ENGINEERING.com Announces Collaboration Suite 2006; Hosted Engineering Solution Enhances Distributed PLM.TORONTO -- New features increase functionality for Product Introduction Collaboration ENGINEERING.com Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:EGN EGN External Gateway Network (WorldCom) EGN East Gate News EGN European Games Network ) today released V.2006 of the ENGINEERING.com Collaboration Suite, the premier hosted engineering collaboration solution for manufacturers. Complete with online project management, lightweight CAD model viewing, document management, web-conferencing and supplier management, ENGINEERING.com Collaboration Suite helps companies manage their new product introductions and other product development processes across distributed design and manufacturing teams. One distributed engineering team making use of these capabilities is Aiolos, a leading designer and builder of automotive wind tunnels and test facilities for clients all over the world. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Graham Thomas Graham Thomas FRSA has been a leading UK and international advertising man, working for much of his career with Saatchi & Saatchi. He was Vice Chairman of the UK agency during the late 1980s and then worked as Regional Director in Asia/Pacific where he was awarded Ad Ages's , Vice President Business Development, "ENGINEERING.com has allowed our geographically distributed team to maintain effective communication between our engineering design team in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , our on-site construction partner and our customer in France. We already owned a deployed 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 solution, but Collaboration Suite's ease of use and the ability to bring external participants into the project team quickly were the deciding factors leading us to go with ENGINEERING.com." "Our research has shown that many PLM solutions fail due to lack of user adoption, which is especially important when distributed When distributed When issued. internal and external teams are involved. We have focused our efforts in this release on adding new features that will make Collaboration Suite even easier to use," said John Hayes, President of ENGINEERING.com. "To enhance the virtual team environment, new features include things like easier administration of accounts for external users such as customers and suppliers. This allows all users to easily add external bidders for tooling or component parts by simply entering their email address See Internet address. . Managing the bids is easy and secure, and users can collaborate on drawings, parts and assemblies with their external suppliers without having the same CAD systems." Additional new features within Collaboration Suite will further enhance the user experience by improved management of process-oriented documents like quotations and costing worksheets across distributed locations. These features include online document editing capabilities and automatic email notifications when new files are uploaded or tasks are due. "Because this solution is hosted by ENGINEERING.com, our customers received all of the new 2006 functionality automatically at no additional cost and without having to install any new software," added Hayes. "Today's enhancements represent another demonstration of our commitment to delivering the best online engineering collaboration solution in the market." About ENGINEERING.com Incorporated ENGINEERING.com Incorporated (TSXV:EGN) is the developer of the ENGINEERING.com online resource and business for engineers. ENGINEERING.com offers hosted and deployed engineering software and services to manufacturers, design consultants and engineering students around the world. The ENGINEERING.com Incorporated head office is located in Mississauga, Ontario For the First Nation, see . Mississauga (pronounced: [ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə] listen , Canada and can be reached toll-free at 1- (877) 997-9917, by facsimile at (905) 273-6691 or through the Internet at www.ENGINEERING.com. The TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. Inc. has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. ENGINEERING.com Incorporated (TSX VENTURE:EGN) |
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