UGS launches NX5 - Innovation through integration

Vivek Marwaha

UGS has been giving open-ended solutions to its clients all over the world to innovate more efficiently. Delivering high-quality products quickly and cost effectively is the need of the hour to sustain in the global market. Its 46,000 employees and four million seats of software provide solutions all through the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) i.e. right from the initial concept stage to the product retirement. UGS services are primarily used by the aero / defence industry, the automotive sector and the heavy machinery industry.

In India, UGS has more than 2000 customers and in excess of 12,000 seats of software. The latest addition to its list of innovations is NX5, an advanced version of NX, which aims at ‘putting greater power in the hands of its customers everyday.’ It helps the challenges faced by the manufacturing sector both in product and process innovation. It focuses on breakthrough innovation which leads to greater productivity, increased flexibility, better co-ordination and more strength. The solutions to implement these action plans include new product development, synchronisation of the value chain, enterprise data management, commonisation and reuse, knowledge management, regulatory compliance, production efficiency and systems engineering.

The NX5 technological foundation consists of Design (CAD), Simulation (CAE), Manufacturing (CAM and Tooling), Documentation and engineering process management (PDM). Products designed using NX5 will reach the market faster due to rapidly progress in all the stages of product development leading to longer product life cycle and accelerating returns on investment. Efficiency thus reduces costs and increases the quality of the product.

The software is not aimed at concentrating on one particular area; it improves overall efficiency in functionality, manufacturing and design. Active mock-ups help navigate faster to a location, see section work and modify a specific component. This, in turn, enables virtual changes, avoiding prototypes, which eventually leads to lower costs and reduced time.