Siemens PLM Software Announces set of 'Major Milestones' in Digital Lifecycle Simulation
04 January 2008 - 1:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Computer-aided-engineering (CAE) Pioneer Announces Key CAE Wins,
Appoints MSC.Software Veteran Blakely to Lead CAE Sales Efforts;
New Study Highlights Siemens PLM Software Leadership in Key
Industry Segment PLANO, Texas, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens PLM
Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and
a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM)
software and services, today announced a set of "major milestones"
in the high-growth digital lifecycle simulation -- or
computer-aided-engineering (CAE) -- segment of the PLM market that
build on its CAE technology launches from 2007. ( Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Chief
among these milestones is the announcement of two key CAx wins for
which CAE expertise was a key differentiator in Siemens PLM
Software's selection: -- Liao He Petroleum -- a key enterprise
under China National Petroleum that owns the third largest oilfield
in China. "The rich large assembly and assembly analysis
capabilities of NX are an important reason why it attracts us,"
said Gao Yuanwen, director of IT Department. "This combined with
the powerful NX Nastran solver and the advanced pre and post
processors as well as the complete integration with NX CAD, finally
enabled us to make our choice. After a short time of use, we are
already beginning to gradually achieve our expected goal." --
Franco-German-Spanish Eurocopter Group, the world's number one
helicopter manufacturer and a division of EADS, a world leader in
aerospace, defense and related services. Eurocopter selected
Femap(R) and NXTM Nastran as a substitute for MSC.Nastran(TM) for
Windows(R) as an integrated platform for stress analysis and
substantiation of military helicopter systems. "The integrated
Visual Basic interface of Femap provides an unchallenged way to
integrate our calculation tools to aid in further post processing,
substantiation and documentation of stress analysis, particularly
composite structures, leading to a faster automated process," said
Christopher Bach, spokesman, Eurocopter. In addition, Siemens PLM
Software today announced the appointment of Ken Blakely, a 23-year
veteran of MSC.Software and the digital lifecycle simulation
industry, as vice president, CAE Business Development. Blakely, who
served MSC.Software in various executive management positions
including leading its Global Sales, Marketing, Software Development
and Professional Services teams, most recently served the company
as vice president of Global Services. At Siemens PLM Software,
Blakely's focus is on working with the Marketing and Products
groups to create sales programs designed to grow Siemens PLM
Software's CAE revenue base on a global basis. He reports to John
Graham, Siemens PLM Software executive vice president of Global
Sales & Services. "These key customer wins go a long way not
only toward highlighting our growing momentum in CAE, but also
toward demonstrating the value that our CAE solutions add in
spanning the enterprise and mid-market levels," said Graham. "This
is an ideal time to add Ken to our team. Ken's mission is
essentially to facilitate our growth goals for CAE by leveraging
the resources of the entire business behind them. We now have a
recognized leader in our sales organization fully devoted to CAE,
and we are confident this increased focus will help us fulfill the
increased demand for our world-class simulation capabilities." New
Study, Technology Releases Highlight CAE Leadership Blakely's
appointment comes on the heels of a new report issued by management
consulting company Spar Point Research LLC, entitled "Enabling
Digital Simulation and Analysis." The report studied simulation
best practices at companies in nearly every vertical industry,
including aerospace/defense, aircraft engine, automotive
powertrain, consumer electronics, medical device and off-highway
equipment. It found that companies are making CAE analysis
pervasive throughout product development from early concept design
through manufacturing engineering. "While the companies we studied
came from very different industries, they are looking for the same
key enablers in simulation technology," said Bruce Jenkins,
president of Research, Spar Point. "These key functional enablers
will allow leading companies to deploy digital simulation
pervasively throughout the product lifecycle. Siemens PLM Software
is at the forefront in addressing these enablers." The Spar Point
report details eight capabilities leading simulation vendors must
provide to solve the analysis community's complex needs. This year
Siemens PLM Software delivered simulation technology that addresses
these key enablers in its new NX 5 (launched in April 2007) and
Teamcenter(R) 2007 (launched in October 2007) releases. "We worked
with Siemens PLM Software on a simulation project that would have
been impossible with our previous simulation tools," said Jack
Webb, senior analyst, Delphi. "We completed the analysis in record
time. It took just two days compared to five previously. We used NX
5's simulation tools for structural analysis as well as flow and
thermal analysis." With NX 5, Siemens PLM Software launched nine
new simulation products, while its recently announced Teamcenter
2007 portfolio incorporates the next stage in its end-to-end
simulation data management environment. The new technology enables
users to manage the eight unique analysis needs identified by Spar
Point in a unified environment: 1. Scalability and consistency --
to enable people in all parts of the organization and all phases of
product development to be more productive. 2. Intelligent model
generation -- so that manufacturing companies can leverage the
millions they invest to develop and document product designs. 3.
Industrial-strength productivity -- to meet industry trends that
consistently point to continuing growth in model size and
complexity. 4. Multi-physics, multi-disciplinary -- to efficiently
couple simulation applications, and allow the results of one
simulation activity to be efficiently used as input to others. 5.
Open integration -- to enable companies to leverage large numbers
of very specific analysis tools and maintain their competitive
advantage. 6. Visualization and collaboration -- for the up to 20
people who consume and interact with the information generated by
each author. 7. Reusable processes and knowledge -- to address the
issues of too little time combined with a lack of trained,
knowledgeable professionals. 8. Simulation process management -- to
combat the biggest single constraint on getting greater value from
digital simulation investments -- insufficient focus on managing
CAE data, processes and workflows. "Taken together, these
highlights represent major milestones in Siemens PLM Software's
commitment to strengthening our leadership in CAE and build on our
already strong momentum in this space," said Tony Affuso, chairman
and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. "With 40 years of CAE experience
already under our belt, Siemens PLM Software has long pioneered
excellence in this segment, and we are excited for the
opportunities to serve our customers that our expanded focus on it
presents." To download the Spar Point report and additional
simulation white papers or to learn more about NX 5 or Teamcenter
2007, visit http://www.siemens.com/plm. About Siemens PLM Software
Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives
(A&D), is a leading global provider of product lifecycle
management (PLM) software and services with 4.6 million licensed
seats and 51,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano,
Texas, Siemens PLM Software's open enterprise solutions enable a
world where organizations and their partners collaborate through
Global Innovation Networks to deliver world-class products and
services. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and
services, visit http://www.siemens.com/plm. About Siemens
Automation and Drives The Siemens Automation and Drives Group
(A&D), Nuremberg, Germany, is the leading manufacturer in this
field worldwide. Products supplied by A&D include standard
products for the manufacturing and process industries and for the
electrical installation industry as well as system solutions, for
example for machine tools, and solutions for whole industries such
as the automation of entire automobile factories or chemical
plants. Supplementing this range of products and services, A&D
also offers software for linking production and management
(horizontal and vertical IT integration) and for optimizing
production processes. A&D employs 70,600 people worldwide and
in fiscal year 2006 (to September 30) earned a group profit of euro
1.572 billion on sales of euro 12.848 billion and orders of euro
14.108 billion, according to U.S. GAAP. Further information about
A&D is available in the Internet at
http://www.siemens.com/automation. Note: Siemens and the Siemens
logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. NX, Femap and
Teamcenter are trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens
Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in
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