Teamcenter

Teamcenter is an integrated suite of Product Lifecycle Management applications from Siemens PLM Software. In late 2006, UGS announced that the Teamcenter software portfolio had surpassed over 3 million licensed users. [ [http://www.tenlinks.com/news/Pr/ugs/040307_3million.htm "TenLinks.com - UGS Surpasses 3 Million Teamcenter Licensed Users in 2006"] April 3, 2007.]

According to [http://www.cadalyst.com Cadalyst] , the Manufacturing/AEC/GIS Magazine: [ [http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=156690 "Cadalyst Magazine - Get Under the Hood of UGS Teamcenter"] April 1, 2005.]
* 27 of the 30 top automotive OEMs have more than 100 seats of UGS software, making UGS the leading vendor to automotive OEMs.
* 90% of the companies with more than 1,000 PLM seats use UGS Teamcenter.
* The top 20 auto suppliers all use UGS CAD/CAM/CAE NX solutions.
* 60% of UGS Teamcenter seats manage data from multiple CAD programs.
* The company's 42,000 global clients have close to 4 million installed licensed seats of UGS technology.

Awards

* Teamcenter received [http://www.industryweek.com Industry Week's] Technology Innovation of the Year Award in 2005. [ [http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11006 "IndustryWeek.com - Technologies Of The Year -- UGS Corp.'s Teamcenter 2005"] December 1, 2005.]
* Teamcenter received Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine's Technology Innovation Award in 2006. [ [http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/unternehmensmeldung/bericht-76826.html "Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine - UGS’ Teamcenter® Receives 2006 Technology Innovation Award"] November 16, 2006.]

Microsoft announcement

On May 3, 2006, Microsoft Corp. and UGS Corp. announced an alliance. [ [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-03ChangeTheGamePR.mspx "Microsoft.com - Microsoft and UGS Announce Strategic Alliance"] May 3, 2006.]

Teamcenter components

Community Collaboration

(Teamcenter Community) is a web-based collaboration utility that allows companies, suppliers, and customers to share information in a secure environment. Since Teamcenter Community is built on Windows SharePoint Services, there is a tight integration between Teamcenter Community, Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Office. Teamcenter Community 2007 is based on SharePoint 2007.

Compliance Management

(Teamcenter for Compliance Management) includes Teamcenter for Environmental Compliance solution powered by EMARS (Synapsis Technology), which helps companies meet environmental compliance requriements such as RoHS, WEEE, ELV, and REACH.

Engineering Process Management

(Teamcenter Engineering, Teamcenter Express) is a PLM software package designed for CAx data management. Users can integrate with the engineering client application with many different CAx products. The program called Teamcenter Engineering is designed for large companies, while Teamcenter Express is targeted for mid-size to small engineering companies.

Enterprise Knowledge Management

(Teamcenter Enterprise), formerly known as Metaphase, Teamcenter Enterprise is a large-scale PLM product.

Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul

(Teamcenter for MRO) a solution that aids organizations in maintenance, repair, and overhaul activities.

Manufacturing Process Management

(Teamcenter Manufacturing) an information management engine based on Teamcenter Engineering, with several extensions that optimize its applicability to the manufacturing environment. Teamcenter Manufacturing serves as the foundation for UGS' Tecnomatix suite of digital manufacturing solutions, enabling companies to quickly assess the impact of their decisions on product, process, plant and resource requirements.

Program and Project Management

(Teamcenter Project) provides project management capabilities for companies and project managers.

ystems Engineering

(Teamcenter for Systems Engineering, Teamcenter Requirements, Slate) solution gives project planners of integrated mechanical, electrical and software product design a powerful tool to create and communicate requirements.

ourcing Management

(Teamcenter Sourcing) a collection of configurable strategic sourcing solutions that allows professionals to provide input to design decisions earlier in the product development process.

Lifecycle Visualization

(Teamcenter Visualization) gives the ability to view CAD data in a CAD neutral format.

Reporting and Analytics

(Teamcenter for Reporting & Analytics) provides a basis on which to establish, measure and analyze key performance metrics to drive processes across the product lifecycle.

imulation Process Management

(Teamcenter for Simulation) provides a [http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/teamcenter/solutions_by_product/videos/simulation_process_full_video.shtml single organized and secure source] of simulation data and processes that can be embedded into the product lifecycle to better assess product performance and quality while improving development efficiency.

References

External links

* [http://www.ugs.com/ UGS]
* [http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/teamcenter/ Official Teamcenter Website]
* [http://www.synapsistech.com/solutions/compliance/emars.html Teamcenter Environmental Compliance Powered by EMARS]