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Aspect to Provide CSM Solution for Ford's Worldwide Operations
Aspect's Component & Supplier Management Technology
To Be Used With Metaphase Product Data Management
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspect Development, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASDV) today announced that its Component and Supplier Management (CSM) technology and content will be used with SDRC(R) Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM) Software throughout Ford Motor Company's worldwide product design operations. Aspect's embedded CSM technology, to be called MetaCatalog(TM) when sold in conjunction with the Metaphase product line, will give Ford Motor Company engineers easy access to catalogs of design data within the Metaphase product data management (PDM) environment, to optimize the reuse of designs and components across Ford's entire product line.
Ford is using Aspect's technology to manage the parts and sub-assembly designs used in Ford's diverse product line of passenger cars, and trucks. By providing rapid, intuitive access to a centralized repository of preferred Ford parts and designs, Aspect's CSM solution can help Ford streamline its inbound supply, reducing unnecessary variety in component parts, and increasing its strategic leverage and design efficiency.
The enterprise catalog will be implemented in two phases. The first delivery will utilize existing eXplore 2000 technology from Aspect Development, packaged for its OEM customers. This technology will then be enhanced in a joint development program with Metaphase to fully integrate it into the SDRC Product Data Management suite over the coming months in a Phase Two program.
"Ford is one of the world's premiere automotive companies and best practice manufacturers," said Romesh Wadhwani, Aspect Chairman and CEO. "Their use of Aspect's CSM solution will extend their ability to effectively manage parts and designs on a truly global basis." |
