City University of Hong Kong, Dassault Systemes and MTECH Signs a co-operation Agreement.Business Editors HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 The Department of 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 and Engineering Management (MEEM) of City University of Hong Kong The university has a community of more than 12,000 undergraduates and 6,000 postgraduates. International students account for around 5% of the student population. The official language of instruction is English. has signed a co-operation agreement with 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. (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) and MTECH Engineering Co. Ltd. (MTECH) with a view to raising knowledge levels and the timely adoption of the 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 (Product Lifecycle management) technology in SMEs in the Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Region (PRD) in China occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl river flows into the South China Sea. Since the "Open Door Policy" was adopted by the Communist Party of China in the late 1970s, the portion of the delta in region in order to enhance their innovation, productivity and competitiveness. Under this co-operation agreement, tens of millions worth of software system including CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. , DELMIA DELMIA Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application , ENOVIA and SMARTEAM will be installed in MEEM for teaching, research and consulting work. With the support from Dassault Systemes and MTECH and the installation of the system, MEEM commits to strengthen its efforts to educate and train quality engineers to master the technology for the needs of industry through its regular undergraduate degree programmes, to contribute to the advancement of PLM technology by designing and supervising postgraduate research projects related to PLM, to promote and prepare the ready adoption of the technology by developing life case studies with local manufacturers, and to develop tools and solutions for local industry and SMEs to improve their competitiveness. To kick-start the program, the inauguration of the Product Lifecycle Management Competency Unit (PLMCU) will be held concurrently. PLMCU operates under the Enterprise Knowledge Integration and Transfer (e-KIT) Laboratory of MEEM. The mission of e-KIT is to design, develop and implement appropriate methodologies, techniques and solutions for the manufacturing industry, particularly the SME's, in order to help them and their business partners operate more competitively through effective acquisition, generation, integration, upgrade and transfer of skill sets and knowledge. "There is no better and more timely decision than to locate PLMCU under the umbrella of the e-KIT Laboratory. It demonstrates our Department's firm belief that "sustained innovation in product design, in process improvement and in management" remains the single weapon for enterprises to win over their competitors. Therefore the transfer of PLM knowledge and skills to local enterprises via this new Unit is one of our many tasks to serve the community ", says Prof. Yiu-Wing Mai, Head of MEEM and designated representative of Executive Council of PLMCU. "To demonstrate our enthusiasm and commitment to the co-operation program, a series of five e-manufacturing short courses have recently been launched for local engineers to upgrade their skills and prepare themselves in this challenging area. In addition, more than 10 undergraduate final year projects were planned and launched to develop real life case studies with local manufacturing companies", says Dr. Edmund Cheung, Associate Head of MEEM and designated managing coordinator of PLMCU. "Hong Kong is going to be a Knowledge Society. And knowledge is created from the mixture of information, theory and practical experience. One of the functions of PLMCU is to form a Manufacturing Community of Practice including government, academy, technology vendors and industrial enterprises so that we can collaborate together to develop knowledge engineering skills and infrastructure (multi-knowledge capturing, sharing and leveraging) for product and process innovation. This definitely can speed up the transformation of Hong Kong manufacturing industries from low cost, labor intensive Labor Intensive A process or industry that requires large amounts of human effort to produce goods. Notes: A good example is the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, etc), they are considered to be very people-oriented. See also: Capital Intensive, Trading Dollars work to high value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. , knowledge base work. Also this experience can help our country, China to develop more rapidly", says Stephen AU, Managing Director of MTech Engineering Co., Ltd. "The collaboration we create today will be able to enhance the competitiveness of local industry thanks to our worldclass technology. Moreover, this commitment, based on the Product Lyfecycle Management Competency Unit, will bring a new collaborative dimension and give the opportunity to develop a special relationship with the worldwide industry", explained Francis Bernard, executive committee advisor and member of board of Dassault Systemes. About MEEM Established in late 1987, the Department has grown to a size of over 33 academic staff, currently supervising a total of 58 PhD and MPhil students. The total amount of funding secured by the academic staff for applied research projects, which are being carried out and not yet completed, is approximately HK$65million. About 90 research papers are published every year in international journals. The Department is currently offering 4 Bachelor degree programmes, 2 taught Master degree programmes, and an Engineering Doctorate degree programme which is the first of its kind launched in the City University of Hong Kong. The Department also pioneers the teaching of Engineering Management, Mechatronics (MECHAnics elecTRONICS) The combination of mechanical and electronic systems. Embracing robotics, industrial control systems and human interfaces in numerous disciplines, mechatronics is a major step beyond "electromechanical," in which only electricity is required. Engineering, and computer-assisted Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering. Expertise of the Department's academic staff include quality and reliability management, project management, logistics and supply chain management, ergonomics, surface engineering and tribology tribology Study of the interactions of sliding surfaces. It includes three subjects: friction, wear, and lubrication. Many manifestations of tribology are beneficial and make modern life possible. , CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. and rapid prototyping, manufacturing technology, intelligent manufacturing systems, robotics, machine vision and control, condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, advanced engineering materials, etc. Several new research centres and laboratories have been established with substantial amount of funding from the University, local industry and the Innovation and Technology Fund of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region A special administrative region may be:
CIDAM Computer Integrated Design and Analysis for Machine Tool Components ), the Smart Asset Management Research Laboratory (SAMRL), the Advanced Coatings Applied Research Laboratory (ACARL) and the Enterprise Knowledge Integration and Transfer (e-KIT) Laboratory. The Department has an excellent track record of industrial consultancy and research collaboration. One of the missions of the Department is to help local industry and those in the Pearl River Delta of mainland China to increase their competitiveness. Dept. MEEM and e-KIT Information are available at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/meem/e-kit About MTECH MTECH is a knowledge engineering orientated o·ri·en·tate v. o·ri·en·tat·ed, o·ri·en·tat·ing, o·ri·en·tates v.tr. To orient: "He . . . company to provide and apply information technology solutions to the manufacturing industry in Hong Kong and China. Being the 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) / Dassault business partner specific on CATIA, DELMIA, SMARTEAM and ENOVIA PLM & e-Business solutions, MTECH offer expertise in the form of a Methodology specifically developed for manufacturing automation. Our people have more than 10 years experience on information technology, automation, product development and tooling design. MTECH's strategy is comprised of architecture; know-how; services; technology; support and education, enabling our client to take advantage of a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. , one-stop support opportunity and migrate their technology to a higher level without interrupting their production efficiency. MTech Engineering Co., Ltd. Information is available at http://www.mtech.com.hk About Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) is the premier global software developer for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and SmarTeam, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and collaborative 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 software solutions based on Windows and the internet. Spatial, also part of Dassault Systemes family, is a market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for 3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business applications. Dassault Systemes information is available at http://www.dsweb.com |
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