SDRC Receives $2 Million Contract
3 September 1998
SDRC Receives $2 Million Contract for Add-On Metaphase Enterprise PDM Software From Motorola
CINCINNATI--Sept. 3, 1998--Structural Dynamics Research Corporation , the worldwide PDM market leader, today announced that Motorola, based in Schaumburg, Ill., has signed a $2 million contract for add-on Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM) product data management (PDM) software in the second quarter. Motorola is a leading electronics/high technology company that designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive array of products including pagers, semiconductors and satellites. It has the largest portfolio of cellular telephones in the world.Currently, Motorola uses Metaphase in four of its seven business sectors to manage Pro/ENGINEER data and engineering change processes. With its PDM implementation, its cycle time on engineering change orders alone has significantly decreased.
With the software, which Motorola will deploy over two years, it is more than tripling its licensed Metaphase user base through expansions of existing sites in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. In addition, Motorola is focusing its Metaphase rollout on the entire engineering process by managing engineering bills of material, CAD data from Pro/ENGINEER, electrical CAD data, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) interfaces.
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Major equipment businesses include paging and data communications, cellular telephone, two-way radio, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products.
SDRC is a 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 more than 2,200 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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