| | NOVEMBER 201919CIOReviewWe have built our cloud solution on the strong base of our proven PLM collaboration software ShareAspace based access to information for each partner and ensures that information is available to the right people and systems within a project.Adding Value to the Business EcosystemAccording to Karden, ShareAspace is a powerful complement to existing systems such as Product Data Management (PDM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO). What makes Eurostep's solution unique is its capabilities based on the rich and standards based data model, a real differentiator to other vendor's proprietary systems. Being capable of empowering the IT landscape, it allows enterprises to use their existing systems and processes, making the solution easier to implement and deploy. With Eurostep's collaboration with Microsoft, ShareAspace runs with a low cost of ownership, simultaneously adding value to users and enterprises.Designed with powerful product data sharing capability in mind, the platform facilitates change and business agility by making it easy to add and remove systems and partners. Additionally, users can leverage the benefits of change management processes--from simple informal to formal, comprehensive approaches--with ShareAspace. The solution thus helps enterprises reduce lead times, costs and friction, increase the pace of innovation and data quality, and improve productivity. ShareAspace delivers a controlled and trusted meeting space, filled with valuable data, empowering engineers in need to collaborate internally and externally.Adding the Cloud to lower the Threshold to Business CollaborationWith such a compelling value proposition, Eurostep caters to large enterprises in the likes of SAAB, Scania, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, BAE Systems, French Army, Renault, EGIS, NASA and Siemens Energy. However, identifying that SMEs have the same need for efficient collaboration, Eurostep decided to offer a cloud service based on the proven ShareAspace platform with launch in October 2019. With this, Eurostep is democratizing their ShareAspace platform and making it easy for those SMEs to access and use a collaboration tool for PLM data. To extend the reach of ShareAspace by incorporating cloud services, Eurostep is targeting a defined process for any manufacturing company and value chain in the process of moving from Design to Manufacturing. The firm is offering a predefined template of ShareAspace to support the process Build-to-Print. This means the collaboration between design companies and the network of manufacturers controlling ownership of data. The solution supports the sharing process and with powerful change management for change requests and change orders issued between manufacturing partners and the OEM. This is all available as a subscription service, out of the box with some configuration, running in Microsoft's available from just 399 EUR per month."We have built our cloud solution on the strong base of our proven PLM collaboration software ShareAspace," adds Magnus Farneland, Director of Software Product. The innovation labs at Eurostep have included the features of modern and advanced cloud technology into their market awaiting product. For small and medium-sized enterprises, the powerful combination of cloud and ShareAspace will be the right choice to facilitate joint ventures and partnerships. This is adding value beyond classic collaboration tools like email, Dropbox and SharePoint, says Karden. As it is built based on industry standards (STEP PLCS and STEP AP242) and open APIs, like our on-premise collaboration hub, our cloud-enabled solution will not be restricted to any partners' in-house systems, with an added advantage of easy-to-learn-and-use," adds Karden. We have invested significantly in e-learning and on-boarding, all to make it as easy as possible.Weda AB, a small firm designing and developing robots for cleaning swimming pools and water containers including the ones in nuclear power plants confirms this. It has already joined hands with Eurostep to go live with their cloud-based solution before its launch on October 22. We have always been proud of our customers like blue chip companies Airbus, NASA, BAE Systems, Volvo, Siemens etc but with Weda we prove that we are delivering critical collaboration capabilities to SMEs as well. It makes me very proud," concludes Karden. Magnus Farneland, Director Software Product
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