Aras Solutions | Secure File Exchange

Secure File Exchange leverages Aras's connected cloud capabilities to enable managed file transfer from directly inside Aras Innovator, providing a secure way to transfer files and conduct regular data transactions while adding encryption, tracking and traceability.

Secure File Exchange replaces disconnected multi-step procedures, such as FTP, and non-secure methods, such as email and consumer file sharing sites, to enable users to safely and confidently collaborate from within the Aras PLM environment across the extended enterprise with customers, suppliers, outsourcing partners and contract manufacturers.
TRUaras

TRUaras embeds Trubiquity's advanced managed file transfer (MFT) inside the PLM workflow so that users can securely share and exchange large CAD files, technical data packages, manufacturing data, inspection and test results, and other intellectual property with full tracking and traceability.

TRUaras is ideal for companies that need to exchange large sets of files with suppliers, such as CATIA, Creo and NX assemblies, or for companies that frequently transmit product designs such as PDX files to contract manufacturers.


Secure File Exchange:

• Powerful - Allows global supply chain partners with thousands of users to securely manage transfers of large, complex sets of files
• Seamless - Embedded in the Aras PLM platform for an integrated user experience and maximum productivity
• Performance - Industry leading transfer speeds with high availability and uptime
• Encryption - Endpoint-to-endpoint security capabilities via authentication and multi-layer encryption including 128-bit SSL, 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and 1024-bit private key
• Traceability - Complete audit trail of all file transfers including the date & time, companies and individuals that conducted file uploads/downloads
• Visibility - Track and monitor file movement in real-time from pending transfer status to post transfer receipt
• Compliance - Support for Odette OFTP2 compliance and export compliance such as ITAR and EAR (Export Administration Regulations)

Use of versatile pre- and postprocessor enables space agency to reduce training costs

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) uses Femap to reduce simulation turnaround allowing more time for research and development. The company is now able to easily generate custom analysis models and significantly reduce training costs.

The Chofu Aerospace Center (CAC) Aerodrome Branch of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) develops advanced engineering technologies for future applications. The Advanced Composite Research Center at the Institute of Aeronautic Technology (IAT) works with materials that can withstand temperatures ranging from 3000 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Kelvin.

The scale of research ranges across structures, such as the main wing of an airplane, the fuel tank of a spacecraft and causes of carbon fiber delamination. In each case, the finite element analysis (FEA) solvers used for those analyses vary considerably.

“We select FEA solvers based on the size of the analysis model and the problems we want to solve,” says Dr. Akinori Yoshimura, a researcher at the Advanced Composite Research Center. “Although we work on a large number of research programs, there are fewer than 20 researchers in our section. So we wanted to avoid having to learn how to use a new pre- and postprocessor every single time we use a different CAE (computer-aided engineering) solver.”

The Advanced Composite Research Center solved this issue by selecting product lifecycle management (PLM) technology, deploying Siemens PLM Software’s Femap™ software, a pre- and postprocessor that is used to generate input data for most industry standard solvers. Once the researchers learned how to use Femap, they could generate FEA input data for many of their preferred solvers. This eliminates their concerns about learning new software and reduces the workload of creating an FEA model, enabling them to spend more time solving research problems.

Using only one pre- and postprocessor means reduced training costs for student research assistants. “If we have to use different pre- and postprocessors for different solvers, it means that we can only assign a limited range of research topics to each student,” says Yoshimura. “But if we only have to learn to use Femap, we can assign many different types of topics to them.”

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Aras Innovator 10

Aras Innovator 10 is Aras’ flagship product and is a modern, lean and scalable platform with a suite of PLM business solutions that deploy quickly and adapt easily to evolving business needs at a low total cost of ownership.

An HTML5 web browser user interface provides application functionality for:

•  Multi-CAD data management and mechatronics
•  Bill of materials (BOM) management
•  Requirements management
•  Configuration management
•  Enterprise change workflows
•  Stage-gate program management
•  Project portfolio management
•  Quality compliance, APQP, FMEA, CAPA, and other PLM processes

Aras Innovator 10 is built entirely on proven infrastructure technologies and open web standards. Because of its web architecture Aras Innovator 10 provides a range of deployment options, including conventional data center, private and public cloud, or hybrid scenarios with compliance-grade security and robust integration capabilities. The underlying enterprise application framework in Aras Innovator 10 is a model-based service oriented architecture (model-based SOA). The model-based SOA technology is a metadata architecture with a dynamic schema that relies on a loosely coupled set of federated web services designed for scalability, flexibility, and extensibility.

The model-based SOA technology in Aras Innovator 10 enables scalable performance whether running business applications out-of-the-box or highly customized. Applications are changed by modeling instead of complex coding and compiling which makes satisfying specialized business requirements faster and easier while performance remains consistent and upgradability is maintained without impacting the customizations. Read more @ Aras

5 Steps to Ensure PLM Success

Aras takes an iterative approach to PLM implementation that is unique among PLM providers. Instead of spending months developing detailed functional specifications, we start with a well-defined problem and implement the solution in manageable phases. With each phase scoped to be completed in 60 —120 days, we put real solutions in the hands of users sooner, generate momentum among the project team and demonstrate tangible business results to stakeholders and executives on an ongoing basis.

In today’s fast-paced business environment companies need every advantage. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software enables companies to bring better products to market faster while reducing costs and improving efficiency. But not all PLM solutions are created equally.

When evaluating your PLM options, factors such as ease of use, implementation, customization, modification and upgrades are as important as features, function and technology. After all, what good is a slick system if it doesn’t work and grow with your business?

In addition to our model-based SOA framework, which offers the most advanced PLM functionality available in the industry, we provide a proven Implementation Methodology that accelerates implementation, drives user acceptance and shows real business results faster.

THE ARAS IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY

Aras takes an iterative approach to PLM implementation that is unique among PLM providers. Instead of spending months developing functional specifications to the utmost level of detail, we start with a well-defined problem and implement the solution in manageable phases that comprise the complete project.  Download Aras's implementation guide.