New PLM Offering Unveiled at Autodesk University 2011
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2011--
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today previewed a new solution designed to
transform how manufacturers manage the entire lifecycle of a
product--from its conception, through design and manufacture, partner
and supplier management, procurement, quality, compliance, service and
more. Autodesk is tapping into the cloud to deliver a new approach to
product lifecycle management (PLM), which enables companies to capture
and manage product information and processes to continuously improve the
products they manufacture.
Autodesk’s new PLM offering, which is expected to be generally available
early next year, is part of Autodesk
360 – a set of secure, easy to use and affordable solutions
developed to streamline product and project business processes. Autodesk
360 for PLM is for companies of all sizes, from small companies
eager to deploy PLM for the first time to large enterprises that have
become disenchanted by PLM, due to the complexities and high costs
associated with traditional PLM implementations.
“Our approach to PLM is a sharp contrast to the decades old technology
in the market today,” said Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior vice president,
Manufacturing Industry Group at Autodesk. “Autodesk 360 for PLM will
enable customers of all sizes to achieve the full promise of PLM with a
scalable, configurable and intuitive solution. We believe it will help
our customers achieve a measurable competitive advantage through better,
more accessible collaboration and business information management.”
Building upon the company’s leadership with cloud-based solutions, Autodesk
360 for PLM is geared for manufacturers that need to manage business
processes throughout the entire lifecycle of a product — from the
earliest concept to retirement. Autodesk 360 for PLM will comprise:
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Autodesk 360 Nexus — Autodesk 360 Nexus is a new, cloud-based
solution that will anchor Autodesk 360 for PLM with affordable,
easy-to-use and simple-to-deploy software as a service that helps make
the benefits of PLM business applications available to users anytime,
anywhere — with less cost and risk.
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Autodesk
Vault — Currently available, Autodesk Vault provides
on-premise product data management software that enables engineering
workgroups to organize, manage and track their entire designs,
engineering bills-of-materials and change processes. Autodesk Vault
will work seamlessly with the Autodesk 360 Nexus.
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Autodesk
Buzzsaw ― Enabled by Autodesk Cloud, Buzzsaw’s cloud-based
supplier collaboration allows customers to securely exchange designs
and documents with external partners and distributed teams, regardless
of their location. Autodesk Buzzsaw Mobile ensures that users have the
most up to date information, wherever it’s needed.
Global research firm IDC* estimates the PLM software applications market
will grow to $20.5 billion by 2015. The processes required to
commercialize and maintain products are increasingly complex and
dispersed. Frequent interactions result in an overload of design,
process, and business information that decision-makers and distributed
teams must sort, prioritize, and manage over the lifecycle of their
products.
Unlike the expensive, complicated, engineering-centric, and
difficult-to-deploy PLM systems available today, Autodesk 360 Nexus is
more readily and easily configurable to meet customer-specific product
lifecycle process needs across the enterprise. Employees in a range of
roles from planning to product development to supplier management,
quality and compliance, service and more will have greater ability to
eliminate bottlenecks and access product and project-related information
more quickly regardless of their location.
Until recently, PLM has been the near-exclusive domain of large
businesses, mainly due to the high cost and expertise related to
deploying and maintaining the systems. “No company should be excluded
from the benefits of PLM technology,” commented Kross.
An IDC Manufacturing Insights report released in June 2011** revealed
that manufacturers identified the top three business benefits of cloud
systems as: reducing total hardware spend; improving IT staff
productivity and end user service levels; and reducing total spend on
software licensing and maintenance. Autodesk 360 Nexus will better
enable customers to start small but scale fast to meet demand, and fit
easily within their existing business environment.
About Autodesk 360 solutions
Enabled by Autodesk
Cloud, Autodesk
360 solutions provide a powerful and complete digital view of
information and processes, combined with the ability to securely manage
data, so that the right information is accessible wherever and whenever
it is needed. Easily accessible to both technical and non-technical
professionals within or outside the enterprise, Autodesk 360 presents an
intuitive way to view business information, collaborate, manage and
share data, and plan throughout product lifecycles, while integrating
with existing systems and software. The low up-front and ongoing costs
of cloud-based solutions present a more affordable path by eliminating
largely unnecessary capital expenditures and deployment costs. Autodesk
360 solutions also provide customers with built-in security features and
regular back-ups. For more information about Autodesk 360 solutions, see
today’s related announcement (“Autodesk Takes BIM to the Cloud at
Autodesk University”).
About Autodesk University
Now in its 19th year, Autodesk University is the annual series of
Autodesk in-person and virtual user conferences, which include the
flagship Autodesk University event in Las Vegas, Autodesk University
China, Autodesk University Japan and Autodesk University Brazil, as well
as associated online content available through Autodesk University
Virtual. The 2011 events will bring together 200,000 designers,
engineers, architects and digital artists together to explore the “Power
of the Possible”. More information is available at the Autodesk
University web site.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries -- including the last 16 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software to design, visualize
and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information
about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
*IDC, Technology Selection: Worldwide Product Life-Cycle Management
(PLM) Applications 2011–2015 Forecast, Doc # MI230854, October 2011
**IDC, Business Strategy: Cloud Computing in Manufacturing, Doc #
MI228939, June 2011
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© 2011 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Source: Autodesk
Autodesk
Stacy Doyle, 503-707-3861
stacy.doyle@autodesk.com