Mentor Graphics DMS2004 Enterprise Library Management Delivers Design Productivity and Reduced Product Costs
WILSONVILLE, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 14, 2004—
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today
announced advances in ECAD library management with its DMS2004
release. Scalable versions of DMS2004 deliver significant reductions
in design time and product costs to mid-sized and large enterprise
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronic manufacturing
suppliers (EMS). DMS2004 introduces the concept of a "production"
library that enables the filtering and distribution of components and
library data from master repositories that are specific to the project
as well as the manufacturing process thus streamlining the parts
selection process and reducing manufacturing costs.
DMS solves problems posed to both the OEM and the EMS. Presently,
libraries often contain too much data for typical projects and
designers. The production library narrows down the component selection
from the large corporate library to a project library subset greatly
enhancing the engineer's productivity and design quality. Designers
see and choose from only those parts that are appropriate to their
specific project. The OEM and EMS can highlight parts that are readily
available or less expensive, thus reducing the cost of the final
product and assuring on-time manufacturing.
"Within the first five months of deployment, DMS provided standard
functionality to Siemens Medical," said Mr. Reiner Jung, vice
president at Siemens Medical and Director of Medical Electronics. "We
initially obtained a reduction of operating cost of about 37 percent
compared to the proprietary system. The full functionality, which we
began using in February 2004, will provide additional process-relevant
savings potential."
"With DMS2004, our customers can now manage their ECAD library
data in a fashion that is consistent with their business processes and
corporate structures," said Joe Dalton, director of marketing, System
Design Division, Mentor Graphics. "DMS2004 eliminates time-consuming
tasks to manage and transfer libraries and designs between engineering
sites by introducing production based libraries and one central master
repository."
DMS is a scalable library and data management product that is
targeted for the electronic design process. It integrates library data
with key component data required for business oriented design and part
selection. It also includes the management of bill-of-materials (BOM)
during the design phase to allow early visibility for the product
lifecycle management (PLM) system. The scalability and modularity of
DMS2004 allows for effective solutions for small design teams up to
large enterprise installations as well as supporting satellite
installations serving the EMS.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about
$650 million and employs approximately 3,600 people worldwide.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are
located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314.
World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.
Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark and DMS is a trademark
of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Leslie Van Grove, 720-494-1014
leslie_vangrove@mentor.com
or
Weber Shandwick
Emily Taylor, 503-552-3733
etaylor@webershandwick.com
