Siemens PLM Software and Tata Consultancy Services Announce New Teamcenter Based Solution for the Medical Device Industry
October 23 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Teamcenter for Medical Devices to Increase Efficiency, Reduce
Time-to-Market and Positively Impact the Bottom Line PLANO, Texas,
and MUMBAI, India, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens PLM Software, a
division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and a leading
global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and
services, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
(BSE:TCS.BOBSE:NSE:BSE:TCS.NS), a leading IT services, business
solutions and outsourcing organization, today announced Teamcenter
for Medical Devices, the first fully integrated PLM solution for
the medical device industry. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) The
Teamcenter(TM) for Medical Devices solution leverages powerful
Teamcenter foundation elements to deliver the most holistic and
integrated solution for end-to-end management of the medical
devices industry's product lifecycle. Teamcenter enables companies
to fully trace all activities from concept to retirement by
automatically linking compliance requirements with engineering and
specification data. The solution combines compliance management,
traceability and reporting capabilities to help medical devices
manufacturers address strict quality and regulatory requirements,
increasing competition and demanding time-to-market pressures.
"Guarding the health and safety of consumers is job one for Wright
Medical and therefore complying with regulations set forth by
regulatory agencies must be part of a comprehensive product
lifecycle management strategy," said Amy Cooper, quality
documentation supervisor, Wright Medical, a global orthopaedic
medical device company specializing in the design, manufacture and
marketing of reconstructive joint devices and biologics. "Siemens
PLM Software's Teamcenter solution helps Wright Medical insure that
information regarding our products will be available for the life
of the product which can be 40, 80 or even 100 years." Teamcenter
for Medical Devices facilitates comprehensive program lifecycle
management, which in turn results in faster design cycles,
accelerated time to regulatory agency approval, fewer design and
submittal iterations and lower costs for design, development,
manufacturing, testing and tracing. Teamcenter facilitates this
strategic approach by tracking all of the product data that
pertains to product development activities performed by a medical
devices OEM and its suppliers. By integrating compliance management
into a complete product lifecycle, Teamcenter virtually eliminates
manual data entry, improves data accuracy and reduces the costs of
both compliance and non-compliance. "Wright Medical has
dramatically enhanced the availability of compliance data and
reduced the time it takes to access that data," added Cooper.
"Teamcenter allows device history of the part to be available at
the click of a button rather than having to search through physical
files. Something that previously took weeks to find can now be
accessed within minutes. Suppliers have direct access to data,
enhancing efficiency and reducing time-to-market." "With our recent
launch of Teamcenter 2007 complete, Siemens PLM Software is making
good on its commitment to expand its list of industry specific
solutions that create real value through tailored functionality,"
said Steve Bashada, vice president of Teamcenter Applications,
Siemens PLM Software. "Companies producing medical devices can now
use Teamcenter to establish regulatory compliance as a strategic
initiative by integrating the solution into their existing supply
chain, design and manufacturing systems to support efficient data
collection, reporting and traceability. Teamcenter's robust
capabilities and integrated features establish the industry's
premier quality assurance environment for creating, managing,
controlling, tracking and distributing all of the electronic
product records associated with the medical devices lifecycle."
TCS' industry domain knowledge and solution development experience
coupled with its system integration capabilities and channel
partner relationships make it an instrumental partner in
development and implementation of Teamcenter for Medical Devices.
TCS' Engineering and Industrial Services Practice helps customers
across the world focus on developing and bringing innovative and
efficient products to market faster. "Teamcenter for Medical
Devices, developed in collaboration between TCS and Siemens PLM
Software, is an innovative solution that caters to the needs of the
growing global medical devices market. Teamcenter for Medical
Devices encapsulates predefined compliance needs of the industry
thus making it easy to deploy and reliable to use," said Regu
Ayyaswamy, vice president, Engineering and Industrial Services,
TCS. "TCS' two decade-old partnership with Siemens PLM Software has
grown stronger with time and has brought benefits to a multitude of
customers across the globe in industries such as high technology,
medical devices, aerospace and automotive." About Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS) Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services,
business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real
results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no
other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated
portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its
unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark
of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group,
India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 100,000 of
the world's best trained IT consultants in 47 countries. The
Company generated consolidated revenues of US $4.3 billion for
fiscal year ended 31 March, 2007 and is listed on the National
Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more
information, visit us at http://www.tcs.com/. About Siemens PLM
Software Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and
Drives (A&D), is a leading global provider of product lifecycle
management (PLM) software and services with 4.3 million licensed
seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano,
Texas, Siemens PLM Software's open enterprise solutions enable a
world where organizations and their partners collaborate through
global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and
services. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and
services, visit http://www.siemens.com/plm. About Siemens
Automation and Drives The Siemens Automation and Drives Group
(A&D), Nuremberg, Germany, is the leading manufacturer in this
field worldwide. Products supplied by A&D include standard
products for the manufacturing and process industries and for the
electrical installation industry as well as system solutions, for
example for machine tools, and solutions for whole industries such
as the automation of entire automobile factories or chemical
plants. Supplementing this range of products and services, A&D
also offers software for linking production and management
(horizontal and vertical IT integration) and for optimizing
production processes. A&D employs 70,600 people worldwide and
in fiscal year 2006 (to September 30) earned a group profit of euro
1.572 billion on sales of euro 12.848 billion and orders of euro
14.108 billion, according to U.S. GAAP. Further information about
A&D is available in the Internet at
http://www.siemens.com/automation. Note: Siemens and the Siemens
logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. Teamcenter is a
trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens Product Lifecycle
Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States
and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks
or service marks belong to their respective holders.
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DATASOURCE: Siemens PLM Software CONTACT: Salim Rahimi,
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