Aerospace & Defense Manufacturer

Comprehensive UHF system helps fashion manufacturers and retailers increase sales and improve customer satisfaction

Düsseldorf, Germany – February 20th 2008 – TAGSYS, the global leader in item-level RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) infrastructure, will demonstrate their complete ultra-high frequency (“UHF”) RFID infrastructure designed specifically for the unique needs of the apparel industry, at Euroshop 2008.

RFID provides manufacturers with the ability to accurately track and safeguard goods throughout the entire Supply Chain to improve operating costs. Apparel retailers benefiting from RFID receive real-time visibility into inventory and product movement to reduce loss prevention, improve store productivity and boost brand loyalty. UHF item-level RFID is ideally suited for the apparel industry since it offers a long range to rapidly and accurately read goods.

Key Member of Current Executive Team to Drive Next Stage of Growth for Leading Provider of Customer Service Software

San Francisco, October 1, 2007 - Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel-Lucent company (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Paul Segre, its current Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as president and CEO. As a key member of the current management team, Mr. Segre has played a major role in shaping its growth strategy over the past five years.

As COO, Mr. Segre has served as a key architect of Genesys strategy to expand its market footprint by developing Dynamic Contact Center Technology to enable enterprise to adapt to fast-changing Customer Service environments. He has also championed its increased investment in IP and voice self-service offerings that extend communications beyond the contact center.

Company Rounds Out Executive Team with Four Industry Experts
September 18, 2007
Click Commerce, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand Supply Chain Management solutions, today announced its launch of the company’s Aerospace & Defense (A&D) division. The new division aligns the organization with key customer segments in the aviation, aerospace and defense industries and leverages Click Commerce’s extended enterprise software solutions to provide additional value to its customers in these markets.

“We are aligning our teams around our customers,” said Nancy Koenig, Click Commerce President. “We are pleased to have assembled a team with such deep expertise in our customers’ businesses, and are committed to using this expertise and experience to the benefit of our clients in the aviation, aerospace and defense industries.” The team will focus on providing these industries with the ability to make their aftermarket supply chains lean, collaborative, and transparent. Click Commerce’s Supply Chain solutions have been selected by numerous customers in these markets, such as Delta Airlines, Air France, the U.S. Air Force, BAE Systems, and Lockheed Martin.

07-10-2007
Brazilian Company to Consolidate All CATIA-Authored Product Information in ENOVIA SmarTeam Repository for Company-Wide Data Sharing

PARIS, July 10, 2007 - Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Brazilian aerospace company ELEB is expanding its DS CATIA and ENOVIA SmarTeam implementations to reduce product development time and improve quality. São Paulo-based reseller Tecmes is supporting ELEB’s expanded implementation of CATIA and ENOVIA SmarTeam.

IFS Defence Ltd, a joint venture between BAE Systems plc and IFS AB, has acquired the British software company Information Science Consultants Ltd (iSC), headquartered in Cirencester, UK. The acquisition strengthens IFS Defence’s position in the Aerospace & Defense sector, enhances its capability to deliver naval enterprise solutions and adds leading expertise in Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) processes and toolsets to the IFS Application suite. IFS Defence can now offer unparalleled through-life functionality for Engineering & Asset Management, MRO and SCM for the naval support sector. The combined solution will offer greater availability and reliability of equipment which is vital in today’s demanding operating environments.

(July 2, 2007)

MALMÖ, Sweden and IRVINE, California - 02 July 2007 - Telelogic (Nordic Exchange/MidCap/TLOG), today announced that it has signed a four year 608,000 USD license and maintenance agreement with a North American Defense and Technology Company.

The agreement will see the company use Telelogic´s solutions for Enterprise Lifecycle Management (ELM), a solution covering the development process from requirements management, analysis and definition through to delivery of final product.
"Telelogic continues to strengthen its position in the defense and aerospace industry and today´s announcement further confirms our leading position in this market", said Anders Lidbeck president and CEO of Telelogic. "With Telelogic´s solution for ELM in place, distributed development teams can work more effectively together, deadlines are met, errors are minimized and governance in the most demanding of industries is achieved".

06-20-2007
Bringing Together Industry Expertise and PLM for the Aerospace Industry

Paris, France, June 20, 2007- IBM and Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced a significant customer win in the aerospace industry. AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, will be working with IBM and DS to re-engineer its design to manufacturing processes in 3D, a project that will touch its industrial sites in Italy, the UK and US.

With its digital manufacturing project, AgustaWestland will generate a set of 3D master data that will serve as the basis for improved collaboration internally and externally. Business transformation projects of this size require more than just PLM software. Dassault Systèmes and IBM also offer their solid industry expertise to help carve out a visionary roadmap with customized solutions to meet customers’ unique configuration needs. Total packages like these are what help customers to most fully benefit from 3D PLM.

06-20-2007
CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA Help Brazilian Aerospace Giant Begin Assembly with Accurate Fuselage Components

Paris, France, June 20, 2007 ─ Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that its CATIA virtual authoring, ENOVIA collaboration, and DELMIA digital manufacturing solutions have helped Brazilian aerospace company Embraer begin assembling the Phenom 100, its newest executive jet, with zero cost and time-consuming design or manufacturing errors.

“The fuselage components we designed in CATIA fit together exactly as designed and exactly as simulated,” said Humberto Pereira, director of development engineering, Embraer. “That accuracy helped us maintain a testing and production schedule that keeps us on track to meet our goal of getting the Phenom 100 into the air mid 2007 and into full service in 2008.”

Includes self-evaluation form based on information from the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
CINCINNATI, Ohio – June 8, 2007 – Cincom Systems, recently named one of the "most influential manufacturing Technology providers," has published its latest research white paper, “Best Practices In Aerospace Lean Manufacturing: The Migration to a Lean Enterprise.”

Tackling the task of transformation

The white paper reveals how aerospace manufacturers are tackling the task of transforming lean manufacturing lessons into lean aerospace business strategies. These strategies include the necessary steps to institute lasting change at the process level.

Brings innovation to meet the challenges in 21st century aviation industry
Paris, France,– ESI Group (ESIN FR0004110310), a world leader in virtual prototyping simulation, today announced that Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, a major Chinese aircraft manufacturer and partner for global aviation industry, and ESI Group forge a strategic collaboration for aeronautic composites manufacturing engineering.

Chengdu Aircraft has recently completed its implementation of ESI Group’s composites simulation solution in their aircraft design and manufacturing engineering process. Today the new generation composite parts in aircraft are one of the major innovations in aviation industry that dramatically makes the aircraft lighter in weight therefore improves the aircraft performance and efficiency in operation. The virtual simulation solution from ESI Group enables Chengdu Aircraft to simulate the entire process of composite parts design and manufacturing that accelerate the time-to-manufacture of reliable and performing composite parts, as built as designed.

Automotive Robots Brought to Within Aerospace Tolerances

Auburn Hills, MI., USA,  Dassault Systèmes (NASDAQ: DASTY: Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Airbus has completed a major research project that is expected to result in a greater level of automated drilling applications within the aerospace giant. This patent-applied-for process, which incorporates DELMIA V5 Robotics software, is aimed to reduce costs, cut production time, and improve quality.

“Our research is part of a drive to significantly reduce manual processing across aircraft programs. Standard industrial robots are not accurate enough for our process specifications, as absolute positional accuracy of ±0.2 mm is required in many application areas. Our team brought together two development partners, KUKA UK and M3, using DELMIA solutions, to address this problem and come up with a way to bring a low cost, flexible robotic platform into the aerospace sector,” explains Mark Summers, engineering group leader, Automation and Robotics, Airbus UK. Company-wide, Airbus drills around 50 million holes per year, half of which are manually processed.

McLean, Va. – BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE: BE), one of the world’s largest management and Technology consulting firms, will demonstrate a new solution for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations in the aerospace industry at SAPPHIRE ’07 in Atlanta this week. The BearingPoint-designed, SAP-powered solution is intended to reduce costs, improve efficiency and achieve new levels of productivity. Once implemented, the BearingPoint MRO Workbench Solution can deliver a 60 to 80 percent improvement in productivity.

Designed by a team of BearingPoint industry and MRO functional experts, the MRO solution was created to meet the specific requirements of MRO organizations, and provides the flexibility to be customized to individual companies, while adhering to SAP’s standard process flow.

HIGH POINT, N.C., — New Breed, a third-party Logistics company, today announced that it has received the prestigious Boeing Supplier of the Year award in the Aerospace Support category. New Breed was one of 11 companies honored Wednesday evening at Boeing’s annual supplier award ceremony held at the Harbor Club in Bellevue, Wash.

“We are pleased to recognize the achievements of these 11 suppliers for reaching extraordinary levels of performance and quality, and becoming the best in the Boeing supply chain,” said master of ceremonies Steve Schaffer, functional leader of Supplier Management for Boeing and vice president and general manager of Global Partners, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “Boeing’s ongoing commitment to working together with our partners helps us meet the high standards for quality, productivity and efficiency that our customers deserve and our competitive business environment demands.”

CHICAGO, /PRNewswire/ -- IFS has received an order for IFS
Applications from Saab Microwave Systems for the delivery of business
applications for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The applications will
be used to create a solid foundation for developing a more Agile and
efficient integrated flow of processes to manage product development,
manufacturing, and after sales. The order is worth approximately SKr 10
million and initially includes components for Product Data Management and
document management.
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The vision is to develop a common product model for organizing product

The world's leading provider of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that BAE Systems Customer Solutions has selected BusinessObjects™ XI Release 2 to provide Insight into data from disparate financial, operational, and human resources systems. The company is also working with Business Objects Global Services to ensure that consistent, repeatable training is rolled out to all users.

BAE Systems Customer Solutions, a leading provider of integrated technical and professional service solutions for the U.S. national security and Federal civilian markets, is comprised of 14,000 staff members across more than 200 sites in the U.S. The organization has undertaken a major effort to integrate multiple financial, human resources, and Knowledge Management applications into one Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. As part of its standardization strategy, BAE Systems required a single BI platform to harness the power of their ERP data. After a competitive search, Business Objects was selected - in part because of its excellent customer support - as the BI standard for BAE Systems Customer Solutions.

Exostar's Supply Chain Management Solution Delivers Multi-tier Visibility and Control of Demand Forecast, Order Lifecycle and Inventory Management Processes

HERNDON, Va., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Exostar, a power behind secure collaborative supply networks, marks the one-year anniversary of its support of critical planning and execution processes for The Boeing Company's 787 supply chain. Boeing utilizes Exostar for its design collaboration, sourcing and Procurement solutions to work effectively with thousands of suppliers. The 787 airplane is the first Boeing program to deploy Exostar's Supply Chain Management Solution.