eMPower 6 Leverages Oracle Database Technology to Extend Tecnomatix Leadership in Manufacturing Process Management
NASHUA, N.H.--Sept. 18, 2002--Modern, Distributed, Open Architecture Using Oracle Unbreakable Database Brings Greater Levels of Enterprise Collaboration, Performance and Scalability
Further extending its leadership in Manufacturing Process Management (MPM), Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. , a member partner of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, has unveiled the newest version of its flagship MPM platform - eMPower(TM) 6. eMPower 6 uses the Oracle Database to provide its users with fast, reliable and scalable MPM solutions. Leading global manufacturers are already demonstrating the increased levels of performance, productivity and scalability that the eMPower 6 platform brings to critical planning and engineering processes within the product lifecycle management (PLM) environment.
eMPower 6 incorporates advanced technologies into a modern, multi-tier distributed architecture. This architecture creates an open, integrated environment to support today's distributed and collaborative IT manufacturing-oriented environments.
At the core of the distributed multi-tier architecture is the unique eMServer application server, which provides the MPM business logic. The eMServer uses the Oracle Database as its backbone. Several eMServers can be connected to the Oracle Database, providing a highly scalable and distributed solution that gives eMServer users the power of fast, scalable and reliable application deployment on all eMPower 6 application suites. The benefits to Tecnomatix customers include reduced total cost of ownership, with a simultaneous increase in the power of the overall architecture with greater performance, scalability, and reliability.
The eMServer allows all eMPower 6 application suites - including planning, 3D engineering, quality, authoring and simulation - to benefit from its powerful data management capabilities. Moreover, eMPower 6 provides a powerful, Web-based collaborative environment, which supports common scenarios such as design reviews, discussions and communication. This capability transforms traditionally serial design processes into concurrent, collaborative sessions of multidisciplinary design.
eMPower 6 is an open, highly flexible and integrative platform. Open API and standard XML technologies allow seamless integration with major 3D/2D CAD, PDM and ERP systems such as Unigraphics, Catia, Pro-Engineer, AutoCAD and others. The platform also allows swift integration with existing legacy systems and rapid development of customized solutions reflecting the unique business needs of each customer.
"The Oracle Database provides software vendors with a highly robust, scalable and reliable way to develop and deploy their mission-critical applications," said Robert Shimp, vice president, Oracle Database Marketing. "The combination of our database technology and the eMPower 6 platform provides a fast, reliable, scalable and secure manufacturing process management solution for global manufacturers, enabling them to improve productivity across the organization and reduce total cost of ownership."
Taken together, the eMServer-based products in the Tecnomatix MPM suite make eMPower 6 the most comprehensive solution available, helping global enterprises and their partners manage their manufacturing processes, from the time a product design is introduced until it is ready for mass production.
"By working with key partners like Oracle, Tecnomatix has been able to bring to market a powerful and mature solution in the form of eMPower 6," said Harel Beit-On, chairman and CEO of Tecnomatix Technologies. "Early proofs of our customers' success with eMPower 6 build on a history of eMPower successes and serve to underline the maturity of the entire eMPower MPM solution suite. Major manufacturers around the world, in all key discrete manufacturing industries, are realizing the benefits of eMPower and MPM: faster time to market and time to volume, higher reliability throughout the manufacturing process, increased quality of operations and output, and tremendous cost savings. eMPower 6 raises the ante by providing unprecedented levels of scalability, even higher performance, and an open platform that lets any enterprise customize its implementation to fit its own unique needs."
About eMPower MPM Solutions
The need to get more products to market faster has driven manufacturers to distribute production over plants and contract manufacturers. The strategy to "plan anywhere, build anywhere" requires technologies and methodologies that allow manufacturers to efficiently author, simulate and manage manufacturing information throughout their organization and with each other.
Leveraging core technologies, manufacturing expertise and Internet technologies, Tecnomatix developed the Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) concept and the innovative eMPower line of MPM solutions. MPM addresses "how" a product is to be manufactured and provides the link between product design systems that address "what" has to be manufactured, and shop-floor execution systems that address the "when and where" of production.
eMPower 6 builds on the industry-leading eMPower platform introduced by Tecnomatix in 2000 to meet the critical needs of manufacturers demanding tools to help them reduce costs and improve production efficiency. According to Marc Halpern of the Gartner research firm, "One of the major opportunities to reduce costs within an organization is manufacturing process management (MPM).... And, indeed, in some lead accounts, we're seeing manufacturing process management tools playing a significant role in reducing cost and time to manufacturing."
The eMPower platform provides a fully digital and integrated foundation using an advanced data model that links parts, operations and resources in an electronic Bill of Processes (or eBOP) to address a wide range of industry-specific manufacturing requirements. Similar to electronic Bills of Materials, which describe a product and its components, eBOPs describe the manufacturing processes by defining the relationships among operations, resources and parts. Web-based eMPower tools enable communication, collaboration and the open exchange of manufacturing process information throughout the enterprise, its plants and suppliers.
eMPower 6 significantly extends the leadership of the Tecnomatix eMPower platform in the MPM market. It represents the most comprehensive MPM offering available, covering all phases of manufacturing engineering from early planning to offline programming and shop floor documentation. Companies can acquire complete eMPower solution suites, individual standalone applications, or combinations of eMPower application modules bundled to fit their specific manufacturing and design needs. For more detailed eMPower product and solution information, see www.tecnomatix.com.
About Tecnomatix Technologies
Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd. is the driving force in Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) solutions. Today's leading global manufacturers are adopting MPM solutions to expand revenue potential and reduce costs by enhancing manufacturing's ability to support the business strategy of choice. These companies are using Tecnomatix eMPower MPM solutions to accelerate product introductions, shorten time to volume, and optimize production execution. eMPower enables our customers to succeed with its collaborative, open platform and applications for defining, simulating, managing, and executing manufacturing processes across the extended enterprise.
For additional information about why automotive, electronics, aerospace and other discrete manufacturing leaders -- such as BMW, Ford, GM, Mazda, Comau, Faurecia, Sanmina-SCI, Solectron, Nortel, Philips, Boeing, Airbus, GE Aircraft Engines, Lockheed Martin - are turning to Tecnomatix MPM solutions, visit www.tecnomatix.com.
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