Last week Aras was launched in Greater China. The interest level in the Microsoft open approach for PLM and Quality management solutions is particularly high throughout the region. Businesses in Asia are increasingly recognizing the need for PLM solutions as they move up the value chain and concentrate on developing innovative new products and compete on quality as opposed to price.
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Microsoft Taiwan hosted the launch event held by our strategic partner for the region Broadway Consulting Services. Attendance was strong with companies coming to learn about how they can take advantage of the Aras solutions to improve product development collaboration. There was a lot of focus on competing globally and how businesses across Asia are going to continue to grow their business in the years to come… Innovative, High Quality New Products!
This is an area that I believe is inescapable. The more people that understand the methodologies and intricacies of new product development, the more great products we are all going to enjoy in the future. The flip side of that equation of course is increasingly intense global competition.
The use of PLM systems for collaborative product development and control over product information is now a ‘must have’ to compete effectively, and companies in Asia recognize that struggling with complicated old conventional PLM systems is not the answer moving forward.
That’s why so many businesses in the region are interested in the advanced enterprise SOA for PLM from Aras on Microsoft. They already prefer the Microsoft platform and now they can take advantage of next generation enterprise open solutions for PLM.
That’s what people repeatedly told me during my travels, but you can find out for your self with Aras Innovator… or post your opinion and let me know; would love to hear your thoughts!
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