IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Spotlight: The Next Generation of Content Delivery
2. New Product: Parts Obsolescence Management Solutions Now Available
3. Perspectives: New Solutions on the Horizon for Aviation/Aerospace Customers
4. HAZMAT Solutions for RoHS and WEEE Directive Compliance
5. Product Update: IHS Launches OHSIS v4.5 With Easier Search Capabilities
6. IHS Web Seminars Help You Meet Your Business Objectives - Specs & Standards next up!
7. Remote Access Printing (RAP) Expanded with New SDO Content
8. TextAdvantage Plus - Your One Stop for Compliance and Productivity
9. ASME News - ASME Y14.40 Series No Longer Available; Get ISO Equivalents
10. Tradeshows and Events - Come and see what's new from IHS
11. IHS is Making News
12. IHS Customer Support - Real People, Real Service
1. Spotlight: The Next Generation of Content Delivery, by Ernesto Ramirez, IHS Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, IHS
Over the years, our goal of making technical information easily accessible for our customers has led us to find new and innovative ways of delivering information. As we look ahead, we know it is no longer enough for our customers to access information. They need to be able to incorporate information into their processes and use it to guide their operations. As the leading distributor of technical standards and specifications, we believe it is up to us to help make this happen. Our method? Content integration.
With content integration, we are not just focusing on delivering information, but are looking at the ways in which our customers can integrate our partners' data into their daily operations. It means making information available to those who need it, when and where they need it. In doing so, we are helping our customers become more efficient, and more likely to use standards and specifications regularly throughout their enterprise.
We believe content integration will make a big difference in how our customers operate and interact with data. That's why we're developing two solutions to support it: packaged software integration and knowledge management portals.
With the IHS packaged software integration solution, users will be able to import information to populate the application they are working on or to search for data they need, all from inside the applications they are using, rather than exiting them to search for that information. This saves time by streamlining users' workflow processes, and increases productivity throughout the organization.
The knowledge management portal solution goes a step further. Like the packaged software integration solution, it allows users to bring information directly into their applications. Just as importantly, it facilitates collaboration. This makes it easier for users to share information, no matter where they are located, whether they work on the same floor or at different locations thousands of miles apart.
2. New Product: Parts Obsolescence Management Solutions Now Available!
The PROBLEM: Locating and sourcing replacements for obsolete and aging parts in aerospace, defense, marine, and MRO industries. A fundamental challenge for these industries is that many products, such as aircraft, last longer than the parts that comprise them - sometimes much longer. These systems are often 10, 15, 20 or more years old, and when it comes time to replace parts, they are often unavailable. This decreased component availability is also known as DMSMS, or Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages.
Why are these parts unavailable? In addition to the extended service life of these systems, the problem is compounded by the fact that the aerospace, defense, and marine industries typically have very long development lead times. (As opposed to, for example, the consumer electronics sector where products are born and die in a couple of years.) Couple that with these industries perhaps being only a very small portion of the component manufacturers' total market, and suppliers cannot justify continued production of a component for the relatively small quantities that would be needed.
The SOLUTION: Effective parts obsolescence management options. Now when parts are needed, it can be quickly determined if the original components are still available, identify replacement options and locate suppliers, lifecycle projections on how long an item will remain available, and whether it's possible to receive early warning when components are discontinued.
solution are the parts data sources for technical and supply chain information, which IHS has included in its Parts Obsolescence program (Level 1). This packaged solution of content and tools for obsolescence management includes three world class databases - HAYSTACK®, CAPS Expert™, and Inventory Locator Service™ (ILS, through an alliance with IHS) - to provide a strong baseline of critical information and tools for obsolescence management. These decision-support tools are the first critical step to finding alternatives for obsolete parts across numerous databases and vendors, and lay the important content foundation for a larger, enterprise-wide Parts Obsolescence Management solution.
For more information on the IHS Parts Obsolescence Management solution, please contact your IHS Representative or call IHS Customer Service at 800-447-3352 (USA/Canada) or 303-397-2295 (Worldwide).
3. Perspectives: New Solutions on the Horizon for Aviation/Aerospace Customers, by Mark Brown, Director, Aviation/Aerospace Industry, IHS
The aviation/aerospace industry has changed dramatically over the past few years. Cost-cutting concerns and an emphasis on collaboration are creating new demands on how standards and specifications are used throughout the industry. We are working hard to create solutions that will meet these needs.
A large area of concern for many companies is cost. Many aren't just cutting their own costs, but also are driving cost-cutting initiatives to their suppliers as well. There are good reasons for this; for example, it's been estimated that more than half the cost for large aviation and aerospace companies is coming from their supply chains. That's why we are focusing our efforts on delivering better value to our customers, so that they can use our products to manage their supply chains more effectively and cut costs.
A key initiative in this area is content integration. As discussed in the article, "The Next Generation of Content Delivery," content integration allows companies to use information more effectively throughout their enterprise, improving workflow and productivity. To support this, we will be rolling out an aviation/aerospace portal later this year. Based on industry-leading portal technology, this portal will give users access to much of the information they need to perform their jobs. It will include features such as:
Integrated database search of IHS subscription and company proprietary data
Access to the IHS online store to purchase standards
Integrated parts search across IHS subscriptions
Industry news feeds
Links to industry publications
The portal will act as a collaboration tool to link together companies throughout the supply chain by providing them with access to the same information. By doing so, the solution will help our customers significantly cut costs from the entire production cycle, from bidding through product delivery.
Of course, portals are not new to this industry segment. Major aviation and aerospace OEMs already have their own portals for their suppliers and customers. That’s why IHS offers Web services, allowing companies to incorporate IHS standards and specification databases into their own portals. In addition, companies will have the option of creating and branding their own portals and integrating specific databases to meet their needs.
Portals will also support the increasing need for collaboration in the industry. As more companies work together on projects, they need tools that allow them to share information. The IHS aviation/aerospace portal will provide our customers with a secure environment that will make it easier for users to access the information they need to perform their jobs and collaborate on projects.
Another initiative underway is an enhancement to our parts management system. In March, we launched a new fasteners database, which allows users to do part and parametric searches for standard fasteners from industry and military standards across multiple commodities, such as bolts, screws, studs, rivets, and washers. This database will help our customers significantly reduce the time it takes them to find the information they need for work supporting research and development, design, and procurement functions. We are monitoring use of the database to track what information is most frequently accessed, and will be adding content on an ongoing basis.
After closely observing industry trends, we have also begun offering custom collections. This allows us to provide customers with a customer-specified collection of standards, as permitted by our agreements with our SDO and content partners. Our custom collection solution assists smaller companies who do not need an entire set of standards to acquire only the standards they need. We believe this helps prevent companies from illegally acquiring copies of standards while allowing us to build effective, long-term relationships with small, growing organizations. Just as importantly, it gives us yet another way to distribute our partners' standards to those customers who need them.
4. IHS Delivers HAZMAT Solutions for RoHS and WEEE Directive Compliance
IHS recognizes the urgent need for access to Hazardous Materials/Substance (HAZMAT) data, especially as it applies to the impending European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directives that require producers to recycle and dispose of RoHS violating products. With compliance deadlines in 2006 fast approaching, IHS now provides a comprehensive solution for HAZMAT data, addressing these directives to ease compliance for producers and manufacturers.
IHS collects and standardizes HAZMAT data according to a customer's specific requirements and compliance obligations, such as those cited in the EU RoHS/WEEE directives, in addition to other safety and regulatory requirements. IHS also provides services and software for integration into enterprise/parts management applications and ongoing maintenance systems. Supporting these solutions, IHS will provide a HAZMAT information database available to current and future customers.
IHS and RoHS/WEEE Compliance
Only IHS has the technical information management expertise and content foundation to support a comprehensive HAZMAT and RoHS/WEEE compliance solution providing up-to-date data and guidelines. The industry leader in compliance and standards document management, IHS has converted and aggregated hundreds of thousands of manufacturer catalogs, and over 120 million part records, including parametric electronic component and fasteners data, government logistics data and product catalog data across all major commodities. IHS has longstanding relationships with thousands of manufacturers, some over 40 years, for acquiring and updating critical parts and product content.
The EU RoHS/WEEE deadlines are fast approaching and you can't afford to wait. Please contact your IHS Representative or call IHS Customer Service at 800-447-3352 (USA/Canada) or 303-397-2295 (Worldwide) for more information, or to schedule a free opportunity analysis.
5. Product Update: IHS Launches OHSIS v4.5 With Easier Search Capabilities
You asked, and we listened. IHS Technical Indexes introduced several new features and enhancements to the Occupational Health & Safety Information Service (OHSIS) v4.5 suite of products. Many of these changes, including a new product look and feel, were designed based on customer feedback with the primary goal to increase the information available to customers and make accessing documents even easier.
The OHSIS v4.5 enhancements deliver rapid response times regardless of data scale and complexity, and include:
Guided Navigation increases search capabilities
Hot-off-the-Press brings the 'Top 5' key documents to your desktop
Indexed Briefing Articles provides document synopses
Improved Search Results through enhanced sorting capabilities
For more information on how OHSIS and its powerful productivity tools like Document Alert service and more, please email marketing@ihsti.com.
6. IHS Web Seminars Help You Meet Your Business Objectives
Upcoming IHS web seminars: http://www.ihs.com/engineering/seminars/index.jsp
IHS Specs & Standards Service
August 25, 2004, 2:00 pm ET
The IHS Specs & Standards web seminar will focus on new content (e.g. ASTM Redlines) and capabilities (e.g. Pay-Per-View w/Gatekeeper Option) in this service. Click on the above link for more information and to register for this IHS web seminar.
Recent IHS web seminars are available on the IHS website:
Fasteners eCatalog Web Seminar Recording Now Available on the ihs.com website!
The selection process for standard fasteners in the aerospace and aviation industries is a difficult and inefficient process. This web seminar details IHS Fasteners eCatalog as a dynamic decision support tool for Engineering, Standards Management, Procurement and Materials Managers to improve the identification and selection of standard fasteners.
If you missed a recent IHS web seminar, you can view archived IHS web seminars when it's convenient for you, to help you identify the IHS products and solutions that focus on your information requirements.
View and listen to previous IHS web seminars:
http://www.ihs.com/engineering/seminars/seminar-archive.jsp http://www.ihs.com/engineering/seminars/seminar-archive.jsp
For more information or assistance, or to test your Internet or Extranet access to ERC, please call IHS Customer Service at 800-447-3352 (USA/Canada) or 303-397-2295 (Worldwide).
7. Remote Access Printing (RAP) Expanded with New SDO Content
Global Engineering Documents(R), the retail arm of IHS, has expanded its hardcopy document delivery system. Remote Access Printing (RAP) system delivers 'hardcopy' documents immediately to your desktop via email. Now, instead of having to wait several days for a document to be delivered by a freight company, RAP sends a PDF format file that is printed at your location.
Effective immediately, new SDO content from AGMA, AIA/NAS, CEA, ECA, EIA, GEIA, JEDEC, and TIA standards is available via Remote Access Printing - RAP. These SDOs add to the current IHS portfolio including ASME, ASTM, API, AWS, NEMA, IEC, and ISO.
What are the advantages of RAP delivery?
Immediate delivery of hardcopy documents for engineers' time sensitive projects, versus waiting several days for carrier-based hardcopy delivery
No freight/shipping/postage charges either in the US or internationally, resulting in immediate cost savings for your company and the end user of the documents
Immediate delivery of vital documents that may not be available for electronic delivery. This ensures you will have the correct information when you need it
Hardcopy documents, delivered via RAP, may be stored in a corporate library or shared with colleagues (subject to copyright law)
RAP delivery can be used on any Windows computer (Windows 95 or higher) with Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader (v4.0 minimum).
For more information, please contact your IHS Representative or call IHS Customer Service at 800-447-3352 (USA/Canada) or 303-397-2295 (Worldwide).
8. IHS Specs & Standards and TextAdvantage Plus Update
Now part of the IHS Specs & Standards product line, online TextAdvantage Plus users will find several advantages and benefits, including:
Petrochemical, API Select and BPVC customers can now use the IHS TechConnect solution with their subscription from a single access point
All subscribers will have additional content options
Table of Contents for the BPVC and MMS (Minerals Management Service) collections will remain, and have been improved to include document titles
Former online TextAdvantage Plus subscribers can utilize additional features in IHS Specs & Standards like retail functionality, advanced list management, custom collection opportunities, and more
TextAdvantage Plus on CD-ROM has delivered access to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Petrochemical Standards Collection with over 1,700 documents, and the API Select collection (250 frequently referenced American Petroleum Institute documents). No Internet connection is required for CD-ROM users to access these documents.
For more information, please contact your IHS Representative or call IHS Customer Service at 800-447-3352 (USA/Canada) or 303-397-2295 (Worldwide).
9. ASME News - ASME Y14.40 Series No Longer Available; Get ISO Equivalents
The Y14.40 series of standards are no longer available from ASME and are in the process of being formally withdrawn as American National Standards. The equivalent ISO standards are available from IHS through other ISO collections, or within certain restrictions, via the IHS Custom Collection service.
or more information about IHS Custom Collections, please contact your IHS Representative or call IHS Customer Service at 800-447-3352 (USA/Canada) or 303-397-2295 (Worldwide).
10. Tradeshows and Events - Come and see what's new from IHS
BICSI Fall Conference
August 30 - September 2, Seattle, Washington
Tabletop Exhibit Area - IHS Global
http://www.bicsi.org/Events/Conferences/DetailsF04.aspx
The BICSI 2004 Fall Conference is designed to bring attendees up-to-date information that can be used in daily activities within the Information Transport Systems industry. Conference speakers are well-respected professionals who represent various aspects of the industry. The audience includes communications professionals from around the globe, ranging from practitioners and consultants to end users.
SOLE - Logistics Conference & Exhibition
August 30 - September 1, Norfolk, Virginia
IHS booth #401
http://www.sole.org/conference.asp
SOLE-The International Society of Logistics will present three full days of exciting, educational and topical proceedings, designed to enhance the value of the individual logistician in the workplace. This year, the conference will be co-chaired by two powerful and innovative executives responsible for building cutting-edge logistics enterprises. BG Scott G. West, Quartermaster General of the United States Army and Commandant of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center will serve as both the Defense Chair and the conference host. Joining him, as the industry chair, is Clayton (Clay) M. Jones, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockwell Collins, selected in January 2004 by Forbes magazine as the "best managed aerospace and defense company in America."
DSCC - Defense Supply Center Columbus
August 30 - September 1, Columbus, Ohio
IHS booth #401
http://exhibits.ndia.org/
The theme of the 2004 Defense Supply Center Columbus Supplier's Conference is "Forging Alliances… Charting the Course." It reflects the transformation initiatives designed to cultivate responsive, meaningful and measured collaborative relationships with supply chain partners and military customer's requirements. The conference will provide multiple forums to facilitate the exchange of information on DLA's Business Systems Modernization Program, the "New Normal" customer demand projections, Supplier Relationship Management Program, Strategic Supplier Alliances, Strategic Material Sourcing, Performance Based Logistics and Radio Frequency Identification Shipment Tracking Program.
Wescon 2004
September 21-23, Anaheim, California
Booth #12618 – IHS and Global
Connecting Technology, Engineers and Business - http://www.wescon.com
ATCE 2004 (Petrochemical)
September 26-29, Houston, Texas
IHS Global Booth #1630
A World of Evolving Technology - http://www.spe.org/atce/2004
ICC (International Code Council) Annual Conference
September 26-27, Salt Lake City, Utah
IHS Booth #501
Setting the Standard for Building Safety - http://www.iccsafe.org/news/annual/Forum2004
U.S. Naval Institute Warfare Expo and Symposium
September 29-30, Virginia Beach, Virginia
IHS Booth 311
Ready or Not?: How Do We Respond with Ready Forces to the Right Place, at the Right Time, to Win the Next War? - http://www.usni.org/seminars/warfare/warfare.htm
NCSBCS (National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards) Annual Conference
September 29 - October 1, Salt Lake City, Utah
Building Smarter in the Digital Age - http://www.ncsbcs.org
11. IHS is Making News
Check out the IHS Newsroom for the latest partnership, product and industry news: http://www.ihs.com/engineering/press-releases/index.jsp
12. CUSTOMER SUPPORT - REAL PEOPLE - REAL SERVICE
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