CoCreate's WorkManager 3.5 adds graphical enhancements to process management and structure browsingNew Version Supports Windows 95 and NT, Improves PerformanceFORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 12, 1996 -- CoCreate Software Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, today announced Version 3.5 of its WorkManager software, with enhancements that simplify product-data and workflow management by letting users create and depict processes graphically. In addition, a new graphical browser has been added that allows users to navigate and modify structures more easily. The new version also introduces support for Microsoft(R) Windows 95 and NT clients, performance improvements and integration of Netscape Navigator client software for accessing documentation and licensing administration. WorkManager allows users to coordinate the entire product-design and manufacturing life cycle -- from prototype management, through the review and approval process, to released bill of materials and documentation. The software facilitates the engineering process and supports a collaborative environment by improving product-data accessibility. "With this release, CoCreate continues to provide the best-possible product-data and process-management solutions," said Heinz R. Diebel, director of CoCreate's product-data-management business. "Managing data and processes is the foundation of a collaborative environment. Only in this type of engineering environment can companies develop higher-quality, competitive products more quickly." Using object-oriented software, the enhanced workflow within the WorkManager system allows users to model processes by dragging and dropping graphical objects that represent process components such as work tasks, decision points and timers. While a process is executing, a graphical monitoring window displays status information, and process "supervisors" can intervene to handle exceptions. The new version provides one of the most flexible combinations of "formal" (fixed) and "informal" (ad hoc) process management available. WorkManager 3.5 also includes a new graphical structure browser. The bill-of-material functionality has been enhanced to include this graphical capability, which is intuitively simple and easy to understand and communicate, letting users navigate and modify structures interactively. It also supports mulitple views, options and effectivites. CoCreate Software Inc. is a software subsidiary of
Hewlett-Packard Company. It develops 2-D and 3-D mechanical
computer-aided-design and product-data-management software. CoCreate
solutions are known for high quality, ease of use, customization
capability and support of industry standards. They are available in 10
languages and are installed in more than 90,000 systems in design,
engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide.
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