Productivity
April 20 2004 - 9:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
UGS PLM Solutions Announces New Teamcenter(R) Solution for
Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Productivity New PLM Offering
Connects Service Organizations with Product Knowledge ATLANTA,
April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MRO 2004 -- UGS PLM Solutions,
the product lifecycle management (PLM) subsidiary of EDS, today
announced the availability of Teamcenter(R) In-Service, a new
solution that extends the value of PLM to maintenance, repair and
overhaul (MRO) organizations. The announcement was made at the MRO
2004, the world's largest conference and exhibition for the global
MRO industry. Separately, UGS PLM Solutions announced the
enhancement of its Teamcenter solution for Aerospace and Defense
(see Teamcenter Aerospace & Defense press release issued
today). Teamcenter is UGS PLM Solutions's PLM industry-leading
portfolio of configurable lifecycle domain and industry solutions,
uniting product knowledge with process innovation to deliver
business value throughout the product lifecycle. The Teamcenter
In-Service solution has been validated by the production deployment
of PLM to the point-of-service across a range of industries -- from
commercial aerospace to military aviation to shipbuilding, even to
competitive NASCAR racing. "Teamcenter In-Service is the
cornerstone of UGS PLM Solutions' strategy to deliver solutions to
the support, or in-service, phase of the product lifecycle," said
Tony Affuso, president and CEO of UGS PLM Solutions. "We're
breaking new ground by optimizing MRO planning and execution and
delivering product knowledge to an entirely new user base --
mechanics and technicians at the point of service. Teamcenter
in-Service provides unprecedented service productivity and improved
fleet availability across multiple industries." Teamcenter
In-Service Benefits With total visibility to product-related
knowledge, service crews can improve performance, maintenance
planners can optimize asset up-time and reduce service turnaround
time and enterprises can grow their after-sales service revenues.
Teamcenter In-Service allows original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) to maximize the visibility of the operational side of the
product lifecycle and owners/operators to optimize the value of
their operational assets. "With access to the product information
in Teamcenter, our front-line race teams can correlate test data to
specific vehicle and engine configurations," said Jim Wall, chief
engineer, Engine Operations, Hendrick Motorsports. "The link
between performance and product configurations, which Teamcenter
makes immediately available, allows our race teams to quickly
identify and respond with the optimal vehicle configuration for any
race situation." "The increasing technical complexity of aerospace
assets, combined with a growing shortage of experienced repair
technicians, increases the need for a Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) system that provides efficient access to product knowledge,"
said Michael Burkett, AMR Research, in an April 12, 2004 article
entitled, PLM Bridges the Gap between Design and Aftermarket
Support. "The sharing of product and technical information must be
fluid to support the increasing fragmentation of design,
manufacturing, and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) business
processes." Teamcenter provides the PLM backbone to support MRO
with its capabilities for configuration management and part
serialization; asset tracking; document management including
service and maintenance manuals and visual publishing; service
bulletins and change control, vendor management, workflow/process
management; and real-time collaboration. Improving Product and
Service Quality With total asset visibility, Teamcenter In-Service
provides service teams with a full range of continuous product
knowledge management that defines an enterprise's operational
assets and service offerings from concept design to
build-to-service deployment. This comprehensive set of knowledge
includes: -- All product configurations and lifecycle states
managed in a single integrated environment. -- All product
documentation, including requirements, procedures, qualifications
and lifecycle usage linked to product configurations. Managing
Product Configurations Teamcenter In-Service provides total
configuration knowledge throughout the entire lifecycle, including
views to a full range of product configurations, as well as to
product and process knowledge associated with each configuration.
This base of knowledge with Teamcenter's advanced search and
navigation features allows enterprises to: -- Access configuration,
product and process knowledge for every stage in the product
lifecycle. -- Improve service-related decision-making by assessing
change impact for all configurations of products in all lifecycle
states -- Incorporate service experiences into future product and
service offerings. Optimizing Service Execution Teamcenter
In-Service improves service team productivity, or "wrench time,"
through: -- Providing secure access to accurate, integrated
service, configuration and product knowledge from anywhere, on any
Web-enabled device. -- Delivering the right product and process
knowledge in the right format to service teams at their point of
need. -- Integrating the knowledge base of engineering and service
teams to support collaboration for faster turn-around time. About
UGS PLM Solutions UGS PLM Solutions, a leader in product data
management, collaboration and product design software and services
with 42,000 clients and more than 2.8 million seats of technology
operating in the market, is the product lifecycle management (PLM)
subsidiary of EDS. The company works collaboratively with its
clients to create solutions enabling them to transform their
process of innovation and thus begin to capture the promise of PLM.
The integration of the former operations of companies including
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), Engineering
Animation Inc. (EAI) and UGS, UGS PLM Solutions has created some of
the leading design, collaboration and product data management
technologies that ultimately formed the foundation of the PLM
industry. Today, the company is a family of one, building on three
decades of leadership in continuing to be a pioneer in PLM. For
more information on UGS PLM Solutions products and services, visit
http://www.ugsplm.com/. Note: Teamcenter is a registered trademark
of UGS PLM Solutions Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States
and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks
or service marks belong to their respective holders. CONTACT: Salim
Rahimi - UGS PLM Solutions 972-605-6793 DATASOURCE: UGS PLM
Solutions CONTACT: Salim Rahimi of UGS PLM Solutions,
+1-972-605-6793, or Web site: http://www.ugsplm.com/
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