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 Last year’s release of Teamcenter Engineering on Microsoft SQL Server
introduced a new option for UGS’ engineering process management customers.
Among the “early adopters,” was Aviation Technology Group (ATG),
a five-year old company with an innovative mission to develop and build a
high performance, two-seater, military style jet for the civilian market that
travels at high speeds of 0.90 Mach. To achieve its aggressive business plan
and delivery schedule, ATG has developed the product concept and design, and
will source the aircraft sub-systems and components from aviation leaders
around the globe.
To accelerate the global product development schedule for the high-performance
jet aircraft, ATG selected Teamcenter Engineering on SQL Server to provide
an engineering collaboration and process management environment.
“ATG is a progressive company with ambitious business goals,” said
Charlie Johnson, President and COO of ATG. “Our company needs to be
fast and responsive, just like our aircraft. We quickly deployed Teamcenter
as the common collaboration environment that will bring together our vendors
and partners worldwide and further compress our product development schedule.”
To support collaboration among ATG’s diverse network of partners and
suppliers, Teamcenter provides an open PLM foundation to capture and share
design information, regardless of the original CAD authoring application.
Aircraft components designed in a variety of CAD systems – including
Catia, Pro/Engineer and NX – are submitted by partners in the widely
used JT 3D data format. Through its visualization capabilities, Teamcenter
then creates 3D digital product mockups that offer ATG a composite view of
the aircraft. 
“We are using a systems integration approach in order to take advantage
of best-in-class sources around the world,” said George Bullard, Director
of Engineering for ATG. “Teamcenter enables us to integrate components
from these many sources in a virtual environment so that we can quickly and
cost-effectively create our innovative aircraft.”
Like many other companies worldwide, ATG standardized on Microsoft SQL Server
for its enterprise applications. Because of the longstanding and close working
relationship between UGS and Microsoft, ATG’s selection of Teamcenter
on the Microsoft SQL Server platform is not only consistent with the company’s
enterprise software infrastructure, it also enables seamless application integration
thus reducing the overall cost-of-ownership.
“Businesses of all sizes are adopting Windows Server System and SQL
Server as the foundation for enterprise productivity,” said Steve Bashada,
Vice President of Teamcenter applications, UGS. “Teamcenter provides
rich, scalable PLM capabilities to customers like ATG that can be deployed
quickly and cost-effectively, and integrated in their existing Microsoft environment.”
The release of Teamcenter Engineering on SQL Server 2000 fully utilizes the
Microsoft technology platform to deliver collaboration, knowledge management
and lifecycle process automation in a familiar user interface like the Windows
desktop environment. Teamcenter solutions become more accessible, and affordable,
for a wider community. Customers are also able to use other SQL Server-based
enterprise solutions, such as Windows SharePoint Services, SQL Server 2000
Reporting Services and BizTalk Server among others, all within a common IT
infrastructure.
For more information about Teamcenter Engineering on SQL Server, contact
your UGS sales representative today.
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