CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
16 January 2007
Product News
Cohesia Teams with BCT Technology for Ongoing Joint Quality Programs; Customers Get One-Click Access to BCT Directly from within the Cohesia Product
Cohesia Corporation, a provider of technology that eliminates ambiguity in the flow-down of detailed product requirements through manufacturing supply chains, is broadening its relationship with BCT Technology by embedding access to BCT in the Cohesia product.
As specialists in the identification and extraction of design information in every format from paper drawings to 3D CAD models, BCT Technology serves many of the same customers as Cohesia in the aerospace industry. Both organizations serve critical roles in Product Lifecycle Management and First Article Inspection. The complimentary synergy will now be immediately accessible from within the Cohesia product.
Principals at both organizations believe this is a natural fit and agree customers will have even greater benefit from this close relationship. Bob Mann, US Sales Manager, says, "In combination with Cohesia's products, we can provide complete identification and change verification of the design criteria that defines any part, from Engineering out thru the supply chain for the lifecycle of any part."
Cohesia President and CEO, Jim Kanir, believes the BCT tools for characteristic extraction will quickly become a very popular addition to the Cohesia system. "The value of the BCT Technology - Cohesia combination is already proven in critical, complex projects. With an even closer relationship, we've taken yet another important step in offering Cohesia customers the most comprehensive offering available for aerospace First Article Inspections," says Mr. Kanir.
The power of the Cohesia - BCT combination was recently demonstrated at a project sponsored by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS). Phase I of the project used software from Cohesia , UGS Corp ., and BCT along with consulting services by Manufacturing Resources Inc. (MRI), industry participation by GE Aircraft Engines, and DoD participation by the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy, to analyze the complete product life cycle, including change management and repair and maintenance, of a GE F114 engine components. BCT Inspector was found to improve productivity between 70 and 80 percent over manual methods of characteristic identification and extraction for both first time parts and design changes.
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