U.S. GSA Employs Price Point to Help Address Inflationary Procurement Challenges
January 13, 2023Erv Koehler, Assistant Commissioner of GSA's Office of General Supplies and Services announced the Agency's plans to address public sector procurement challenges, including how it will leverage data from XSB's Price Point tool to support Contracting Officers in making price adjustment decisions driven by inflationary changes.XSB Team Wins Best in Show for World Standards Day Paper Competition
December 20, 2022A team from XSB won the award for best paper in the SES 2022 World Standards Day paper competition. Their paper, entitled "The Next Generation of Engineering Standards: A Proposal for Digital Transformation", addresses the shortcomings of legacy PDF engineering documents and industry standards and proposes a technical solution to benefit all parties involved including standards developers, enterprise software providers, standards end-users, manufacturers, and others involved in the engineering supply chain.
XSB Collaborates with PTC’s Windchill PLM to Close Product Information Gaps
May 4, 2021 - Setauket, NY and Boston, MANew Windchill PLM Extension Integrates Critical External Data to Reduce Manual Labor, Accelerate Time-to-Market, and Lower Operational Costs
How the GSA Verified Products Portal, Developed by XSB, Will Improve the Federal eCommerce Buying and Selling Experience
December 18, 2020 - GSA Catalog ManagementThe GSA Catalog Management team has shared an update on how the Verified Product Portal, developed by XSB, will soon deliver a superior buying and selling experience for the federal marketplace.
XSB, Inc. Selected as a Program Partner for the DLA Weapon System Sustainment Program (WSSP)
July 1, 2020 - New YorkXSB received a 5-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, structured as a 1-year base period with four 1-year options. The contract has a ceiling of $35M.
XSB, Inc. Secures Defense Logistics Agency Project Extension in Additive Manufacturing
June 26, 2020 - Setauket, NYXSB secures a project extension worth over $1Million to support DLA’s Weapon System Sustainment Program. The goal of the project is to enhance the Additive Manufacturing Candidate Identification Tool and Transition it into production use for DLA and the Military Services.
GSA Awards Contract to Data Enrichment Provider XSB to Build Out the Verified Products Portal (VPP)
June 18, 2020 - GSA Catalog ManagementThe Catalog Management team is sharing some news about a related project, the Verified Product Portal (VPP), which will be a critical piece of the long term Catalog Management solution.
XSB Boosts Engineering Productivity with Smart, Connected Documentation
February 24, 2020 - Alison Goodrum - The Stardog BlogSWISS uses AI to transform legacy documents (dead PDFs) into a Knowledge Graph of smart connected documents, linking ideas at the concept level across internal and external specs and standards. This innovation delivers the information that engineers need when and where they need it. Read more about SWISS in this blog written by Alison Goodrum with Stardog.
XSB, Inc. Awarded Phase I SBIR Grant as part of NASA’s $45M Investment in US Small Businesses for Space Tech Development
October 15, 2019 - Setauket NYXSB announced a new NASA funded SBIR research grant, to explore interoperability between SysML and XSB’s SWISS® platform. The goal is to support engineering organizations participating in NASA’s cis-lunar infrastructure development as part of NASA's larger Moon to Mars exploration approach by enabling improved checking and analysis across multiple sources of models and specifications.
“Integrating “Smart Documents” into PLM and the Digital Thread” at Northrop Grumman
October 1, 2019 - Setauket NYBruce Mayer, Manager, Engineering Application Technology and Strategy of Northrop Grumman presented “Integrating “Smart Documents” into PLM and the Digital Thread” at CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™& PDT North America 2019 conference last month. Bruce’s presentation is based on his experience with XSB’s SWISS solution.
XSB CEO Presents XSB's Solution for Modeling Unstructured, Non-geometric Information for the Digital Thread at CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™ & PDT North America 2019 Conference
September 1, 2019 - Setauket NYRupert Hopkins, CEO of XSB was invited to present at at CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™& PDT North America 2019; there he shared XSB's SWISS solution for “Modeling Unstructured, Non-geometric Information for the Digital Thread”. SWISS smart, connected tech data provides accurate, automated documentation synchronization to eliminate a PLM pain point.
XSB, Inc. Awarded Fourth Option Year on Price Point® Contract with U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
June 1, 2019 - Setauket NYPrice Point provides GSA's Federal Acquisition Service with Automated Fair and Reasonable Price Determinations
XSB, Inc. announced today that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the 4th Task Order Option Year on XSB’s contract for Price Point, an automated system for determining fair and reasonable prices for millions of commercial items. The award of this option brings the total value of XSB’s Task Order to over $2.5M.
DIGITAL THREAD FOR Non-GDT Data - XSB SHARES ITS VISION AT THE 2019 NIST MBE SUMMIT
April 2, 2019XSB COO, Tanya Vidrevich joined other thought leaders in the Model-Based Systems Engineering community at NIST’s Model-Based Enterprise Summit to discuss how SWISS® digital models can provide an integrated view of engineering requirements.PUBLIC SPEND FORUM SHARES RESULTS OF XSB’S PUBLIC SECTOR PRICE BENCHMAKING REPORT WITH THEIR PROCUREMENT USER COMMUNITY
March 19, 2019Public Spend Forum, a market intelligence platform and community for public sector buyers and suppliers shares XSB’s price benchmarking report with their growing community of users.SWISS PRESENTATION AT SILVERCHAIR’S 2018 PLATFORM STRATEGIES CONFERENCE
October 15, 2018Our COO, Tanya Vidrevich, was invited to speak at Silverchair’s Platform Strategies 2018 conference. Tanya gives a brief but compelling overview of SWISS and its use in engineering documents. Tanya also answers a great question about SWISS at 47:15. Enjoy!DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, LEADING STANDARDS DEVELOPERS, IHSMARKIT, AND XSB JOIN TOGETHER FOR NEXT GENERATION “STANDARDS AS DIGITAL MODELS”
September 11, 2018Military Specifications, ASME, SAE and other key industry standards will deliver enhanced usability to DoD users as SWISS smart connected documents.THE CASE FOR STANDARDS INTEROPERABILITY
July / August 2018Greg Saunders of the US Department of Defense talks about new developments in standards interoperability and the next steps beyond PDF.
