Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - EMA Adds RoHS Capabilities to EDM

EMA Design Automation has integrated Omnify software into the EMA EDM environment, increasing capabilities to make adherence to RoHS/WEEE compliance directives even easier. “Omnify is a proven technology for managing data,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA. “Integrating it into our EDM solution provides five key capabilities that bolster our compliance by design philosophy, allowing companies of any size to have the power of a full EDM system.”

The capabilities include:

Configuration Management
Manages data and controls revision levels on the customer’s entire product.

Bill of Materials (BOM) Management
Manages all revisions and understands the lifecycle of a BOM. Since the BOM items link directly to active part data, customers can analyze and generate compliance reports from any level or from any version of their BOMs.

Document Management
Provides document versioning/vaulting on all documents associated to product or vendor records. Changes made to documents are performed under a user-defined and controlled process.

Change Management
Changes made to product data usually require validation by all affected parties. Provides a controlled change management process that allows users to define product and documentation changes and allow them to vote on suggested changes. Handles the automatic routing to users (via email) and updating of product records when there are changes to products (part replacements, AVL changes, part number changes, availability, etc.). These changes must be captured and performed in an automated fashion.

Enhanced Reporting
Customers can generate reports from any level of the product structure. Can automate the generation and packaging of these reports. Since EDM captures data during product development, these reports can be generated, products can be analyzed and adjustments can be made at design time.

EMA Design Automation, www.ema-eda.com