May 29 - Pivot International Deploys SolidWorks PDMWorks Enterprise

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Pivot International Deploys SolidWorks PDMWorks Enterprise

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CONCORD, Massachusetts, May 29, 2007 - Pivot International, a world leader in product design and development engineering services, has deployed SolidWorks PDMWorks Enterprise product data management software to streamline its global contract engineering program. With PDMWorks Enterprise, the Kansas City company is designing better products and anticipating significant time savings by harnessing control of its CAD data.

Pivot International is a domestic product development firm with offshore tooling, procurement, and manufacturing services. It specializes in embedded electronic systems ranging from wireless communication products to handheld imaging systems and custom display applications. The company works concurrently on designs across international boundaries around the clock. The company holds 12,000 parts and assemblies as well as ISO manufacturing quality documents in its PDMWorks Enterprise system.

PDMWorks Enterprise is facilitating Pivot’s concurrent design processes across multiple international sites. Prior to deploying PDMWorks Enterprise, Pivot International’s design engineers took great pains attempting to ensure design changes carried across all affected parts and assemblies. Too often, however, engineers discovered they needed to check and recheck files to catch errors as parts went to production. Meanwhile, employees in Asia were spending two hours a day transferring large files from Pivot’s Kansas City headquarters across slow Internet links.

“We’ve conquered these obstacles and have dramatically improved our accuracy, and productivity by deploying PDMWorks Enterprise,” said Connie Gray, Pivot International’s IT manager. “We’re enabling our design engineers to always have the right design within reach and ensure revisions carry through all affected assemblies and products. With PDMWorks Enterprise, everyone is always on the same page working from the same files in the same vault. If you’re working on a part, it automatically updates across all related designs. And you can’t duplicate a part without ample warning.”

Instead of requiring time-consuming bulk file transfers, PDMWorks Enterprise automatically replicates design files across every location and transfers only the changes. Pivot International has used PDMWorks Enterprise’s open APIs to integrate with its manufacturing resource planning system, which manages part numbers and bills of materials. Better organized part and assembly files enable engineers to save money by incorporating established designs into other product designs. New workflow systems based in PDMWorks Enterprise automate the movement of design files from design engineer through project leader and quality reviews. In the future, Pivot International will extend PDMWorks Enterprise capabilities to their customers so they can review designs through a portal.

“Pivot International has a worldwide design-to-manufacturing structure that relies on efficient sharing of designs across hemispheres,” said Rainer Gawlick, SolidWorks vice president of worldwide marketing. “PDMWorks Enterprise enables companies like this, with thousands of designs containing hundreds of parts each, to stay organized, execute with accuracy, and bring better products to market.”

Pivot International relies on authorized SolidWorks reseller FISHER/UNITECH for ongoing software training, implementation, and support.

About Pivot International

Pivot International is a turnkey product development and manufacturing services firm. Its domestic development center provides all the benefits and assurances of working with a domestic organization yet provides the financial advantages of offshore tooling, procurement, and manufacturing. Pivot’s infrastructure and processes have been optimized over 30 years to provide a unique collection of service-oriented expertise, all designed to help customers succeed in their product introduction. Pivot provides a unique fast moving, agile matrix environment to help customers get their product to market quickly and accurately (on budget and on schedule). Pivot has been refining the art of concurrent engineering for 30 years. Contact Pivot to learn why it is the world leader in the fast-paced product development arena. For more information, visit www.pivotint.com.

About FISHER/UNITECH

FISHER/UNITECH, established in 1993, provides Product Lifecycle Management solutions to discrete manufacturing companies. The company’s focus is on process improvement for product development. Process improvement is obtained through the integration of advanced software solutions to replace legacy systems. The applications include CAID, CAD, CAM , CAE, PDM, KBE, Reverse Engineering, and Rapid Prototyping. Professional services are offered for design automation and data management, providing customers with a full service, one-stop source for complex PLM systems. The company offers advanced web-based delivery of education programs with its interactive, instructor-led 3DU. Please visit the company’s website at www.funtech.com or call 800-816-8314.

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or a live online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).

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