HP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups 3.0 Adds Features to Reduce Design TimeNew Features Added for Managing Change Orders, Bills of Materials and Object ClassificationPALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 27, 1996 -- Hewlett-Packard Company today announced HP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups 3.0, a new release of its team-oriented data-management solution for engineering workgroups. The new release adds features for managing change orders and bills of materials and for classifying objects used in engineering designs. The workgroup solution is based on the company's product-data and workflow management system, HP WorkManager, and integrates with the HP PE/ME10 2-D design and drafting application and with the HP PE/SolidDesigner solids-modeling software. "Our new release of HP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups offers unsurpassed flexibility and scalability for enterprise engineering," said Norman Richardson, sales and marketing manager of HP's Mechanical Design Division. "It further signals our commitment to providing solutions that enable enterprise engineering teams to collaborate more effectively in reducing design cycles and improving time to market." The new change-management feature helps save time and money by simplifying the setup of change orders and requests and managing the flow of information. The classification interface, introduced with this version, reduces design time by letting engineers classify, find and retrieve objects from the database and load them directly into HP PE/ME10 or HP PE/SolidDesigner. The enhanced bills-of-materials management feature -- available as an add-on module -- enables multilevel scanning of the parts structure and allows updating of existing product structures directly from HP PE/ME10 and HP PE/SolidDesigner solutions. Other new features in HP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups include the following:
HP PE/Workmanager for Workgroups is an open system and supports a variety of relational databases, such as Oracle, HP Allbase, Sybase and Informix. It can be extended with HP WorkManager modules for additional functionality. An integration toolkit and certification program is available to partners interested in integrating their applications into the easy-to-use HP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups interface.
U.S. Prices and AvailabilityHP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups 3.0 is available now for HP and Silicon Graphics UNIX(R) system workstations, as well as for Intel-compatible PCs running Microsoft(R) Windows. Prices start from $1,950 per seat for HP PE/WorkManager for Workgroups, including integration to HP PE/ME10 or HP PE/SolidDesigner, and prices start from $1,390 per seat for the integration toolkit. HP's Mechanical Design Division develops 2-D and 3-D mechanical computer-aided design and product data management software. Called Precision Engineering (PE) systems, the software solutions are known for quality, ease of use, customization capability and support of industry standards. Available in 10 languages, HP engineering solutions are installed on more than 80,000 systems in design, engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide. HP is the second-largest computer supplier in the United States with computer-related revenue of $25.3 billion in its 1995 fiscal year. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 110,800 employees and had revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Information about MDD and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at /mdd.
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