Portfolio COMM
For managing component material definitions and specifications
- Improve material management from vendor evaluation through sourcing
- Improve visibility & control of material testing
- Manage all materials used in product designs
- Collaborate and manage material suppliers
- Access complete material specifications anytime, anywhere
INTEGRATING MATERIAL MANAGEMENT WITH RD&E AND FIELDING IS IS THE NEXT CHALLENGE
With the availability of MaterialCOMM, material management is elevated to a collaborative partnership between your organization and the supply chain. MaterialCOMM brings together people and information and supports key product development lifecycle stages and processes
Lifecycle Stages:
- Material Research & Development
- Material Sourcing
- Material Pricing
- Material testing
- Material Sampling
- Material Manufacturing
- Material Logistics
- Material Sustainment
Material COMM Features:
- Manages the complexity of material requirements, testing and prototyping
- Manages the complex fabric, trim, accessories and graphics specifications
- Real-time Collaboration leveraging the web through the materialCOMM portal
- Supports the configuration management of materials throughout the product lifecycle
- Supports version control and document management
- Supports material vendor management including color specification and testing
- Generates complex material reports
- Systems architecture that supports the distribution of work among partners
- Material management libraries with powerful search capabilities and central access to material information and vendors
Material COMM Benefits:
- Rapid return on investment
- Structured and iterative material management processes
- Systems architecture that supports the distribution of work among partners
- More robust and defined material requirements that can be communicated to industry
- Robust material features and testing processes
- Material management libraries with central access to material information and vendors
- Defined production management processes supported by workflow
- Robust configuration management of production activities
- Customer friendly software as service subscription
- Rapid technology updates of existing products