Camstar Becomes a MES Partner For PTC(R) Windchill(R) MPMLink(TM) In Life Sciences and High Tech Industries.PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design and MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of Integration Will Build Quality in by Design CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Camstar Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing Execution and Quality Systems, announced today an agreement with PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. to join PTC's Partner Advantage[TM] Program at the Gold Tier Level. Camstar will be one of a select group of Windchill MPMLink Launch Partners. Camstar Manufacturing Execution System – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. (MES) solutions will provide a direct link and constant feedback between the design and manufacturing processes in the Life Sciences and High Tech industries. Life Sciences and High Tech companies must innovate around new opportunities, quickly getting to market, while at the same time ensuring product quality. This proves to be a challenge, as innovation by its very nature induces variability. The integration of PLM and MES provides a framework for enabling rapid change due to innovation, while at the same time managing risk, ensuring product quality, enforcing the adoption of new processes and maximizing production yields. "The business process collaboration required to meet the challenges facing today's manufacturers can only be achieved through the use of fully integrated systems, said Alex Mackenzie Alex Mackenzie (1885 - December, 1965) was a Scottish character actor who was born and died in Glasgow. He was a schoolteacher in Clydebank until he was 61, before taking up a new profession. , vice president, product management, manufacturing and service solutions, PTC. "The combination of digital manufacturing with Windchill MPMLink plus synchronization with Camstar solutions will allow customers to achieve the goal of concurrent product and manufacturing process development. This will dramatically improve time-to-market and help ensure that quality is built in by design. Camstar was chosen for the program because of its excellent reputation in Life Sciences and High Tech and to better serve our joint customers." Integrating PLM and MES enables real time parametric process and product analytical data to be used for continuous improvement of both product and process design. Connected PLM and MES systems improve compliance by providing regulators with documented evidence of the manufacturer's process understanding and control strategies. Integrated systems can improve business processes and facilitate robust design, operational excellence, manufacturing control, quality management, change management and requirements management. Camstar provides a comprehensive manufacturing application that is a highly configurable, best-in-class Manufacturing Execution System (MES) created to integrate quality into the manufacturing process and track all production activity. Camstar provides global enterprises with the flexibility to meet individual plant requirements without software modifications, so each plant can maintain the required level of autonomy while leveraging a common manufacturing system supported across the entire production network. "Life Sciences and High Tech manufacturers need solutions that will streamline and improve the design for manufacturability; PLM and MES integration enables optimized manufacturing process management Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) is a collection of technology and methods used in the manufacture of products. It incorporates such technologies as computer-aided production engineering (CAPE), Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) , computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), ," said Rob Rudder, senior vice president, Camstar. "It is important that these manufacturers find solutions that will streamline and improve collaboration between research and development, engineering and manufacturing to improve the design for manufacturability and shorten time to market. Integration to the MES manufacturing database containing the "As Built" records is a necessary step if you want to enable continuous improvement of both product and process design." About Camstar Systems, Inc. Camstar's Enterprise Manufacturing and Quality Solutions help manufacturers rapidly boost the performance of their distributed manufacturing operations by delivering complete visibility and by providing the flexibility required for rapid growth and change. Camstar's unparalleled solution monitors, controls and synchronizes global manufacturing, delivering process interoperability and best practices - resulting in maximum agility, the highest quality products, and leaner, more efficient operations. Designed for ultimate configurability and built on services oriented architecture, Camstar's tightly integrated solution set encompasses a manufacturing execution system (MES), quality management system (QMS (1) (Minolta-QMS, Inc., Mobile, AL) A manufacturer of laser printers founded in 1977 by Jim Busby. Initially involved with controllers for printing bar codes and labels, it entered the laser printer business in the mid-1980s and set numerous records. ), business process interoperability Business process interoperability (BPI) is a state that exists when a business process can meet a specific objective automatically utilizing essential human labor only. Typically, BPI is present when a process conforms to standards that enable it to achieve its objective regardless (BPI), and manufacturing business intelligence (MBI MBI Management Buy-In MBI Moody Bible Institute MBI Mathematical Biosciences Institute MBI Modular Building Institute MBI Mechanical Breakdown Insurance MBI Molecular Biology Institute MBI Maslach Burnout Inventory (psychometrics) ). Industry-specific, out-of-the box applications and a proven implementation methodology ensure successful deployment and rapid time to benefit. More than 100 leading companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Tyco Healthcare, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, Favrille, Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, Zeiss, Kinetic Concepts, BIOTRONIK, Gambro BCT BCT Brigade Combat Team BCT Basic Combat Training BCT Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (EPA) BCT Business Cards Tomorrow BCT Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Central Bank of Tunisia) , 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) , Kodak, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Philips and Hitachi, rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner. For more information, please visit www.camstar.com. PTC, the PTC Logo, Windchill and Windchill MPMLink are trademarks or registered trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. . |
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