One Solution for Global Exchange of Engineering Data

Bretten, March 27, 2013 – Today, in the manufacturing sector, up to 80% of the development services are rendered by external suppliers and engineering service providers. The global product development with multiple partners and vendors, who work on the same product at the same time, therefore requires automated and secure processes for the engineering data exchange.

Various communication partners and increasing cross-border collaboration cause complex processes of data exchange. OEMs and engineering suppliers are facing some essential challenges by sharing CAD data on an international basis, e.g.: For an optimal exchange of engineering data in the early phase of product development, they need a cost-efficient solution. Switching to another CAD system causes further challenges of integrating suppliers. In addition, it becomes more and more important to protect Intellectual Property. Data sets continue to grow, once they have been exchanged with suppliers. Often, there exist different local solutions.

SEEBURGER provides automated and secure processes with a complete solution for engineering data exchange. “Today, engineering data are more than CAx (CAD/CAM) data”, says Dr.-Ing. Şeref Erkayhan, Head of Business Development PLM at SEEBURGER. “The exchange of engineering data with many partners and engineering service providers in today’s global manufacturing industry is no longer limited to CAD data, but it includes a variety of product information. With the complete solution, customers can exchange any type of product data and documents throughout the company (internally and externally).”

Customers receive one single solution for global engineering data exchange, to which they can add an unlimited number of OEM and engineering partners. It also includes data exchange manager, communication gateway and a web portal from a worldwide leading company for electronic data exchange. The efficient, scalable solution supports standards that are needed by the automotive industry, such as ENGDAT/ENGPART, as well as new communication protocols, such as OFTP2. Customers can easily issue and monitor complex transmission orders in the browser. Data without size limitation can be exchanged via a web portal (SEE FX), a Microsoft Outlook integration (SEE FX), additional Secure Clients (SEE Link), and a Mobile App (e.g. iPhone). The solution works with all networks (ENX, ISDN, Internet, VPN, LAN, WAN/RAS, VAN) and protocols (OFTP2, OFTP-TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP/email). Modern software architecture enables the rapid integration of current and future applications, such as CAD, PDM, converter and quality testing tools.

The complete solution for engineering data exchange or single components (e.g. BIS:EPX, SEE FX etc.) can be operated optionally in the SEEBURGER Data Center as a managed service.

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