PROSTEP Celebrates OpenDXM 10th Anniversary
 DARMSTADT,
Germany, Jan 8, 2008 - With its engineering data workflow solution OpenDXM,
PROSTEP AG has established a quasi-standard for the exchange of product data
in the automotive and supplier industries. Leading automotive OEMs and
almost half of the 50 largest system and component suppliers worldwide use
the data exchange manager to automate their internal and external data
exchange processes. At the BMW Group and the three automotive divisions at
Continental AG, OpenDXM has been in use practically since the first version
was introduced onto the market almost exactly ten years ago.
"As one of the very first users, we would like to extend our most sincere
congratulations to PROSTEP on the occasion of this anniversary. OpenDXM has
become an indispensable tool without which we would not be able to work
together with our development partners and suppliers as closely and as
efficiently as we do today", says Holger Bruckner, team leader CA/PDM
Supplier Integration Processes and IT Development and Purchasing division at
the BMW Group.
In 1997, when OpenDXM was first used at Continental AG’s three automotive
divisions, there were just two locations, ten integrated suppliers, 50 jobs
and a data volume of less than one gigabyte per year. Last year, the
automotive supplier used the data exchange manager to handle 92,000 jobs
with a data volume of approximately 830 gigabytes. Over 45 locations and 750
customers/suppliers are integrated in the system. Another 250 exchange
partners use the supplier portal to access data made available by OpenDXM.
"If that isn’t proof of the performance capability and expandability of this
solution, I don’t know what is", says Rudolf Dotzauer, head of CC-DX/MCAD at
Continental.
"We recognized back then that digital vehicle development and the growing
outsourcing of development tasks to suppliers would lead to a dramatic
increase in the volume of data exchanged and the number of exchange
operations performed, an increase that would subsequently be impossible to
handle with the manual organization of data exchange", commented Dr. Bernd
Patzold, CEO of PROSTEP AG, on the 10th anniversary of OpenDXM. "That is why
we have developed a flexible, open and scalable solution which is based on
well-established standards and is always on the cutting edge of technology."
PROSTEP has just launched the new Version 6.1 of OpenDXM onto the market.
This version now also provides support for 64-bit operating systems. It also
offers even greater ease of use for both end users and system
administrators. And that is just an intermediate step: "Next spring we will
also be setting new standards with regard to data security and the
protection of intellectual property with the GlobalX edition of OpenDXM",
announced Dr. Patzold. About PROSTEP AG
About PROSTEP AG
PROSTEP AG is recognized as the leading PLM integration specialist in the
area of product data integration. The company offers its customers – leading
enterprises active worldwide – integration solutions for CAD, PDM and
supplier communication, thus making e-engineering a reality.
PROSTEP AG and its subsidiaries have a current headcount of more than 270
in Germany, France and the USA. It posted revenues of € 21.7 million in
fiscal 2006. In addition to its headquarters in Darmstadt, PROSTEP AG also
maintains branch offices in Berlin, Bexbach, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich,
Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Wuppertal, as well as Lyon (France) and Troy
(Michigan).
For more information visit at
http://www.prostep.com.
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