KARLSRUHE & STUTTGART, Germany, Oct 6, 2014 – PDTec, based in Karlsruhe, and SSC-Services GmbH, based in Böblingen, have agreed to offer a joint, cloud-based solution for effective data exchange between OEMs, suppliers, and engineering service providers.
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PDTec’s CAD Portal and SSC’s SWANcloud complement each other to create a seamless process chain. With its automated and efficient data exchange, this process chain can lead to significant savings while offering substantial quality improvements in the save data exchange for PDM and CAD.
With this new, cloud-based solution customers can easily and quickly setup a data exchange process between an OEM and service provider or supplier since essential components are already preconfigured in place. The connections to OEM-specific PDM systems such as Smaragd, KVS, Prisma, or TeamCenter are supported by PDTec’s CAD Portal by default. SWAN enables a quick and safe data transfer between the development partners. Thus, the development projects are managed in the cloud with minimum configuration effort and the customer can focus on the main task, the development itself.
“Many automotive suppliers prefer to outsource data exchange and related efforts and support services,” said Albrecht Pfaff, responsible for worldwide sales and marketing at PDTec. “Our CAD Portal has already proven its reliability at several large installations and reveals significant saving potentials in the data exchange with international OEMs. We cope with the challenges of large data volumes, daily updates, and structured data storage while complying with the stringent safety regulations of the contracting partners. This quick and straightforward service is a major competitive advantage which is appreciated by our customers.”
“Ever shorter development cycles and stronger international networking put more emphasis on quick and reliable data exchange in product creation,”said Ralf Luithardt, member of the management board at SSC-Services. “Freely configurable process steps such as CAD data conversion, quality testing, or further automated processing within SWAN guarantee the process-compliant, quick data provision. The integration of CAD Portal with the successful SWANcloud platform is a consequent step toward completely automated, process-reliable data management in the context of complex developments. Our cloud solution offers the flexibility requested today and allows our customers to focus on their core business.”
About PDTec AG
PDTec AG is a renowned and highly reputed provider of solutions for collaborative work with a focus on data management as well as on partner and supplier integration in the product creation process. The software solutions offered by PDTec– CAD Portal, SimData Manager, and ice.NET–have been developed based on the company’s many years of experience in the integration of data, processes, and systems. They are used primarily in the automotive, aerospace, general machinery, and shipbuilding industries, but are also employed at energy providers and in the electronics industry. The company is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.
For more information about PDTec please visit www.pdtec.de.
About SSC-Services GmbH
SSC-Services isan experienced IT service provider and the contact for all topics related to product data management throughout the entire life cycle. SSC offers the flexibility needed for the ongoing digitization in product development. For more than 16 years SSC has faced the challenges of supplier and partner integration and offers leading edge technology products and services for the successful formation of these partnerships. With SWAN, its leading data exchange product, SSC has created an advanced and reliable platform that addresses individual needs and can be optimally integrated i via diverse interfaces to third party systems in existing system landscapes.
For more information about SSC please visit www.ssc-services.de.
