SDRC Receives $1 Million Order From Sauer-Sundstrand
18 June 1998
SDRC Receives $1 Million Order From Sauer-Sundstrand for Metaphase Enterprise PDM SoftwareBusiness Editors, Computers/Electronics Writers
CINCINNATI--June 18, 1998--Structural Dynamics Research Corporation , the PDM market leader, today announced that it received a $1 million order for Metaphase Enterprise software and services valued from Sauer-Sundstrand, a worldwide leading supplier of controlled hydraulic power systems. This initial order will encompass implementation of SDRC's Metaphase Enterprise product data management (PDM) software in Sauer-Sundstrand's United States-based operations. The order was taken in the fourth quarter of 1997.
"The strength of SDRC is in being able to provide design and manufacturing-intensive organizations like Sauer-Sundstrand with the sophisticated, yet flexible enterprise tools they need to achieve their aggressive design and production targets," said Robert Nierman, COO of SDRC and President of the Metaphase Technology Division of SDRC. "We are pleased that Sauer-Sundstrand has chosen to expand its long-standing relationship with SDRC by implementing Metaphase."
Jim Wilcox, Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations, Sauer-Sundstrand, sees PDM as "a technology that can be deployed as a strategic weapon in assisting Sauer-Sundstrand in achieving and maintaining a competitive advantage in terms of quality, delivery, and cost."
"PDM is an enabling technology that can assist us in addressing our need to operate as a single unified company," said Jim Feeley, Director of Information Technology, Sauer-Sundstrand. "We produce customer-specific hydraulic power systems that consist of a wide combination of components produced in several locations around the world. Given our growing products and markets, a tool like Metaphase is essential in helping us manage the development process and the vast amount of associated product data world-wide."
This is a multiyear project; Sauer-Sundstrand expects to roll out completed design and architecture of Phase 1 in the first half of 1998, using Metaphase Solution Delivery Methodology (MetaSDM(TM)) which is a systematic life cycle process that enables organizations to plan, implement, support, and continue their enterprise PDM solutions repeatably and cost-effectively.
Scott Beer, Manager, Design & Build Applications, Sauer-Sundstrand, said, "I see Metaphase as an extension of our long-standing SDRC partnership which is centered upon an alignment between their vision and our business processes."
Sauer-Sundstrand is a worldwide leading supplier of controlled hydraulic power systems for a broad spectrum of applications which include construction machinery, conveying systems, agricultural equipment, lawn and garden vehicles, and industrial drives.
SDRC is the leading international supplier of integrated Mechanical Design Automation and testing software, Product Data Management software, and related services. The Company's products and services help manufacturers optimize product concepts early in the design process, enabling them to significantly improve product quality while reducing product development time and cost. SDRC employs over 2,030 people and has 64 offices in 16 countries throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. SDRC's market-leading PDM solution, Metaphase, is developed, marketed and supported by the Metaphase Technology Division of SDRC.
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