COCREATE SOFTWARE OUTRANKS COMPETITION IN MCAD AND PDM INDUSTRY CUSTOMER-SATISFA CTION SURVEYSFORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. 11, 1997 -- CoCreate Software Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, provides better-quality mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) and product-data management (PDM) products than its competitors, according to two recent user surveys covering customer satisfaction. In the first survey, commissioned by the CAD Circle in Munich, Germany, and carried out by an independent Swiss institute, IMP (Institute of Management Practices AG, Winterthur), users rated CoCreate's ME10, ME30 and SolidDesigner higher, in terms of satisfaction, than any other competitive products. Between 48 percent and 55 percent of users were "very satisfied" with CoCreate software, with only 1 percent or less being "unsatisfied." In contrast, only 18 to 36 percent of users claimed to be "very satisfied" with the other products surveyed, with up to 10 percent expressing dissatisfaction. In a second survey, carried out by U.S.-based technical-consulting and market-research company CIMdata, users ranked CoCreate's WorkManager higher than they did all other products combined in seven out of nine categories related to customer satisfaction. A total of 15 products was included in the survey. CoCreate's WorkManager product data management (PDM) solution was rated higher than the other 14 products combined in terms of overall opinion, ease-of-use, user interface, system performance, reliability, maintainability and documentation. "These surveys demonstrate that CoCreate's MCAD and PDM software is leading the way in customer satisfaction," said Tilman F. Schad, president of CoCreate. "We have established global customer advisory councils in order to form close working relationships with our customers. This lets us share expertise, receive direct feedback and align product offerings with their needs." CoCreate Software Inc. is a software subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company. It develops mechanical computer-aided-design and product-data-management software that supports the concept of shared-space design. The software includes SolidDesigner for product modeling design; ME10 for 2-D design, drafting and documentation; DDS-C for electro-mechanical design; and WorkManager for product-data and workflow management. CoCreate solutions are known for high quality, ease of use, customization and support of industry standards. They are available in 10 languages and are installed on more than 100,000 systems in design, engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Information about CoCreate Software Inc. and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.cocreate.com.
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