New Teamcenter Rapid Start Speeds Product Data Management Deployment; Streamlines Product Development

Teamcenter Rapid Start Helps Businesses Quickly Realize the Benefits of PDM - Siemens introduces the next generation of easy to deploy product data management (PDM) based on Teamcenter® software and designed to streamline the product development process by enabling businesses to quickly find, share and re-use product data. The Teamcenter Rapid Start configuration delivers Teamcenter, the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management system, with a preconfigured PDM deployment. Teamcenter Rapid Start is the next step in the evolution of Siemens’ Teamcenter Express software. It provides companies a quick, low risk method to realize the benefits of PDM today, while protecting their technology investment. Teamcenter Rapid Start uses the same software code as Teamcenter, so it provides a simple growth path to full PLM implementation.

Teamcenter Rapid Start provides multi-CAD data management capabilities that enable manufacturers to effectively and efficiently manage, control and share mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) data across the entire design and supply chain. Supporting most popular CAD solutions, Teamcenter Rapid Start provides a single view of product data. This combined with its visualization capabilities help enhance collaboration, enabling businesses to make smarter decisions that result in better products.

Teamcenter Rapid Start also manages everyday tasks and processes with preconfigured best practice workflows for engineering change and product release. These processes enhance efficiency to meet design and schedule targets.

“Teamcenter Rapid Start simplifies entry into PDM, allowing companies to start managing their multi-CAD data, change, and release processes, and then advance their PLM maturity over time as their needs grow,” said Eric Sterling, Senior Vice President, Lifecycle Collaboration Software, Siemens PLM Software. “Once you have Teamcenter Rapid Start up and running, you can add on Teamcenter capabilities as you need them, targeting the transformational business processes for which Teamcenter is built. Teamcenter Rapid Start allows customers to start experiencing the benefits of Teamcenter with a simple, easy to deploy, easy to use PDM solution.”

Teamcenter Express customers can exchange their current licenses for equivalent Teamcenter Rapid Start licenses and after a straightforward upgrade will benefit from both the preconfigured PDM capabilities of Teamcenter Rapid Start and easy access to the full PLM capabilities of Teamcenter.

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with seven million licensed seats and more than 71,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software works collaboratively with companies to deliver open solutions to help them make smarter decisions that result in better products.

The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg, Germany) supports the entire value chain of its industrial customers – from product design to production and services – with an unmatched combination of automation technology, industrial control technology, and industrial software. With its software solutions, the Division can shorten the time-to-market of new products by up to 50 percent. Industry Automation comprises five Business Units: Industrial Automation Systems, Control Components and Systems Engineering, Sensors and Communications, Siemens PLM Software, and Water Technologies.

Siemens Simplifies PLM Software Implementation; Provides Faster ROI

New Approach Delivers Solutions up to Three Times Faster – Siemens PLM Software has implemented a new application based approach to product release, simplifying how manufacturers adopt Teamcenter® software, the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management system. The new approach separates Teamcenter applications from being dependent on a specific version of the larger Teamcenter platform. As a result, new customer and market driven solutions will now be available up to three times faster, and customers will be able to implement new applications without being required to upgrade the platform, helping them achieve a faster return on their PLM investment. Siemens also announced the latest release of the Teamcenter platform, Teamcenter 10.

Over the past year, Siemens has introduced a number of transformational applications that can now be used with multiple versions of the Teamcenter platform, including Briefcase Browser for supplier integration, Substance Compliance for sustainability initiatives, Product Cost Management, providing visibility into cost throughout the product lifecycle, and a Quality Management with CAPA solution.

“Our separation of application releases from major platform updates significantly simplifies PLM implementation for our customers and is a game change in our market,” said Eric Sterling, Senior Vice President, Lifecycle Collaboration Software, Siemens PLM Software. “PLM customers need to be able to react quickly to changing demands. Our new approach to deliver targeted PLM applications that work across multiple versions of the Teamcenter platform will enable us to focus on developing applications that help transform our customers’ businesses, and allows them to more easily take advantage of the latest and best in PLM. This approach provides customers a faster return on their PLM investment and gives them the agility required to stay ahead of their competition.”

Teamcenter 10 will be available later this month. The new Teamcenter solutions for supplier integration (Briefcase Browser), Substance Compliance, Product Cost Management, and Quality Management with CAPA are all available immediately. For more information please visit www.siemens.com/plm/teamcenter.

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with seven million licensed seats and more than 71,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software works collaboratively with companies to deliver open solutions to help them make smarter decisions that result in better products. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.

The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg, Germany) supports the entire value chain of its industrial customers – from product design to production and services – with an unmatched combination of automation technology, industrial control technology, and industrial software. With its software solutions, the Division can shorten the time-to-market of new products by up to 50 percent. Industry Automation comprises five Business Units: Industrial Automation Systems, Control Components and Systems Engineering, Sensors and Communications, Siemens PLM Software, and Water Technologies
 

Latest Release of Siemens' Solid Edge Software Helps Get Quality Products to Market Faster

New Software Capabilities Enable up to a Six-fold Increase in Productivity on Certain Tasks - The latest release of Siemens PLM Software’ Solid Edge® software (Solid Edge ST6) includes several new enhancements in the areas of design, simulation and collaboration that enable certain tasks to be performed up to six times faster than the previous version. New functionality also helps Solid Edge ST6 users to learn, share and collaborate with other Solid Edge users. The combined enhancements included in Solid Edge ST6 are designed to help businesses improve overall product development productivity. Along with Solid Edge ST6, Siemens is announcing the latest release of Solid Edge™ SP design management solution (Solid Edge for SharePoint) to enhance collaboration. The company also added Android tablets and the iPad® mini support for its Solid Edge Mobile Viewer.

The announcement was made at Siemens PLM Software’s Solid Edge University 2013, being held this week in Cincinnati.

Olivier Pellerin, IT Innovation Manager for Groupe SEB, the maker of Krups coffee machines, T-Fal and Wearever cookware performed some early “beta” testing of Solid Edge ST6. “Surfacing command enhancements in Solid Edge ST6 have enabled us to create some models 40 percent faster compared to other CAD systems,” said Pellerin. “Faster is better, but the quality of models is essential for the manufacturing process and the new inspection tools available in Solid Edge ST6 help us guarantee the inherent quality of the surfaces modeled. These along with other enhancements in Solid Edge ST6 will help us bring better products to market faster.”

Solid Edge ST6 features new surfacing functions that help create stylized designs up to four times faster, and new sheet metal capabilities that help create stamped parts up to five times faster, based on internal testing. New Solid Edge simulation tools automatically optimize designs up to six times faster which helps lower product costs without sacrificing product quality. Synchronous technology enhancements help designers import and re-use files up to six times faster which enables improved collaboration with partners. In addition, support has been added to make importing SolidWorks® software files even easier.

“The new features in Solid Edge ST6, driven by our strong focus on our customers’ need to get innovative products to market faster, help designers create modern new designs in a fraction of the time while maintaining the same high quality standards,” said Karsten Newbury, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mainstream Engineering Software, Siemens PLM Software. “The Solid Edge system addresses all aspects of the design process – 3D design, simulation, manufacturing, design management, collaboration – and enables companies to make smarter product related decisions that result in developing better products more efficiently.”

In addition to the new design and simulation capabilities, Solid Edge ST6 also provides new functionality to learn, share, and collaborate with other Solid Edge users. The new Solid Edge YouTube docking pane gives users the ability to record, upload and directly share a modeling session on YouTube, and search YouTube for other Solid Edge videos. Users can also access discussions, tutorials and expert advice via a new online Solid Edge Community.