Can you give us an overview of Powerways solutions and what they do for engineering and manufacturing?
Conway: For many manufacturers, enterprise resource planning and product lifecycle management systems are deployed to manage relationships with a few key supply community members. System complexity and expense tend to exclude secondary suppliers from the control and benefit of the formal community. Powerway is the innovative solution for connecting the greater “dynamic community,” where tight integration would cost too much, take too long, and just not make sense. We provide the technology and “community” framework for communication, collaboration, and orchestration of product specifications (and related issues) across the extended supply chain. For instance, Mercedes Car Group, a division of Daimler AG, uses Powerway to collaboratively manage their Q-LIMA [Quality – Supplier Management] process with all of their Tier 1 suppliers. They conduct online roundtables with key managers throughout the 6-Gate product maturity process. Your business is essentially software, right? Kanir: Absolu
