Always up to date: Continuous exchange of article master data
For the EPLAN Data Portal, a web-based data platform for the provision of up to date device data from component manufacturers, the company EPLAN is strengthening its cooperation with Siemens.
For the EPLAN Data Portal, a web-based data platform for the provision of up to date device data from component manufacturers, the company EPLAN is strengthening its cooperation with Siemens. The portal now enables the continuous exchange of all article data, providing customers with a reliable, standard database for electrical planning using EPLAN Electric P8 and 3D control cabinet design with EPLAN Pro Panel. Monheim/Nuremberg, 22. November 2016 – The EPLAN Data Portal is one of the biggest online platforms for the standardized exchange of article master data. Via the portal, users can access the digital product catalogs of a wide array of component manufacturers online, and transfer the offered components directly into the EPLAN documentation. The portal is provided by EPLAN Software & Service GmbH & Co. KG (EPLAN), which develops CAx, configuration and mechatronics solutions for its customers and advises them about ways of optimizing their engineering processes. The EPLAN Data Portal also procures some of its integrated data from Siemens AG. At the same time, this data is also available to users in the Siemens Mall and over the CAx Download Manager. Previously, data exchange between Siemens and the Data Portal only took place once or twice a year. This meant, in the words of Marcel Schulz, Application Consultant for Control Panel Engineering at Siemens AG, that “customers were confused about discrepancies between the databases and about why identical EPLAN device data was not available in all the sources.” To optimize the process, Siemens and EPLAN are currently performing parallel updates of the Data Portal and the Siemens Mall, and have also standardized the selection structures of the individual articles. “The new process means that our customers can be sure that they are receiving standardized, up to date and high quality data every time. No matter where and how they select their products,” explains Stefan Domdey, Global Coordinator of the EPLAN Data Portal.
Siemens and EPLAN are currently performing parallel updates of the Data Portal and the Siemens Mall – this ensures consistent data.
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