SmarTeam is a business collaboration solution that allows manufacturers to share and exchange product information throughout the enterprise and across the supply chain. A uniquely cost-effective and rapidly implemented Product Data Management (PDM) solution, SmarTeam also serves as the core of a Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC) enterprise system. Providing best-in-class solutions for manufacturers in the automotive and aerospace, electronic and electric (E&E), discrete manufacturing (F&A), medical equipment, construction and process industries, SmarTeam reduces costs, improves productivity and cuts time to market.

Based 100 per cent on user-friendly, standard Microsoft Windows and Internet technologies, SmarTeam helps you to effortlessly turn product data overload, from design, manufacturing, and product maintenance, into an information asset that can be leveraged across the enterprise. SmarTeam is built for out-of-the-box simplicity, yet is totally customisable to easily accommodate your company’s particular preferences and requirements. With Supply Chain products for e-business, SmarTeam also becomes the centre of your Collaborative Product Commerce solution, driving the benefits of real-time product knowledge into work with customers and across your entire supply chain.

The benefits of SmarTeam at a glance:

The following are just some of the reasons why businesses are turning to SmarTeam to help them both manage and leverage their corporate product knowledge:

Productivity
SmarTeam improves design and manufacturing processes by capturing product knowledge at its source – within the computer aided design (CAD) interface – and driving it across all core enterprise systems. By automating the flow of vital data and procedures, SmarTeam helps to institute corporate best practices, facilitating innovation and getting products to market faster.

Return on investment
SmarTeam’s powerful implementation tools and intuitive Win/Web interface get your corporate team up and running right away, allowing you to enjoy exceptionally rapid return on investment (ROI).

Time to market and volume
SmarTeam helps the whole enterprise work together to speed your products to market and increase your production capabilities.

Quality
SmarTeam provides a complete document audit trail, vital for international standards organisation (ISO) and other industry standards, giving you immediate access to information in real time. By controlling all phases of the product life cycle and change control processes, scrap and re-work are virtually eliminated.

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