Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Direct Logix | Subject: Control Center XP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 20 April 2006
Product planning system
reduces PCB maker's costs
Silicon Valley based PCB prototype PCB manufacturer Sierra Proto Express has adopted the Control Center XP automated product planning system for printed circuit board manufacturing
Ken Bahl, President, of Sierra Proto Express, commented: 'Having been in business for over 20 years, we have evaluated and worked with many software suppliers in our industry'. 'Recently, we experienced software solutions that were expensive, hard to implement, and offered little customisation and post sales support'.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 April 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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'However, Direct Logix impressed us not only with a truly mature break thru technology, but a very experienced support staff and a business arrangement that guaranteed a fixed cost payment that was only due after results were actually delivered'.
'This refreshing technology and business approach led us to choose Control Center XP, which provides us with an automatic, integrated enterprise class solution for the most complex rigid PCB's we produce for our quick turn customers'.
'Today, Sierra Proto Express announces the release of our newest service, Micro Electronics, where we can make down to 0.001in traces and spaces on prototype PCBs'.
'We are proud to have partnered with Sierra Proto Express for their product planning needs after a extensive market and technology check', said Leigh Eichel, Vice President of Direct Logix.
'Control Center XP's open CAM automation, product engineering, engineering procedure management, traveller and stack-up automation abilities give our customers an infrastructure that creates a real competitive advantage building a complete PCB fabrication hardware neutral, automated, product planning solution'.
Control Center XP, developed by Direct Logix, is an automated rules-driven product planning system that drastically reduces costs, preproduction engineering time and embeds a central knowledge base.
Control Center process planning is based on electronic customer, manufacturing and material specifications.
Its high performance rules engine dynamically generates the BOM (bill of materials), part travellers, DFM and CAM instructions - all in a revision controlled central database environment.
Control Center XP helps to automate time-consuming and error-prone tasks by creating a central knowledge base in each factory and synchronised views for many factories.
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