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News Release from: PTC - Parametric Technology (UK)
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 November 2007
PTC acquires aviation supplier
PTC and LBS offer the industry's only turn-key solutions for S1000D-compliant technical publications, provisioning, training and e-learning and logistics support analysis.
PTC has acquired Logistics Business Systems (LBS), an integrated logistics support (ILS) solutions provider to the aerospace and defence (AandD) and civil aviation industries LBS solutions is already integrated with PTC Arbortext and the companies offer the industry's only turn-key solutions for S1000D-compliant technical publications, provisioning, training and e-learning and logistics support analysis
As a result of the acquisition, PTC becomes the only PLM provider to offer a complete solution for ILS.
The combination of PTC and LBS will facilitate the re-use of product design and configuration data such as CAD, BOM, change management information and logistics information.
As a result, A and D and civil aviation organisations will be able to deliver standards-compliant product support information in the form of technical publications, illustrated parts catalogues and training materials.
"Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems have already been using PTC Arbortext in conjunction with LBS' ILS solutions to meet our S1000D technical publications and S2000M provisioning requirements", said Scott Mackintosh, Spares Documentation Lead, Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems.
"We believe that the acquisition of LBS by PTC will lead to a much tighter integration of the solutions that will help improve the quality of publishing content and the overall efficiencies around the publishing process".
Customers can immediately leverage the existing integration between PTC's dynamic publishing software, Arbortext and LBS' products to meet S1000D and other ILS requirements.
S1000D, a standardised approach to dynamic publishing, is mandated for all defence contracts in Europe and has also been adopted as a requirement at many large defence contractors and civil aircraft programs in the US and Asia.
With LBS, PTC will be able to support other key processes compliant with industry regulations, including provisioning compliant with S2000M, training and e-learning compliant with SCORM and logistics support analysis (LSA) .
"This acquisition is consistent with PTC's previous acquisitions of Arbortext, for dynamic publishing and ITEDO, for 2D and 3D technical illustrations and creates the industry's most comprehensive publishing solution for technical documentation, regulatory compliance and aftermarket support in the AandD and civil aviation industries", said Jim Heppelmann, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer of PTC.
"The increasingly global nature of the A and D and civil aviation industries is prompting organisations to rethink and optimise aftermarket support and logistics".
"With LBS, PTC will be able to provide a more complete solution to organisations that would like to leverage ILS to improve information quality and time to market through repurposing product and logistics information".
PTC plans to offer the LBS solutions stand-alone or with the PTC Product Development System and plans to maintain interoperability and integration with various CAD and PLM solutions.
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