Going Global

Brooks has implemented a collaborative product data management system in which information is accessed through Web interfaces. The system lets engineers at Brooks’ worldwide facilities collaborate on design projects and exchange information in seconds, providing product information to manufacturing and customer service departments and other areas of the company. Brooks expects eventually to give limited access to customers and suppliers. Using UGS software in product development, Brooks’ global development team can collaborate effectively and expects to increase business by reducing time to market for its flow meters. Role-based access gives several types of users different interfaces-different views of the data-depending on the sorts of information they need to see. With its new system, Brooks can issue engineering changes in seconds. This helps the firm meet customer needs for the technology built into its Quantim flow measurement and control device.