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UGS and A.T. Kearney Procurement
Solutions Announce Sourcing Community Powered by Teamcenter®
Joint Development Brings Sourcing Best Practices and Expertise
of A.T. Kearney Together with Leading UGS Product Lifecycle Management
Technology
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (May 10, 2005) –
UGS Corp., a leading global provider
of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and
A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, offering leading strategic sourcing
services, today announced the availability of Sourcing Community,
the latest release of product lifecycle sourcing solutions powered
by UGS' Teamcenter® software. Sourcing Community combines web-based
RFx (Request for Proposal, Request for Information, etc.) and sourcing
survey capabilities with Teamcenter knowledge management and collaboration
solutions to further integrate the sourcing and change management
processes.
UGS and A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions are demonstrating the
new technology at the International Supply Management (ISM) Conference
on May 8-10 in San Antonio, Texas. The announcement represents the
strategic next step in the extension of Teamcenter PLM technology
to support the needs of business users.
UGS considers the expansion of PLM to unite both product development
and business data and processes as core to their product strategy.
The company has partnered with A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions,
a Strategic Partner in the UGS Partner Program, to jointly develop
the Sourcing Community solution, which will be delivered to customers
directly through UGS' direct channel and through A.T. Kearney’s
strategic sourcing activities.
Sourcing Community combines sourcing with collaboration and product
data management (PDM), to provide one window access to sourcing
and product data to all stakeholders in the supply chain, increasing
sourcing productivity, compressing sourcing cycle time and enabling
early supplier involvement to design the cost out of products.
“The joint development of the Sourcing Community solution by
A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions provides us with a key validation
of the wide use of Teamcenter for a variety of business uses,”
said Raj Khoshoo, vice president of strategic initiatives, UGS.
“More importantly, by providing this integration on the Sourcing
Community platform we have enabled collaboration, program management
and seamless integration with office tools, all provided on the
familiar Microsoft desktop to ensure usability by business users
with minimal training.”
Sourcing, Collaboration, Change Management Now Tied Together
With this release, Sourcing Community further ties A.T. Kearney
Procurement Solution's sourcing best practices and intellectual
capital with UGS' leading knowledge management and change management
processes for an end-to-end approach. As product changes are invoked,
Product Bill of Materials (BOMs) and associated data are automatically
gathered and routed to sourcing teams for incorporation in bid packages,
eliminating idle time and increasing overall sourcing productivity.
The impact of product changes can more readily be understood by
sourcing teams with direct access to part usage information and
product configuration information from PDM, helping to streamline
and eliminate RFx duplication across product lines and suppliers.
The one window access to both product and sourcing data in a collaborative
environment makes it easier to involve suppliers early in the process,
increasing collaboration in the more upfront stages of product development,
increasing innovation and eliminating rework to help design the
cost out of products.
“Sourcing Community has really made it easy for A.T. Kearney
Procurement Solutions to deliver significantly increased added value
to our customers,” says Joseph Raudabaugh, president of A.T.
Kearney Procurement Solutions. “Sourcing Community can quickly
be deployed, and tailored as we define the sourcing best practices
for the customer.”
About Teamcenter
Teamcenter, the de facto standard for PLM, connects people and processes
– creating, capturing and sharing product knowledge to power
innovation and productivity, through an integrated portfolio of
proven solutions built on Teamcenter's open PLM foundation. Teamcenter
leads the PLM industry with digital product development, engineering
process management and product knowledge management solutions that
deliver fast time-to-value.
About A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions
A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions provides comprehensive strategic
procurement services to clients with needs that range from tactical
cost savings to outsourced strategic sourcing services to complete
procurement transformation. A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions augments
the strategic sourcing expertise of A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com),
one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global
presence that includes more than 60 offices in 37 countries, spanning
major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational,
organizational and technology consulting and executive search services
to the world's leading companies.
About UGS
UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management
(PLM) software and services with nearly 4 million licensed seats
and 42,000 clients worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the
company promotes openness and standardization and works collaboratively
with its clients in creating enterprise solutions enabling them
to transform their process of innovation and thus begin to capture
the value of PLM. For more information on UGS products and services,
visit www.ugs.com.
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