SDRC Receives $1 Million Order From Sauer-Sundstrandfor Metaphase
SDRC Receives $1 Million Order From Sauer-Sundstrand
for Metaphase Enterprise PDM Software
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1998--Structural Dynamics
Research Corporation (NASDAQ:SDRC), the PDM market leader, today
announced that it received a $1 million order for Metaphase Enterprise
software and services valued from Sauer-Sundstrand, a worldwide
leading supplier of controlled hydraulic power systems. This initial
order will encompass implementation of SDRC's Metaphase Enterprise
product data management (PDM) software in Sauer-Sundstrand's United
States-based operations. The order was taken in the fourth quarter of
1997.
"The strength of SDRC is in being able to provide design and
manufacturing-intensive organizations like Sauer-Sundstrand with the
sophisticated, yet flexible enterprise tools they need to achieve
their aggressive design and production targets," said Robert Nierman,
COO of SDRC and President of the Metaphase Technology Division of
SDRC. "We are pleased that Sauer-Sundstrand has chosen to expand its
long-standing relationship with SDRC by implementing Metaphase."
Jim Wilcox, Vice President and General Manager of North American
Operations, Sauer-Sundstrand, sees PDM as "a technology that can be
deployed as a strategic weapon in assisting Sauer-Sundstrand in
achieving and maintaining a competitive advantage in terms of quality,
delivery, and cost."
"PDM is an enabling technology that can assist us in addressing
our need to operate as a single unified company," said Jim Feeley,
Director of Information Technology, Sauer-Sundstrand. "We produce
customer-specific hydraulic power systems that consist of a wide
combination of components produced in several locations around the
world. Given our growing products and markets, a tool like Metaphase
is essential in helping us manage the development process and the vast
amount of associated product data world-wide."
This is a multiyear project; Sauer-Sundstrand expects to roll out
completed design and architecture of Phase 1 in the first half of
1998, using Metaphase Solution Delivery Methodology (MetaSDM(TM))
which is a systematic life cycle process that enables organizations to
plan, implement, support, and continue their enterprise PDM solutions
repeatably and cost-effectively.
Scott Beer, Manager, Design & Build Applications,
Sauer-Sundstrand, said, "I see Metaphase as an extension of our
long-standing SDRC partnership which is centered upon an alignment
between their vision and our business processes."
Sauer-Sundstrand is a worldwide leading supplier of controlled
hydraulic power systems for a broad spectrum of applications which
include construction machinery, conveying systems, agricultural
equipment, lawn and garden vehicles, and industrial drives.
SDRC is the leading international supplier of integrated
Mechanical Design Automation and testing software, Product Data
Management software, and related services. The Company's products and
services help manufacturers optimize product concepts early in the
design process, enabling them to significantly improve product quality
while reducing product development time and cost. SDRC employs over
2,030 people and has 64 offices in 16 countries throughout North
America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. SDRC's market-leading
PDM solution, Metaphase, is developed, marketed and supported by the
Metaphase Technology Division of SDRC.
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Note to Editors: SDRC and Metaphase are registered trademarks of
Structural Dynamics Research Corporation. All other trademarks or
registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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