CoCreate Launches Engineering E-services Partner Program; Program Offers Customers a Portfolio of Engineering E-services Partners via the Web.FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999-- CoCreate Software Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, today announced the CoCreate Engineering E-Services Partner Program, which will allow companies to quickly locate and connect with valuable engineering-service providers anywhere in the world. At the core of this program is an online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. of Internet-based collaborative-engineering services available from certified See certification. CoCreate partners. CoCreate's award-winning OneSpace solution will provide the infrastructure for companies to easily outsource core product-development activities via the Web to a variety of certified partners. Providing 3-D modeling capabilities in a 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. system-independent environment, OneSpace enables partners to quickly and efficiently design, modify, assess or test models, regardless of the originating CAD system. Businesses today -- both large and small -- are challenged with responding quickly to rapidly changing market needs. Many companies are addressing this challenge by outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. specific activities in order to meet project schedules or leverage specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. expertise that does not exist within their organizations. Using Web technology, CoCreate offers companies a portfolio of engineering e-services, enabling them to easily engage this kind of expertise in such areas as design, manufacturing, materials and analysis. The Engineering E-Services Partner Program will allow companies to quickly locate and connect with valuable engineering services, regardless of geographic boundaries. Because this portfolio of e-services partners is certified with OneSpace, a manufacturing company could, for example, outsource engineering activities and work on projects over the Web in real time to make decisions and solve complex issues in a much more timely and cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. manner. "The Engineering E-Services Partner Program is an extension of CoCreate's mission to provide collaborative-engineering solutions to our customers," said Tilman Schad, president and chief executive officer for CoCreate. "By providing a direct link to certified OneSpace e-service partners, our customers can take advantage of the breadth and depth of engineering expertise in a secure collaboration environment. Through Web-based services customers greatly reduce the time and expense incurred in travel, while simultaneously expanding their options for supply-chain and design-chain partners." "Our customers come to us looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a fast response to critical design challenges," said Mike Pelland, president and chief executive officer of Visualize, a contract mechanical-engineering firm located in Roselle Roselle (rōzĕl`), borough (1990 pop. 20,314), Union co., NE N.J.; set off from Linden 1890 and inc. 1894. Chiefly residential, the borough has some industry. , Ill. "CoCreate's OneSpace allows us to leverage our expertise in product development -- via the Web and in real time -- to successfully meet our clients' needs. For our clients, this actually makes us a transparent extension of their team. "We have already seen successes. We were recently able to take a new product from concept to tooling in just three weeks. This same project would have taken the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and more than 10 weeks to complete internally." About CoCreate CoCreate Software Inc. is a software subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company. It develops mechanical computer-aided-design and product-data-management software that supports the concept of shared-space design. The software includes WorkManager for product-data and workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. management; OneSpace for distributed, collaborative product development Collaborative Product Development (Collaborative Product Design) (CPD) is a business strategy, work process and collection of software applications that facilitates different organizations to work together on the development of a product. ; SolidDesigner for product modeling design; and ME10 for 2-D design, drafting and documentation. CoCreate solutions are known for high quality, ease of use, customization and support of industry standards. They are available in 10 languages and are installed on more than 120,000 systems in design, engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Information about CoCreate Software Inc. and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.cocreate.com. |
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