By Karsten Theis
PROSTEP is recognized as the specialist for end-to-end digitalization and traceability. Companies outside our usual customer base in the automotive and mechanical and plant engineering industries have now also come to realize this. Interesting opportunities are opening up for us, particularly in the field of medical engineering, which has to comply with very strict regulatory requirements when developing their products. Together with our subsidiary BHC, which specializes in mechatronics and software development, we have expanded our know-how in this industry in recent years. This is paying off: We have now been able to acquire a number of interesting customer projects in the field of medical engineering.
Maximum flexibility thanks to software-defined manufacturing
Software is not only playing an increasingly important role in products but is also becoming more and more important for managing manufacturing processes. In this interview, Professor Oliver Riedel from the University of Stuttgart explains the advantages that software-defined manufacturing (SDM) offers compared to conventional control architectures, and the challenges that need to be overcome when implementing SDM.
By Norbert Lotter
PROSTEP and Wecon PLM, an IT consulting company and service provider that specializes in software development, test and project management, will in the future collaborate more closely on customer projects. We will market Wecon PLM's RelAIable software for automating software testing and provide customers with support when integrating the solution into their IT landscapes.
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By Mario Leber
Drinking water has made BRITA what it is today. The manufacturer of water filters and water dispensers has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years. At the same time, the company recognized how important end-to-end information flows in product development, marketing and sales are when it comes to global expansion. Which is why it has designed a sustainable PLM/PIM process and IT architecture with PROSTEP's help.
By Carsten Zerbst
PROSTEP has developed a new connector for its OpenPDM SHIP integration platform that enables read and write access to the Autodesk Revit BIM system. Among other things, it offers full access to REVIT information like BOM and drawing for a PLM integration and creates native REVIT models for steel structures from the NAPA shipbuilding CAD system as reference geometry.
By Rainer Zeifang
Companies have more experience with artificial intelligence (AI) than you would expect. This was one of the insights gained from PROSTEP's webinar on the benefits of AI in product development, which was attended by over 50 people. The participants see the greatest potential for AI in requirements management, process automation and information research.
By Michael Wendenburg
Despite global upheavals, the German technology industry is optimistic about the future, as shown by KPGM's Future Readiness Monitor 2025. When it comes to issues such as combating cybercrime, workforce transformation, agility, and the use of AI for innovation, German tech companies even consider themselves to be significantly better positioned than companies in other industries.
By Jochen Becherer
Over the past few months, PROSTEP has attended a number of events organized by the Siemens community – from Realize LIVE in Detroit and Amsterdam to the Siemens Life Science Forum in Frankfurt and Siemens PLM Connection in Seeheim – where we presented our digital thread platform. Our PLM/ALM integration solutions in particular generated a great deal of interest among Teamcenter and Polarion customers.
By Mirko Theiß
PROSTEP has been offering integrations between SAP's ERP solutions and Dassault Systèmes' cloud-based PLM platform 3DExperience (3DX) for a while now. Using our OpenPDM integration technology, we are now also able to develop connectors for connecting the PLM solutions Teamcenter from Siemens and Windchill from PTC to the private or public 3DX cloud.
By Daniel Wiegand
The development of smart products usually involves multiple domains and organizations that work with different IT systems. The Digital Data Package (DDP) project group, which was set up by the prostep ivip Association and the VDA, is developing an interlinked data exchange package that makes model-based collaboration easier. PROSTEP provides support for the automated creation of DDPs with its digital thread platform.
By Joachim Christ
