 | SMARTEAM Editor (EDR) is the core of the Microsoft® Windows®-based product lifecycle collaboration application of the SMARTEAM product suite. It provides business collaboration solutions that enable enterprises to share, exchange, view, and manage product information from concept through obsolescence. EDR enables businesses to manage various types of data and resources, including CAD drawings and assemblies, bills of material (BOMs), Microsoft Office documents, including Microsoft Word and Excel, and more. In conjunction with the SMARTEAM Foundation (FDN), EDR provides data security, file and metadata storage, and advanced (full-text) searching. Using EDR, businesses gain improvements in product quality, reduce costs, expedite project turnaround, comply with industry standards and shorten time-to-market. EDR is complemented by a full application suite and best practices, including integrations to leading CAD and enterprise applications, workflow and change management, bill of materials (BOM) management, multi-site support and more. In combination with other products in the SMARTEAM suite, EDR provides a uniquely cost-effective and rapidly implemented collaborative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. SMARTEAM Editor is the backbone for: - Multi-CAD integrations
- BOM management and collaboration
- Product changes
- Downstream synchronization with ERP/MRP
- Supply chain product information collaboration
- A distributed environment solution for multi-site companies
Features - Core product in cutting-edge SMARTEAM collaborative PLM solutions
- Comprehensive product and document data management
- Decision-support features
- Office integration and seamless, multi-CAD Support
- Advanced and easy search and query tools
- Robust viewing functionality: Over 200 native 2D and 3D CAD, office and raster file formats supported. Multiple user redlining options, enhanced printing and manipulation tools. Supports new file formats
- Advanced security and authorization mechanism
- Secure lifecycle management, with data secured in an electronic vault
- User authentication and access via an LDAP server
- Industry-specific business processes and proven best practices, for rapid implementation and fast return on investment
- Customizable to a company’s unique needs, for reduced total cost of ownership (TCO)
- User-friendly, Windows-standard interface, for reduced learning curves
- Promotes innovation through advanced technologies, an open architecture, and industry standards compliance
Key customer benefits - Improved productivity through automation and shared data
SMARTEAM Editor allows manufacturers to exchange and collaborate on all product information throughout the enterprise and across the supply chain, helping businesses to effortlessly turn product data overload – from design, manufacturing, and maintenance – into an information asset that can be leveraged across the enterprise, for: - Increased productivity: EDR optimizes design and manufacturing processes by capturing product knowledge, facilitating access and re-use, while eliminating scrap and rework.
- Accelerated return on investment: EDR's powerful and efficient implementation tools, and intuitive, user-friendly, Win interface, reduce the learning curve to generate results at each project stage, creating exceptionally rapid ROI.
- Improved design and manufacturing accuracy
EDR enhances design and manufacturing quality by helping standardize work methods, providing a secure repository for product data, automating workflow and change management, and facilitating collaboration across the extended enterprise. Moreover, EDR assists businesses in complying with industry quality standards, providing a complete document audit trail. - Data integrity and security
Securing and controlling mission-critical data is a key issue today, and SMARTEAM Editor provides secure real-time access for authorized users to current information from virtually anywhere on the globe.
Authorization is based on either user’s personal, group or role
Two levels of security are maintained:
- Database control over metadata: Using robust access permission tools, administrators configure the system to define permission privileges enabling appropriate users to access the files at the various product lifecycle phases.
- Vault control over data: The Vault Server, compounded within SMARTEAM – Foundation, ensures data integrity, enabling users to check documents, together with their related components, in and out of the electronic vault, preventing accidental deletion or unauthorized modification, thus reducing the risk of errors. SMARTEAM - Editor retrieves files from the Vault in addition to indicating the status of the files with appropriate icons, whether checked in, checked out, released or obsolete. For more information on the Vault server, please refer to SMARTEAM – Foundation.
- Better control of all project documentation
EDR is the core product data repository, capturing enterprise intellectual property at its source through mechanical CAD, electrical CAD or Bill of Materials initial creation, and driving product information across the extended enterprise through cross-platform data exchange. - Reduced time-to-market and time-to-volume
Through its robust enterprise product platform and additional supply chain collaboration tools, EDR turns the extended enterprise into a virtual community, with dramatic bottom-line benefits.
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