EDS Announces Free B2B Supplier Program for Solid Edge Users

New Voyager B2B Supplier Program builds customer community through collaboration

PLANO, Texas � EDS today announced a free, global business-to-business (B2B) supplier program for users of its Solid Edge� computer-aided design (CAD) software. The program opens new business opportunities by allowing Solid Edge users to locate other members of the Solid Edge community, collaborate on design and supply product and services to each other.

The Voyager B2B Supplier Program is an extension of the existing Solid Edge Voyager Program that already provides the global Solid Edge community with more than 160 integrated software and hardware solutions. The new B2B program further extends the reach of the Solid Edge community to companies proficient in Solid Edge that supply other businesses with products or design services. Participants receive free web listings, the use of the Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier Program logo and other matchmaking services.

"The Gartner Group says that 84 percent of manufacturers access supplier information online," said Bruce Boes, vice president of business strategy and marketing for Solid Edge. "They need suppliers they can count on. And, they need to streamline supply chain collaboration. The Solid Edge B2B Supplier Program makes it easier than ever before to identify suppliers with which to collaborate on a common Solid Edge platform, further helping our customers to Design with Insight."

Participation in the Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier program allows customers to:

• Differentiate their company among competitors and open new market opportunities through exclusive use of the new Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier logo in advertising and proposals.

• List their company on the Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier website as well as access other potential advertising and marketing programs that help leverage the Solid Edge brand and market momentum.

• Increase sales through qualified leads received directly from Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier program inquiries.

• Increase customer satisfaction as a result of their ability to get the job done faster, with lower risk, by mutually leveraging Solid Edge in production.

• Find and team with other highly qualified Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier members with skills that complement their own and take on opportunities they may have otherwise have passed by.

Every day, Solid Edge-based original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) come to the Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier Web Site in search of Solid Edge-capable suppliers to fill their needs. When OEMs or suppliers see the Solid Edge Voyager B2B Supplier logo they will know that Solid Edge technology and expertise is available. With more than 135,000 licenses worldwide, Solid Edge is a major player in the mainstream CAD market and one of only a few players of a size and strength to foster this kind of cross fertilization between its customers.

Interested Solid Edge customers may access information on existing B2B suppliers or sign up to participate as a program supplier at www.solidedge.com/voyager/b2b

The Solution

Solid Edge from EDS is powerful 3D CAD software that allows manufacturing companies to Design with Insight and to reduce time to market, increase quality and lower cost. The exclusive Solid Edge Insight technology embeds design management capabilities directly within CAD, providing insight into design intent to the entire organization and enhancing collaboration. Insight, complemented by Solid Edge�s superior core modeling and process workflows, has reduced Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and their related rework by 50 percent or more. The extensive Solid Edge user community is comprised of designers at thousands of companies and universities, including, Amana, Philips Broadcasting Systems, Pella Windows, Alcoa, NEC Engineering, Volvo, and Yale University using more than 135,000 seats worldwide. The Solid Edge Voyager Program includes 160 integrated complementary, engineering software applications and computer hardware solutions.

www.solidedge.com

About EDS

EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation, business transformation and operational solutions for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2002. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. 

www.eds.com

 

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