We recently announced a strategic partner agreement with Airbus to use the Aras Innovator platform and solution suite for engineering business processes across the enterprise for up to 30,000 users.
Airbus evaluated several different PLM platforms for this partnership. Aras was selected as the preferred platform based on:
- Significant coverage of expected scope
- Open architecture with high-end data modeling "on the fly," no development involved
- Upgrade services for customization included as part of subscription
- Easy integration & handling
- Long term viability and total cost of ownership
Out-of-the-box functional requirements for Airbus included data & document management, lifecycle management, change management, project management and access rights management for security. IS architecture requirements included deployability, connectors, migration & data loading, and support, along with back-end & front-end IT capabilities.
"Our success with the deployment of Test Information Management for aircraft end-to-end across the structural test pyramid in multi-site operation including our extended enterprise proved the viability of Aras for complex engineering business processes," said Anders Romare, Vice President, Engineering Solutions at Airbus. "The unique SaaS subscription business model of Aras which eliminates up-front license costs and includes system upgrades with customizations is also quite compelling."
Read the full announcement http://aras.com/plm/002978