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The Department of Defense Integrates its Military Specifications Library with XSB’s SWISS Solution

In focusing on the OEM enterprise market, XSB also strengthens its appeal to its standards development organization partners. XSB provides software and services supporting the engineering sector around component product search, selection, management, and design. Focused on turning data into actionable assets, its data management and semantic web based solutions look to address standardization issues […] Read more
SWISSCase Studies & White PapersRelating internal technical specifications and standards to customer or industry standards

The Case for Standards Interoperability

By Greg Saunders Specifications and standards define the parts, materials and processes used in eighty percent of all traded products in the world. The Department of Defense (DoD) ASSIST Database, an online repository for military specifications, standards, handbooks, and related documents (https://assist.dla.mil), lists more than 110,000 documents including specifications, standards, data item descriptions, handbooks, voluntary […] Read more
SWISSCase Studies & White PapersRelating internal technical specifications and standards to customer or industry standards

SWISS: Overview

This video provides an overview of XSB’s SWISS (Semantic Web for Industrial Specs and Standards) product and its basic features including exporting, navigation within and between standards and change management… Read more
SWISSVideosWeaving engineering documentation (e.g., work instructions, test plans, standards, etc.) into a digital thread

SWISS: Improving Engineering Productivity through Smart, Connected Data

What is SWISS? SWISS is an interoperable engineering data platform that reduces the cost, time, and risk of using internal engineering documents and industry standards in static formats (like PDF). SWISS enables “documents as digital data” throughout your operation, and across the supply chain… READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
SWISSBrochuresDigitally transforming your engineering function

SWISS Case Study: Validation of References in a Technical Data Package

Summary: Creating a technical data package (TDP) or a Request for Proposal (RFP) requires substantial effort, often with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars at stake. Using SWISS to create TDPs prevents rework, reduces cost, and eliminates delays in project bidding schedules… READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
SWISSCase Studies & White PapersCreating Work Instructions, Technical Documentation, and Test Plans

SWISS Case Study: Efficient Handover Process

Summary: Providing accurate capital project information during handover is vital to enterprise profitability. Following handover, system information must be kept accurate and accessible for the lifetime of the facility, which typically spans 30-50 years. Inaccurate or missing information can cause lost revenue due to unplanned shutdowns, unnecessary material purchases, production cutbacks, inefficient equipment operation and […] Read more
SWISSCase Studies & White PapersImproving re-use of engineering work, productivity and quality

SWISS Case Study: Creating Work Instructions

Summary: Creating work instructions is a common daily task fraught with high costs, substantial risk, and time-consuming delays to project lifecycles. Using SWISS can reduce time to create work instructions or similar documents by up to 75%… READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
SWISSCase Studies & White PapersCreating Work Instructions, Technical Documentation, and Test Plans

Relative Pricing of Catalog Item Purchases by Federal, State, and Local Governments and Higher Education (SLED) Institutions…Or Who Buys Best?

BACKGROUND The purchase of commercial catalog items (e.g., IT equipment, office supplies, janitorial and sanitation, maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), lab, and medical-surgical supplies, etc.) by the Federal government, State and Local governments, and higher education institutions is a hot topic. Why? READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
Price PointCase Studies & White PapersPrice Benchmarking

Price Point: Improving Acquisition of Commercial Items

What is Price Point? An AI-backed price benchmarking and market basket analysis tool. Price Point joins proprietary, commercial and open data to help Public Sector buyers make “fair and reasonable” price determinations for commercial items, comply with acquisition mandates, and drive savings… READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
Pin PointBrochuresPrice Benchmarking

Pin Point: Improving part selection and management decisions across the enterprise

What is Pin Point? With information on 90M+ parts and 400M+ searchable part attributes, Pin Point is a robust, AI-backed system providing access to a “coherent view” of the component parts used across the supply chain and the companies who manufacture and distribute them. Pin Point is used extensively by Aerospace and Defense industry parts […] Read more
Pin PointBrochuresManaging Parts Obsolescence & Supply Chain Risk

Linking Technical Requirements beyond PLM vault

Model-Based Enterprise Summit 2018 April 3, 2018 Getting to the right requirements faster. SWISS®: Smart, connected documents. Benefits include: Faster time to market Reduced risk Cost savings from less rework Consistency across enterprise and supply chain IP protection READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
SWISSPresentationsTurning technical documents in your PLM software vault into a linked data model

Improving Acquisition of Commercial Items: Automated Price Evaluation Methods Ensure Good Value

How do you evaluate price in vendor proposals? Does your process need improvement? This is a challenge facing many Public Sector buyers, including US government agencies, tasked with determining fair and reasonable prices for commercial catalog items. In this paper, we describe how the two largest buying organizations in the US government are moving towards […] Read more
Price PointCase Studies & White PapersFair & Reasonable Price Determination

DLA C&T Modernization Efforts with DLA MUST Program

Brief for Joint Advanced Planning Brief to Industry (JAPBI) November 29, 2018 DLA Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST) Program DLA Logistics R&D Office Program for the Clothing and Textile Supply Chain Research Projects Focused on: Product Description/Specification Management and Interim Changes Supply Request Package Visibility and Traceability 3D CAD Technologies Sizing and Fit Improvement Shade […] Read more
SWISSPresentationsDigitally transforming your engineering function

Development of Global Component Parts Libraries through Automated Product Data Standardization

Avoiding the cost and risk associated with duplicate and obsolete parts XSB delivers AI-based software that is critical for managing parts data used in the supply chain. Our customers often have independent systems for design, procurement, supply chain management, regulatory conformance and other product related activities. XSB provides the semantic transformation necessary to make these […] Read more
Pin PointCase Studies & White PapersStandardizing Parts Data & Avoiding Duplicate Parts

Warwick: Business-to-Government Competitive Price Analysis and Market Intelligence

What is Warwick? Warwick is an AI-backed price analysis and B2G market research tool for suppliers and manufacturers. Warwick tracks all products offered and sold to federal buyers through the government’s primary eCommerce marketplaces and provides suppliers with fact-based competitive price analysis and market intelligence at the SKU level… READ THE FULL DOCUMENT Read more
WarwickBrochuresGovernment/GSA Schedule Contracting & Pricing Strategy

Automated Retrieval of Technical Data from Scanned Drawing and PDF Images

DMSMS 2018 Dr. L. Robert Pokorny December 5, 2018 When the availability of a part is affected by DMSMS issues, understanding the characteristics of that part is the first step in finding a DMSMS solution XSB, Inc has worked with the Defense Logistics Agency over the last 20 years to aggregate critical properties of National […] Read more
Pin PointPresentationsAggregating Attributes for Parts Selection

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The Case for Standards Interoperability

By Greg Saunders Specifications and standards define the parts, materials and processes used in eighty percent of all traded products in the world. The Department of Defense (DoD) ASSIST Database, an online repository for military specifications, standards, handbooks,...

SWISS: Overview

This video provides an overview of XSB's SWISS (Semantic Web for Industrial Specs and Standards) product and its basic features including exporting, navigation within and between standards and change management...