Jotne Active in Fall 2009 Interoperability Events

October 2009 is a busy month starting off with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Products Support Conference. At this event, DoD and Industry keynotes feature presentations and discussions organized to provide the logistics and sustainment attendees with a broad understanding of where changes will effect Product Support the most.

Immediately following this is another AIA event titled “S1000D: Realizing the Benefits of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) - From Vision to Realization”. Jotne plans to exhibit and VP of Sales and Marketing Kjell Bengtsson journeys from Norway to present: “A PLCS repository - The data spider”. This presentation is focused on the approach taken for implementation of a PLCS repository managing data between customer PDM and ILS systems through the use of PLCS DEX and ASD logistics standards.

Later in October 2009, Jotne will take advantage of their new membership in the CATIA Operators Exchange (COE) to present and exhibit at the COE Aerospace-Defense workshop in Ft. Worth, Texas. Director of North America Jim Martin comments that, “This yearly event brings together many of the major aerospace and defense companies that have a need for the interoperability and logistics support solutions that Jotne provides. I am looking forward to presenting an overview of many of the topics such as PLCS, DEXs and how these tie into PLM Interoperability and Logistics Support.” In November 2009, Jim Martin continues to represent Jotne at the Global Product Data Interoperability Summit. The event this year is of special interest for Jotne since it’s the first time Boeing and Northrop Grumman have joined forces to co-host. The event this year combined three previous separate conferences into one including: The Boeing Product Data Exchange Conference, The Boeing SOA deep dive, and the Northrop Grumman PLM Summit. The Summit’s theme, “Common Information in a Changing World,” reflected its focus on service-oriented architecture (SOA), product lifecycle management (PLM) and the shared data standards these product development solutions depend on.

Finally, in addition to these new and exciting events in the North American market, Jotne is still actively involved in the European events that are important to PLM and logistics customers. These include: Nordic Defense 2009 in Sweden, Defense Logistics 2009 in London and looking early in 2010, the 6th NATO Life Cycle Management Conference. While Jotne knows that 2009 has been a difficult year for many of our customers, we continue to remain active in these events as to simplify our client’s ability to work with us and find new solutions to improve their business situation.