Automotive System Supplier Wilhelm Karmann to Purchase 900 Seats of ENOVIA PM to Optimize Development at Five Global Plants.OSNABRUCK, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998--Automotive system supplier Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (a) and ENOVIA Corp.(b) today jointly announced that Karmann will purchase 900 seats of the ENOVIAPM(b) product data management solution to help optimize optimize - optimisation development processes at its five global plants. Karmann said ENOVIAPM will be used for product data and document management and for the administration of processes used in the release and distribution of data throughout the product life cycle. ENOVIAPM will enable comprehensive access to information from Karmann locations in Germany, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Brazil and Portugal. Karmann also said today it is participating as an early user in efforts by the ENOVIA Corp.'s to develop the Virtual Product Development solution, named ENOVIAVPM(b) (Virtual Product Model). "One of our highest priorities is the implementation of a fully integrated, process-driven product development cycle. We expect ENOVIAPM to further reduce our throughput The speed with which a computer processes data. It is a combination of internal processing speed, peripheral speeds (I/O) and the efficiency of the operating system and other system software all working together. 1. times. The IBM partnership will enable us to participate actively in ENOVIA's product developments, which are important to our company," said Rainer Thieme, Karmann's chairman of the board. Adds Stephen Murdoch, global PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and II business director for IBM, "We are delighted to have Karmann as an ENOVIApm customer. We are proud to be helping Karmann move towards its vision of an all digital factory where products, processes and resources can be modeled and simulated to allow more innovative and much faster product development". Joel Lemke, chief executive officer of ENOVIA Corp., said " Our customers want to bring better products to market faster and that's what we're helping them do with our integrated world-class product lines. We are delighted to have Karmann as a partner in the development of the ENOVIAVPM product line". In the last few decades, Karmann has developed into a significant, global systems supplier to the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . Major car makers have complete vehicles, components or related production equipment planned, developed and built by Karmann. Continuous improvement of the project and work flow management along with ongoing optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. of the process chain between development and production are essential success factors for Karmann's further growth. The Karmann Group employs more than 8,500 people in Europe, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Product Development Management (PDM II) is defined by leading consultants as encompassing two domains - Virtual Product Development Management (VPDM VPDM Vice President of Management Development ), and Product Data Management (PDM). Responding to the new PDM II market opportunity, IBM and Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. announced in February 1998 a new strategic alliance where Dassault Systemes launched a new wholly owned company, ENOVIA(b) Corp, located in Charlotte, NC to develop integrated PDM II solutions, respectively named ENOVIAPM and ENOVIAVPM. IBM created two new worldwide organizations -- one to market and sell these PDM II products; and the other to provide business transformation, consulting and implementation services. Dassault Systemes also acquired IBM's Product Data Management solution (ProductManager), renamed to ENOVIAPM. IBM and Dassault Systemes consider that the ENOVIAVPM and ENOVIAPM suites can help small, medium and large companies expand their product portfolio and market share. Dassault Systemes is a worldwide recognized leader in CAx and PDM II markets. CATIA-CADAM Solutions with Deneb, the digital manufacturing company, address the CAD/CAM/CAE process-centric market. Through a unique strategic partnership, CATIA-CADAM Solutions are marketed, distributed and supported by IBM worldwide. This unique partnership is now extended to PDM II solutions. SolidWorks, a Dassault Systemes company, addresses the CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. design-centric market, with its flagship native Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. product and its dedicated distribution channel. In the network-computing environments, the Java-based CATWEB product line provides a graphical window into native enterprise product data. For the PDM II market, ENOVIA Corp., a Dassault Systemes company, provides with its ENOVIAVPM and ENOVIA PM product lines a new multi-CAD collaborative and innovative environment for virtual product and process modeling and management across the extended enterprise. IBM is the leader in creating, developing and manufacturing the world's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics microelectronics, branch of electronic technology devoted to the design and development of extremely small electronic devices that consume very little electric power. . IBM translates these advanced technologies into value for its customers through its professional solutions and services businesses worldwide. 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