SDRC Launches Solution for Collaborative Product Commerce
7 March 2000
SDRC Launches e-Business Solution for Collaborative Product Commerce -- CPC
BOSTON--March 7, 2000--Diverse Systems and Companies Across the Supply Chain
for Greater Productivity
SDRC , a global supplier of e-business collaboration solutions for the product lifecycle, at the Daratech Web-Based Product Process Management: CAD/CAM, CAE 2000 Strategy Workshops, today announced a new brand and product, Accelis(TM), its line of e-business solutions for Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC).
CPC integrates the global value chain to reduce the time and associated cost of delay and design rework when introducing a new product. SDRC's new Accelis product line provides the e-business framework to exchange and leverage information among all participants in the global supply chain - companies and their suppliers, partners and customers. By supporting supply chain collaboration across the product life cycle, Accelis enhances organizational productivity, allowing companies to deliver higher quality products faster and more cost-effectively.
"With the announcement of the Accelis product line, SDRC is introducing a new and unique approach to product lifecycle collaboration," said Bruce Jenkins, vice president, Daratech. "Leveraging the best of today's web architecture products and standards, such as Java and XML, allows SDRC to focus its resources on quickly adding value in its core areas of expertise. By leveraging the web assets and investments that complementary developers are putting in place, rather than fielding a proprietary point solution, the company offers customers a way to accelerate their implementations of CPC - and, to adapt quickly as business needs and web technology evolve."
"We are impressed with SDRC's approach to expanding their solution suite to include CPC-focused technologies and their leveraging of commercial standards and tools to take advantage of industry advances," said Ed Miller, president, CIMdata, Inc. "This expansion of their product suite provides a much broader coverage of the overall collaborative product definition management environment, and demonstrates SDRC's commitment to continued improvement of their offerings to help their customers gain competitive advantage in global markets."
Accelis supports customers' CPC strategies by:
-- Rapidly linking customer requirements with product
development;
-- Providing direct, web-centric interaction between customers
and suppliers;
-- Connecting heterogeneous and geographically dispersed legacy
systems;
-- Decreasing product time-to-market, and
-- Enhancing collaboration among users and applications.
Unlike many CPC products on the market today, Accelis is built on best-in-class Java application server technology - the same standard platform that supports a company's overall e-business strategy. SDRC has teamed with IBM to deliver the first Accelis release on IBM(R)'s WebSphere(TM) product, recognized as the leading e-business platform for enterprise application integration.
"Accelis enables companies, and their partners and suppliers, to contribute to any part of the product development process, confident that they have access to the most up-to-date information - while maintaining their own autonomous applications," said Bill Weyand, chairman, president, and CEO, SDRC. "SDRC is able to provide customers with CPC's benefits immediately by basing Accelis on IBM's proven WebSphere application server. SDRC's value added applications, plus WebSphere, provide a best-in-class CPC solution for our customers."
Accelis allows companies to retain independent systems while using the Java and XML technology of IBM's WebSphere application server to share information with other systems. The Accelis platform and application-independent, standards-based foundation enhances interoperability among systems and servers. Its capability to provide transparent portals simplifies client access, while providing security and unlimited scalability.
About SDRC
SDRC (Structural Dynamics Research Corporation) is a global provider of e-business collaboration solutions for the product lifecycle. The Company's products address the areas of e-Design Automation, Product Knowledge Management, and Collaborative Product Commerce. Coupled with process engineering and consulting services, the Company's solutions facilitate innovation through collaboration, enabling industry leaders to optimize product development early in the design process, increase productivity, and significantly improve time-to-market. SDRC employs more than 2,500 people worldwide, with 77 offices in 18 countries throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.
http://www.sdrc.com/
Note to Editors: SDRC, I-DEAS, and Metaphase are registered trademarks, and Accelis and Metaphase Enterprise are trademarks of Structural Dynamics Research Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.