RAND expands QuickStart PLM program

February 11, 2008

Mississauga-based RAND Worldwide has announced the expansion of its rapid deployment PLM program, QuickStart. For one, the CATIA V5: Design QuickStart package has been expanded from a five to 10-day program, and now includes further CATIA V5 deployment customization options, focusing on organizational usage plans and design requirements. The package also includes documented best practice plans for CATIA V5 and an accompanying PDM tool.

In addition, the company has added two new implementation plans. The first, the CATIA V5: Manufacturing QuickStart package, is designed for manufacturing engineering organizations. The package helps administrators configure their CATIA V5 NC Manufacturing environment, develop and design manufacturing methodologies and validate their local environment. RAND works onsite to offer guidance and mentoring services for improved NC methodologies and also provides documented best practice guidelines that are specific to each client’s needs.

The second new offering, the ENOVIA SmarTeam - Pro/ENGINEER Integration QuickStart package, is targeted at companies that want to improve their data management capabilities by introducing ENOVIA SmarTeam into their Pro/ENGINEER environment. The package introduces Pro/ENGINEER users to ENOVIA SmarTeam’s vaulting, web and workflow capabilities. The SPI QuickStart package also allows for implementation at an engineering work group level before introducing it across an entire organization.

Launched in April 2006, QuickStart offers a selection of deployment solutions for CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam that, the company says, are faster and more cost effective to implement than a standard PLM and PDM deployment. The program assists in building a proper PLM foundation for organizations with limited internal knowledge of CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam set-up and administration, or a need to improve the progress of an existing implementation.
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