UGS - transforming the process of innovation June/July 2006
PLM Perspective: News and views on product lifecycle management at UGS

Building Intellectual Capital Through Global Innovation Networks

Tony Affuso

Tony Affuso

Chairman, CEO and President

As you can see from the news stories below, June has been an active month for UGS, with a number of exciting new product releases and a busy schedule of industry events around the globe. My travels to some of these events gave me an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the Global Innovation Networks many of our customers are in the process of building.

Today's broadband Internet connectivity and powerful digital collaboration tools are enabling companies of all sizes, anywhere in the world, to build Global Innovation Networks. These complex, dynamic, data-driven networks of inter-relationships among dozens, hundreds or thousands of suppliers, customers and partners spread across the globe provide the key to increasing innovation and optimizing product value by enabling companies to tap into a diverse array of intellectual capital anywhere in the world.

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PLM Success

Modine Manufacturing

Modine balances its commitment to innovation with the time pressure it experiences as a supplier to automakers and other OEMs

Witzig & Frank GmbH

Digital simulation helps create complex machining centers that perform faster and are available to customers sooner

Predictive Engineering

Analysis of new aluminum engine helps manufacturer combine classic Norton motorcycle look with modern weight and performance characteristics

Maruti Udyog Ltd.

(Recipient of the 2006 UGS Asia Pacific PLM Excellence Award Grand Prize)
PLM solutions speed vehicle design and enable lower prices

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