SPS: Eplan Presents New Full Version of eManage
Eplan at the SPS smart production solutions
23 to 25 November 2021
The free version of eManage allowed users to upload, share and manage Eplan Platform projects in the cloud environment. Just in time for the SPS trade show, solutions provider Eplan is presenting the full version of the software, which offers considerably more added value: master data can be accessed in the cloud as can supplementary documents, and performance is increased with additional capacity. Collaboration is at the heart of the application, which networks OEMs, system integrators, machine builders and operators.
Monheim, Germany, 18 October 2021 – The full version of eManage has been available since the release of the new Eplan Platform 2022 in September. At the SPS in Nuremburg, solutions provider Eplan will be presenting the fee-based expansion stage of this innovative cloud software, which enables the first steps towards roundtrip-enabled engineering in automation.
Full information throughout the entire project
As of yet, if a project is shared in the cloud, the schematics are visible, but not all the accompanying documentation. The full version of Eplan eManage offers added value in this area. Project stakeholders are provided access to all data and documentation relevant to the project, including bills of materials as well as neutral documents in Excel. These become interchangeable with a uniform foundation of data. Eplan Head of Engineering Solutions Claas Schreibmüller explains: “The complete overview of customer requirements and project requirements provides more transparency for all stakeholders involved in developing a machine or plant system.” Appropriate rights management ensures that data access can be precisely regulated.
Master data available everywhere
Many people work from home these days and this is where users often bump up against system limits: while they may be able to access a project, they often cannot access the corresponding master data that is specified as a standard throughout a company for design projects. Eplan eManage now offers the exchange of system-relevant master data that can be easily retrieved and, as necessary, taken along according to the “pack & go” principle. Project managers can thus very easily make master data centrally available. Putting it all in a nutshell, Schreibmüller says: “Wherever the user works, all relevant master data can be accessed and don’t have to be laboriously copied.”
Backward compatibility ensures access to projects
Version requirements in supplier specifications or calls for proposals often mean project partners are faced with the challenge of using several different versions of Eplan software. With the new version of eManage, projects from the Eplan Platform 2022 can, as an example, be saved to be backwards compatible for e.g. Version 2.9. This eliminates the need to maintain multiple versions of the Eplan software without violating contract terms and ends up simplifying the entire workflow in the supplier environment.
More storage for optimal performance
With the free version of eManage, users so far have had access to 10 gigabytes of storage capacity in the Eplan Cloud. With the full version, this capacity increases by an additional 10 gigabytes for each “seat” in the company, and this increased storage space is available to everyone. There is also another benefit that pays off for companies with increased performance: the additional cloud storage is an active collaboration environment and not just purely storage capacity. This also ensures optimal conditions for global collaboration across national borders. Users of Eplan software who use the Conversion Package as part of changing over to a subscription automatically receive access to the full version of eManage.
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EPLAN provides software and service solutions in the fields of electrical, automation and mechatronic engineering. The company develops one of the world’s leading design software solutions for machine and panel builders. EPLAN is also the ideal partner to streamline challenging engineering processes.
Both standardised as well as customised interfaces to ERP and PLM/PDM systems ensure data consistency along the whole value chain. Working with EPLAN means boundless communication across all engineering disciplines. No matter whether small or large enterprises: Customers can apply their expertise more efficiently. Worldwide, EPLAN supports 61,000 customers. EPLAN wants to grow further with customers and partners and pushes integration and automation in engineering forward. Within the EPLAN Partner Network, open interfaces and seamless integrations are realised together with partners. "Efficient engineering" is the focus.
EPLAN was founded in 1984 and is part of the owner-operated Friedhelm Loh Group. The Friedhelm Loh Group operates worldwide with 12 production sites and 94 international subsidiaries. The entire group employs 11.600 people and generated revenues of around €2,6 billion in 2019. For the 13th time in succession, the family business has won the accolade "Top German Employer" in 2021. In addition, Friedhelm Loh Group was recognized as "Top vocational trainer" according to a study of Deutschland Test and Focus Money.
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