CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

17 September 2007

Implementation Investments

Omnify Software Helps Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions Streamline Communication and Collaboration Process With OEM Customers; PLM Solution Provides a Single Environment for Both Parties to Create and Change Product Information

Omnify Software announced that Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions (IMS), a full service Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider, implemented Omnify Software to create a streamlined communication and collaboration process with their Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers and become a true extension of their customers' product development team.

"Communication with our OEM customers is vital to our success as an EMS provider," stated Ray Marshall, president of Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions. "Omnify allows seamless, immediate communication between the OEM engineering community and IMS. When both the customer and IMS leverage Omnify Software, we are able to participate, at the sourcing level, in preliminary BOM reviews, new part requests and ECO workflows."

With competitive pressures locally and offshore, IMS needed to increase their value-add to provide the highest level of service to their customers. IMS recognized that Omnify's PLM system could facilitate this by providing a single environment for creating and changing product information and enabling vital product data to be easily shared between IMS and their customers. IMS now has the ability to act as a working extension of the customer within the Omnify PLM environment, delivering streamlined manufacturing, material sourcing, and operational services. Since Omnify enables IMS to become part of the engineering change notification process, engineering changes become effective immediately. IMS is able to instantly and clearly understand change requirements and how they may affect work in progress, finished goods or staged orders. "Because this notification is immediate, there is a 100% reduction in ECO notification time," confirmed Mr. Marshall.

IMS also leverages OmniBOM, Omnify's Bill of Material (BOM) management and processing tool, to convert customer BOMs from many different formats to Excel. OmniBOM provides a clear, concise view of all changes to the BOM. BOM compares are used to catch changes in the BOM from the customer, down to a single digit change in the manufacturing part number. "OmniBOM is one of our most valued daily use documentation tools and, without a doubt, greatly enhances documentation communication with our customers," said Marshall.

"Leveraging Omnify is mutually beneficial for IMS and their customers by eliminating paper-based processes and creating a controlled environment to manage product data," stated Chuck Cimalore, CTO for Omnify Software. "Both parties can realize significant time-savings, reduced scrap and re-work, and decreased operational costs."

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