Adobe Showcases Solutions for Manufacturing this Week at NDES

By DE Editors

Adobe SystemsIncorporated (San Jose, CA) today kicked off activities at the NationalDesign Engineering Show and Conference (NDES), part of National ManufacturingWeek in Chicago. Adobe and its partners are demonstrating solutions tohelp organizations streamline document- and forms-based designcollaboration and field service management processes.

In its exhibit Booth, #3615 at McCormick Place Complex Adobe willdemonstrate solutions based on its Adobe Acrobat 7.0 desktop andAdobe LiveCycle server software lines. By employing Adobetechnology, in conjunction with that of its partners, manufacturingorganizations can more securely and effectively involve suppliers andpartners early in the design collaboration process, says the company. In addition,theycan better empower service channels with mobile and off-line processingcapabilities for field service management.

Right Hemisphere (Fremont, CA), a leading provider of enterprise software forintelligent 3D publishing solutions, will highlight how Acrobat 7.0Professional and Right Hemisphere technology enable users to convertcomputer-aided design (CAD) files to the Universal 3D (U3D) format andincorporate them in Adobe PDF documents. PDF files including U3Dobjects can then be viewed and interacted with by anyone with freeAdobe Reader 7.0 software.

Navisware (Raleigh, NC), a leading technology company bridging CAD information andenterprise intelligence, will preview support for Adobe LiveCyclePolicy Server with its FileLine design documentation security product.Together, the products will offer persistent protection beyond thenetwork perimeter of application files from Autodesk AutoCAD,SolidWorks and Microsoft Word.

In addition, Adobe will co-present with Intel Corporation on a speakingpanel titled, "Mobile Technologies and Intelligent Document SolutionsTransform Manufacturing Business Processes." Representatives from thetwo companies will discuss how manufacturers can link intelligentdocuments directly to back-end systems via mobile technologies in orderto speed processes, and help increase data and information accuracy.They will also demonstrate how 3D data, enabled by U3D, can helptransform field service and other business processes. The presentationwill take place on Wednesday, March 9, at 9:30 a.m. CDT in Room S405A.

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