Bentley and BMW Strengthen Collaboration on Integrated Factory Planning System.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000 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. Platform to become a standard for leading automotive companies worldwide Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) Incorporated today announced it is increasing its successful collaboration with BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. Group on integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. solutions within the "Digital Manufacturing" (DMF (Distribution Media Format) A floppy disk format from Microsoft that was used to distribute its software. DMF floppies compressed more data (1.7MB) onto the 3.5" diskette, and the files could not be copied with normal DOS and Windows commands. A DMF utility had to be used. ) realm. Using ProjectWise(R) and ActiveAsset Planner(TM) technology, Bentley has committed to its development of an Integrated Factory Planning System See spreadsheet and financial planning system. , including factory planning, area and facility management, to serve as an "Automotive Industry Platform" for facility management solutions in the Automotive industry. Bentley and BMW Group are collaborating on the requirements and direction of the Automotive Industry Platform. The Platform will be offered as a standard solution for the automotive industry worldwide. To further boost their project, BMW Group is also increasing the number of Bentley software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. as part of a $2,000,000 purchase agreement for products and services over a three year period. Joachim Wiesmueller, General Manager Process IT Manufacturing Tools at BMW Group commented, "Bentley's technology will serve as the ideal tools for improving the functionality of factory planning and facility management, and Digital Manufacturing in general at BMW Group." Alan Lamont, Executive Vice President of Bentley Europe, added, "We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity to collaborate with BMW Group on such a project; the Automotive Industry Platform will serve as a valuable standard for BMW Group and the automotive industry as a whole". More on ProjectWise The leading engineering information management solution, ProjectWise, is a versatile client/server environment A networking environment that is made up of clients and servers running applications designed for client/server architecture. See client/server. for global collaboration on engineering projects. It delivers project information safely and accurately to any designated user and can be applied for all projects in architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, utilities and transportation. Unlike other project web solutions that focus only on access to information, the engineering information management foundation of ProjectWise provides integral user access management at a file level. The workflow is integrated with version/revision control; integration with key applications, including MicroStation/J(R), AutoCAD from Autodesk (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), and common office applications like Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. ; and integrated information publishing, ensuring informational integrity at every step of the engineering and construction process. More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Incorporated is a worldwide leader in aecXML-ready, project-oriented engineering software. The Bentley Continuum(SM) is the company's project engineering strategy comprising products, services, and strategic affiliations. The company serves more than 300,000 professionals in building/plant engineering, geoengineering, and manufacturing engineering Manufacturing engineering Engineering activities involved in the creation and operation of the technical and economic processes that convert raw materials, energy, and purchased items into components for sale to other manufacturers or into end products for . With annual revenues of over $175 million, Bentley is the number two software provider in the worldwide architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C A/E/C Architect/Engineer/Contractor ) market, according to Daratech, and is the world's largest software company primarily dedicated to A/E/C. Bentley's MicroStation(R) and ModelServer(R) engineering products are essential to successful projects at over 70 percent of the largest U.S. engineering firms, and the owners of their engineered assets. Bentley is the leader in project engineering, providing engineering information management, management of change, and engineering transaction management through its ProjectBank(TM) technology and ProjectWise products. Bentley's software is sold and implemented through Bentley Integrators and MVARs, on a one-to-one basis for user organizations that create and operate the world's infrastructure, including landmark buildings, roadways, manufacturing facilities, and utility and telecommunications networks. The Bentley SELECT(SM) subscription program now reaches more than 200,000 users. For more information on Bentley, please contact the company at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (Americas), +31 23-556-0560 (Europe, Middle East, Africa), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia/Pacific), through E-mail at Rachael.Schroeder@Bentley.com or through www.bentley.com. Bentley, the "B" Bentley logo, MicroStation, MicroStation/J, ModelServer, and ProjectWise are registered trademarks; ActiveAsset Planner and ProjectBank are trademarks; and Bentley SELECT and Bentley Continuum are service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. in the United States and other countries. AutoCAD is a trademark of Autodesk in the United States and other countries. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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