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TurboCare Expands SofTech ProductCenter PLM Implementation
ProductCenter Supports Multiple Facilities and Diverse Product Lines for Leading Turbomachinery SupplierTEWKSBURY, Mass. — May 20, 2004 — SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB: SOFT), a leading provider of design-through-manufacturing productivity solutions, announced that TurboCare is expanding its implementation of SofTech’s ProductCenter PLM (product lifecycle management) solution. TurboCare is recognized worldwide for its expertise in turbomachinery part replacement and repair services for the utility, refining, oil, gas, and related industries. TurboCare has added ProductCenter™ Workflow, ProductCenter™ ProductDashboard™, and ProductCenter™ Microsoft Office Integrators to their existing ProductCenter implementation, which will give the company additional capabilities to more closely integrate dispersed engineering organizations for project collaboration.
ProductCenter Workflow will automate design review and approvals across TurboCare facilities in Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Florida, and Texas. While the goal with ProductDashboard is to organize and deliver product lifecycle data in more appropriate user context with user-customizable Web portals — similar to a MyYahoo!™ portal but geared to PLM. In addition, TurboCare’s Quality Assurance organization gains direct access to ProductCenter PLM functionality from within Microsoft Office applications with the addition of ProductCenter Microsoft Office Integrators to enhance and streamline control of ISO-related quality documents.
“Being after-market producers of customized parts and services for large-scale turbomachinery creates unique product lifecycle management challenges,” states Brian Hannah, TurboCare vice president of information technology. “ProductCenter provides flexibility and the measure of control we need to manage these diverse product lines. It facilitates cost effective part, assembly, and supporting lifecycle information reuse and benefits us when multiple facilities collaborate on projects. We expect additional productivity gains, especially with ProductCenter Workflow and ProductDashboard, which will lend further process consistency across facilities and put timely, job-specific information at the fingertips of those who need it.”
About TurboCare
TurboCare is a leading provider of +repair services and replacement parts for virtually all designs of turbomachinery, and specializes in the design, manufacture and application of engineered components and repair upgrades. TurboCare is a division of Demag Delaval, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation.
About SofTech, Inc.
SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB: SOFT) provides design-through-manufacturing productivity solutions with its computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) products including CADRA®, DesignGateway™, Prospector™, and ProductCenter™ (through SofTech’s Workgroup Technology Division). SofTech’s solutions optimize product lifecycle processes at the lowest cost by fostering innovation, extended enterprise collaboration, product quality improvements, and compressed time-to-market cycles.
SofTech has more than 100,000 users benefiting from its solutions, including Boeing, FlightSafety International, General Electric Company, Goodrich Turbine Fuel Technologies, Honeywell, Millipore Corporation, Siemens, Sikorsky Aircraft, U.S. Army, and Whirlpool Corporation.
Headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, SofTech (www.softech.com) has locations and distribution partners throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
SofTech, CADRA, DesignGateway, ProductCenter and Prospector are trademarks or registered trademarks of SofTech, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other countries. SofTech is a trademark of SofTech, Inc. All other brands, logos, products or company names are the copyrights and/or trademarks of their respective holders.
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