Dassault Systemes and IBM have announced the release of version 5 Release 17 (V5R17) of their PLM portfolio.

The portfolio comprises of CATIA for collaborative product development, ENOVIA VPLM and ENOVIA SmarTeam for collaborative lifecycle management, and DELMIA for virtual production and V5R17 PLM sourcing solutions (Collaborative Enterprise Sourcing - CES) for ENOVIA VPLM.

The V5R17 delivers on the PLM strategy for business process optimization, value chain innovation, engineering to manufacturing cycle streamlining, intellectual capital growth and standards adoption.

Dominique Florack, Executive VP, Strategy and R&D, Dassault Systemes said, "V5R17 delivers unequalled benefits for manufacturing and sourcing to all industries, while expanding coverage of engineering processes. It extends V5 openness, offering major XML enhancements through its combined 3DXML and web services strategy, for large deployments in our customers' ecosystems."

Walter Donaldson, GM - PLM, IBM said, "Leveraging product information to align product development processes with business strategy is a key challenge for our customers. V5R17 reinforces our ability to help customers grow their businesses by deploying innovative solutions that drive efficiency, productivity and overall success in the marketplace."

Enhanced CATIA extends end-to-end industry process coverage through major enhancements in 3D electrical harness flattening, and the increased efficiency of CATIA Machining NC programming and simulation, significantly reducing overall manufacturing process time.

ENOVIA's key enhancements in the VPM Navigator and in the VPLM/ SmarTeam reconciliation capabilities foster relational design and concurrent working across the extended enterprise.

ENOVIA VPLM V5R17 extends the power of collaboration with integrated PLM sourcing.

V5R17 CES combines engineering and sourcing functions into one collaborative desktop environment, enabling design for supply, parts reuse and obsolescence management early on and throughout the product lifecycle.

The new release enhances versioning and embeds advanced affectivity and configuration management in VPM Navigator, dramatically improving designer productivity.

ENOVIA SmarTeam V5R17 accelerates product development collaboration across the engineering chain, and adds breakthrough flexibility to product structure management, significantly accelerating engineering processes across disciplines. Out-of-the-box Express packages cost-effectively drive rapid PLM adoption and immediate ROI for SMBs.

DELMIA V5R17 accelerates collaborative manufacturing introducing the V5-based Product Process and Resource (PPR) family of products for unified V5 access on the product, process and resources stored in the Manufacturing Hub. This allows DELMIA users to navigate and author manufacturing information in the context of the product definition and under lifecycle, effectivity and configuration control.

V5R17 leverages the design engineer's specifications to automatically generate detailed shop floor instructions, significantly reducing authoring time, eliminating errors and improving accuracy.