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near Shanghai in China, who’s been charged with this task, uses
Teamcenter to consult with Staufer and colleagues in different
countries. Teamcenter’s benefits immediately won over the eager
networkers in Fürth, Tucker, Suzhou and elsewhere. Xu Huihui is
thrilled: “With Teamcenter, I can work with anyone, anywhere, any-
time, using a single platform. There’s no better way to share infor-
mation, blueprints, CAD data and D views.” At Siemens in West
Chicago, Illinois, U.S., Jayne Beck has been using Teamcenter from
the very beginning. What she appreciates most are the uniform
processes: “Our development teams used to work with lots of differ-
ent software solutions. That made data transfer much more diffi-
cult. Now Teamcenter gives us a single platform for sharing product
and design data and managing the entire product lifecycle – from
the initial idea to the design, manufacture and ongoing develop-
ment of our products.”
To learn more, please see:
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 ,  
  – 
Helmut Staufer looks into Jayne Beck’s inquiry. And what does he find? Siemens
produces a suitable pushbutton in China, but it lacks the UL safety certification
that’s required in the U.S. Via Teamcenter, he asks his colleagues in Suzhou if it
would be possible to obtain UL certification for the pushbutton. Jayne Beck will
automatically be kept up-to-date on any new developments.
   – 
Xu Huihui uses Teamcenter to call up the inquiry on his screen – including
product data, blueprints and D views. He concludes that the pushbutton
would meet all U.S. specifications if a different material were used and passes
this information on to Helmut Staufer and Jayne Beck.
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Helmut Staufer is an electrical engineer
who joined Siemens in . He’s been
responsible for control and signal devices
at CE’s global product management center
since . Staufer’s earlier assignments
included a six-month stint in Suzhou,
China, where he was inspired by the opti-
mism and curiosity of his Chinese col-
leagues and also pleased by their keen
interest in European soccer.
Fürth, Germany
Helmut Staufer, Product management