SDRC Receives Metaphase Orders from Mack Trucks
3 June 1999
SDRC Receives Metaphase Orders from Mack Trucks
CINCINNATI--June 3, 1999--Investment in Metaphase to Over $3 Million
SDRC , a leading global supplier of enterprise product development solutions and developer of I-DEAS(R) and Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM) software, today announced that Mack Trucks, Inc. (a division of Renault Vehicules Industrials) has placed add-on orders for SDRC's marketing-leading Metaphase(R) Enterprise and Metaphase Document Manager product data management software and services. The value of the current orders is approximately $1M, and increases Mack Truck's overall investment in Metaphase to over $3 million.
Based on Metaphase prototypes already in place, Mack Trucks and Renault V.I. are jointly rolling out Metaphase at installations in Allentown, Penn, and Lyon, France, during Q2 1999. They are initiating the rollout by using MetaDM to manage and vault documents to allow the companies co-development capability. Metaphase Enterprise provides the information infrastructure for the global initiative, which the companies plan to continue deploying worldwide through the second half of 1999.
"To successfully implement the common product development initiative at the group level, we need a data management system that provides one single point of product data and is accessible by employees worldwide," said Guy Mine, deputy director of the group PDM project, Renault V.I. "SDRC's Metaphase products, with their strong workflow and configuration management features, give us the functionality to deploy a joint design and manufacturing environment."
"Metaphase Enterprise is supporting our requirements well, and we are using MetaDM to facilitate document vaulting and viewing for production," said Dennis Lentz, director of the group PDM project, Mack Trucks, Inc. "Because of our current success with Metaphase, we are standardizing on it as our PDM solution throughout the organization."
"The Mack -- Renault V.I. common product development initiative is the type of joint initiative that is facilitated by Metaphase's distributed, scalable architecture, which enables geographically dispersed user populations to share product data," said William Weyand, president and chief executive officer of SDRC. "SDRC's strength in the automotive sector and its exceptional worldwide services organization reinforce this exciting international group truck design and production initiative."
About Mack Trucks, Inc.
Founded in 1900, Mack Trucks, Inc. has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault V.I. since 1990. Mack is one of North America's largest producers of heavy-duty trucks and major product components. The company also markets a line of medium-duty trucks throughout North America. Mack(R) trucks are sold and serviced in more than 65 countries through a network of more than 860 sales, parts and service centers.
About Renault V.I.
Renault V.I., a subsidiary of Renault S.A, designs, manufactures and markets trucks, buses and components for passengers and freight. It also manufactures military equipment including tactical trucks, wheeled armored vehicles and tank engines; emergency and firefighting vehicles and mechanical components. The Group's plants are located worldwide.
About SDRC
SDRC (Structural Dynamics Research Corporation) is one of the world's leading providers of enterprise product development solutions with its suite of mechanical design automation software and product data management software. The Company's products, coupled with value-added services, help manufacturers optimize product development early in the design process, enabling them to reduce cost and cycle time while significantly improving quality and time to market. SDRC provides the award-winning I-DEAS(R) product suite of integrated CAD/CAM/CAE software, and the market-leading PDM software, Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM), which is developed, marketed and supported by SDRC's Metaphase Technology Division. SDRC employs more than 2,400 people worldwide, with 75 offices in 17 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.
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