Design Power, Inc. Launches Engineer-to-Order Configurator for Web-Based Sales Automation.Business Editors and High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2000 CustomWise(TM) Automates Design of Complex Products, Creates Visualizations, Produces Technical Drawings and Generates Risk-Free Proposals Over the Web Design Power, Inc., a leading supplier of Engineer-To-Order (ETO ETO abbr. European theater of operations ) software solutions and services, today announced the launch of CustomWise(TM), an Internet/Intranet-accessible software package that automates the configuration and engineering of complex manufactured products. CustomWise is a knowledge-based software environment that enables sales organizations to generate risk-free proposals, complete with automatically generated computer visualizations, technical drawings, and accurate quotes for manufacture of customer-specific product configurations. Unlike conventional sales configuration software, which typically is limited to selection of parts and options from predefined lists, CustomWise also supports definition of custom-engineered parts and components to meet specific customer requirements. This enables sales personnel, distributors and key customers to easily create valid custom designs of extremely complex products and systems. The custom design may comprise a virtually unlimited number of possible configurations, including engineered components unique to a specific product. "In today's competitive marketplace, business customers want manufactured goods manufactured goods npl → manufacturas fpl; bienes mpl manufacturados manufactured goods npl → produits manufacturés that are customized to meet their specific needs, and they don't want to wait," said Ulf Strom, President and Chief Executive Officer of Design Power, Inc. "Sales engineers are often under pressure to produce quotes, without having the time to consult with specialists to fully understand the engineering impact of customer requirements. CustomWise supports instant engineering of customized products based on rules and expert knowledge, so that it is impossible to quote a system that can't be built." Using Design Power's field-proven ETO software engine, CustomWise represents product-specific knowledge as a set of configuration and engineering rules and constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. . The software enables product experts to input this knowledge using a "spreadsheet spreadsheet Computer software that allows the user to enter columns and rows of numbers in a ledgerlike format. Any cell of the ledger may contain either data or a formula that describes the value that should be inserted therein based on the values in other cells. simple" methodology. The ease of the knowledge-capture process enables companies to maintain and expand their own CustomWise solutions, preserving proprietary product information within the organization. After product experts tailor A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor CustomWise to support essential design objectives, the software is used by sales representatives who input customer requirements, including engineering specifications and physical constraints. Product configuration is typically an interactive process, with the software identifying decision points and querying the user to choose the design options available, based on specific customer parameters. As a design is completed, CustomWise creates a three-dimensional computer model of the customized product, along with complete bill of material and fully annotated drawings. Components that must be produced for the new product are identified, with appropriate instructions for customization. The intelligent software automatically optimizes the use of materials to minimize cost, and alerts the user of design conflicts. Computer visualizations and drawings help customers more fully understand proposed designs before committing to a purchase, and sales representatives can interactively implement changes to instantly demonstrate how the change impacts design, materials and cost. The CustomWise software engine resides on a central server to insure Insure can mean:
laptop - portable computer or remote office system, connects to the server via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and gains access to the knowledge base for custom product configuration and engineering. By deploying the software across an organization, CustomWise users can standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. a uniform work process for a distributed sales force. The system also produces technical documents for use by purchasing and generates engineering and assembly instructions for the shop floor. CustomWise is driven by Design Power's powerful Design++(TM) software engine, which captures configuration and engineering knowledge into a knowledge base. This enables CustomWise applications to make intelligent design decisions based on a company's best practices, rules and manufacturing process. This structure makes CustomWise front-end applications scaleable into Design++ back-office engineering and design automation solutions, enabling increasing levels of supply chain automation over time. CustomWise software will be available directly from Design Power, Inc. beginning in September 2000. The company also offers a variety of support and implementation services. Design Power, Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). . The company's Engineer-To-Order solutions based on the Design++ software engine include CustomWise for sales automation Sales Automation - Sales Force Automation and the PlantWise(TM) suite of applications that automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the design of complex chemical process plants. Design++ - based applications are used by manufacturing, engineering, construction, and chemical process companies worldwide. These include Bayer AG Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and , Black & Veatch, British Steel, Emerson Motor Company, Liebert Corporation, Fluor Daniel, Inc., Monsanto Enviro-Chem Systems, Inc., Robertson Ceco Corporation, LG Engineering Company, Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corporation Toyo Engineering Corporation (TEC) (TYO: 6330 ) is an Engineering, Procurement and Construction company serving mainly the Hydrocarbons and Petrochemical sectors worldwide. It was established in 1961. , Selvaag Homes, and Snamprogetti Ltd. More information is available on the Design Power web site at http://www.dp.com. (TM) -- CustomWise, Design++ and PlantWise are trademarks of Design Power, Inc. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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