 | SMARTEAM Development Suite (DVS) is a tool for enhanced development. It expands on SMARTEAM Foundation’s Windows-based customizability by providing the ability to access the SMARTEAM API from any platform, via the Web. DVS enables organizations to leverage SMARTEAM collaborative PLM (with PDM capabilities and PDM data) into any system, on any platform, anywhere, so as to streamline business processes, leverage investments, and enhance applications. Organizations can then share data in-house, across their value chain, or within their customer base in a cohesive manner, regardless of the system in use. Features - Use PDM capabilities and data from any system
The i-Platform SDK component of the SMARTEAM Development Suite (DVS) unveils the capability to integrate robust revision management, design collaboration capabilities, change management, advanced search and retrieval capabilities and more, into any proprietary system, enterprise application or external system residing within the extended enterprise or across the supply chain. - SMARTEAM’s unequaled open infrastructure and architecture, coupled with i-Platform SDK enables businesses to remotely take advantage of the SMARTEAM API, and easily develop unique cross-platform solutions over the web, including rich web application integrations, server-to-server integrations, and local or remote desktop application integration solutions.
- Cohesive data sharing among any systems
The SmartIXF component of the DVS provides a mechanism for transferring product data between different systems within the enterprise or supply chain. SmartIXF can be used to package product data and transfer it in a standard manner to any system. Based on the Information eXchange Format (iXF) SmartIXF can run independently of SMARTEAM or any other data management system and provide a common mechanism for data sharing. iXF is a standard which gives tried and true ways of dealing with product data. iXF can provide out-of-the-box functionality like BOM, configuration, and document management features such as version control and file compression. iXF provides these functionalities in a very efficient manner. Therefore, organizations can immediately interoperate with other companies. - The SmartIXF SDK is a high performance, robust, and versatile implementation of the iXF Specification. SmartIXF SDK enables easy creation, manipulation and processing of product data. Using SmartIXF SDK, data islands can turn into a cohesive knowledge base.
Key customer benefits - Business Benefits
SMARTEAM i-Platform SDK Component: - Enhances existing applications capabilities with collaborative product management tools while maintaining existing user interface
- Leverages existing information technology investments by enabling cross platform system integrations with SMARTEAM
- Extends the reach of collaborative PLM into external applications
- Saves developer time and cost, increase productivity, and ensure code robustness by utilizing SMARTEAM’s proven collaborative PLM capabilities and by working with standard technologies and protocols
SmartIXF SDK Component: - Provides standard-based product information collaboration across global organizations
- Streamlines processes across business units residing in dispersed locations and using disparate systems and platforms
- Increases the value of existing in house systems by extending the information flow from one system to another
- Leverages existing IT investments by enabling data exchange between any systems
- Lets you easily collaborate with partners and supply chain members – in a method specialized to your business needs.
- Reduces costs by avoiding duplicate information maintenance
- Increases revenue by automating information sharing across systems, and decreasing execution time.
- Functional Benefits
SMARTEAM i-Platform SDK Component: - Lets you collaborate with your suppliers via web portals, utilizing rich PDM functionality, while maintaining your company’s standard look-and-feel
- Overcomes technological barriers by enabling up-to-date information exchange across all enterprise application platforms
- Delivers data collaboration capabilities to any existing corporate applications
- Eliminates information duplication by leveraging your enterprise systems with advanced knowledge and change management capabilities
- Optimizes business processes across your enterprise applications by sharing mission-critical information
- Ensures seamless business process flow across distributed enterprise solutions regardless of systems’ interface or location
SmartIXF SDK Component: - Rapid Implementation – prepackaged libraries handle all information transfer in a standard manner
- Versatile and highly interoperable – enables multiple types of information exchange between multiple applications, platforms, departments and organizations
- Flexible - enables businesses to use their own data model and terminology while interoperating with external business associates and supports many data models in addition to its prepackaged ones
- Embedded Support – for versioning, change tracking, object hierarchies and relationships
- Efficient – the iXF Archive format packages unlimited-sized objects, metadata and files into a single compressed package
- Robust - a common platform to interoperate with existing or 3rd party systems, regardless of platforms or IT infrastructure
- Standards-Based – Adheres to XML, XML Schema, ZIP, SOAP
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