Why PLM?
Would you like to reduce your time to market while improving your product quality? Can you save time by re-using your existing designs more efficiently? Do you need a framework to optimize your processes? These are all common needs of an enterprise that is ready to consider PLM.

Why IES?
Many small to mid-size manufacturing companies that can benefit from PLM solutions can’t afford the initial investment, the ongoing cost of customization, and the internal cost of redesigning their products to fit commercial, off the shelf products and processes. Our unique approach to PLM is to design a solution to fit your needs at an affordable cost by applying the following concept: “Don’t redesign your product to fit your processes, redesign your processes to fit your product”. Our goal is to integrate your engineering workflows to solve your problems, not enforce standards and processes that model everyone else’s problems.

Tools 
IES has developed some basic PLM foundations Communicate, Manage and Collaborate:

• Workflow Communicator Portal: The Workflow Communicator Portal is a product and manufacturing planning tool that allows you to visualize, manage, analyze, optimize, and automate your design, manufacturing, and assembly processes from a central web application.
• Enterprise ETO Solution: The Enterprise ETO solution is a Web based, product design optimization tool that enables engineers to rapidly design a configurable product and expose it directly to the customer or sales team. The system integrates management, visualization, and customization capabilities into your enterprise by incorporating your existing product designs, domain knowledge, and software tools to streamline your processes.
• Integration Tools: ERP / CRM / PDM / CAD / CAE / CAM / Web / Database
• Languages: C/C++/C#, VB, VBScript, Microsoft .NET Technologies, Java, JavaScript, HTML, ASP, JSP, PERL, XML, XML Web Services, SGML, MFC, CORBA, COM, DCOM, SOAP, .NET Remoting, ASP.NET, Pascal, FORTRAN

Why contact IES?
If you would like to investigate the potentials of PLM with a partner who will react quickly to your needs, please contact us. We look forward to the opportunity to meet you and help you increase your productivity.