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News Release from: RuleStream Corp
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 October 2005
RPM and PLM come together
MatrixOne and RuleStream Corp have successfully integrated their flagship products as part of an ongoing implementation at The Babcock and Wilcox Company.
MatrixOne and RuleStream Corp have successfully integrated their flagship products as part of an ongoing implementation at The Babcock and Wilcox Company (B and W), a leading provider of products and services to the power generation industry With the latest project milestone reached, B and W has brought together its RPM, PLM and MCAD systems in an intuitive and effective application that B and W engineers use to capture and reuse best practices and engineering resources
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The integration allows B and W to use existing company knowledge to create and manage raw material items.
With thousands of possible part/spec combinations, the integration between RPM and PLM results in the creation of better quality parts.
"Leading manufacturers are already shortening engineering time through process improvement supported by new rules-driven software", said Marc Halpern, Research Director at industry analyst firm Gartner.
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"In the future, the integration between PDM and the rules engine will allow innovative new products to be designed with CAD models using PDM-controlled parts and items that are based on specifications and the context of use".
"This will streamline the generation of project proposals, make estimates of project costs more accurate and maximise part reuse".
B and W engineers will be able to review their custom engineering designs, quickly incorporate engineering changes - even those with complicated design dependencies - and ensure access to up-to-date product information from their MatrixOne PLM system and SolidWorks MCAD models.
Mike Segal, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Services for MatrixOne, said: "Through our strong partnership with RuleStream, we were able to provide B and W with a comprehensive solution to meet its productivity and performance goals while maintaining its ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances".
"MatrixOne is committed to solving companies' most challenging product development and deployment problems".
"RuleStream's ability to capture knowledge and ensure its reuse is a powerful capability that MatrixOne users can take advantage of to great success, as B and W is showing".
"Implementing rules-driven product management at all stages of the engineering lifecycle is helping The Babcock and Wilcox Company streamline a number of complex engineering processes", said Robert Nierman, Chief Executive Officer, RuleStream.
"B and W is already realising a reduction in engineering times by being able to quantify and replicate business and engineering rules using RuleStream".
"Combining a shorter sales cycle with full MCAD visibility and instant access to critical PLM information should provide B and W with a significant market advantage".
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