"PDMS enabled project completion 6 weeks earlier than forecast for a first-time user." The process and power industries need powerful design applications that can be used effectively across globally distributed project teams. AVEVA PDMS delivers this proven capability, for the smallest refit or the largest green field project. AVEVA PDMS 12 is a major new release of this world-leading product. Its upgraded technology and data structures provide a strong, extensible platform for its enhanced applications, increasing productivity, providing simple upgrade paths and making PDMS even easier to adopt. Business Benefits * Improved project quality Rule-based functions and powerful checking tools eliminate design errors. Accurate materials information eliminates delays on site. A single database ensures consistency between drawings, reports and design data. * Use of globally dispersed design teams Combined with AVEVA Global, PDMS supports the single 'virtual design office'. High performance design tools, centralised project control and robust, low-bandwidth communications allow effective use of capacity, wherever it exists. * High design efficiency Powerful design applications for each discipline make designers productive very quickly. Sharing and re-using design data reduces man-hours and schedule time. Rule-based automation enables rapid, 'right first time' design. * Powerful change management Automatic change highlighting and tracking makes it easier to identify and communicate change. Key Features Play AVEVA PDMS 12 video Watch how AVEVA PDMS 12 can make you more productive * Reduced schedule times High design efficiency and quality, concurrent engineering and reduced site work combine to reduce schedule time. The ability to respond quickly and effectively to project changes protect the project schedule. Literature Download AVEVA PDMS brochure (1.2MB pdf) * AVEVA PDMS brochure * Customer Testimonial * Fully interactive, easy-to-use 3D design environment, with a Microsoft Office-style user interface based on .NET technology. * Hundreds of users can work together in a fully controlled manner. Each can see the entire design at all times. * Designers progressively construct a highly intelligent design database by placing instances of parametric components from a catalogue. * Clash checking and configurable integrity checking rules identify errors and inconsistencies across the design. * NEW! Configurable Status Management provides visual highlighting and clear reporting of design maturity status of PDMS objects. * A wide range of reports and drawings can be produced automatically from the design database using highly configurable PDMS applications. * Conventional issue and change control processes can all be applied efficiently. * AVEVA PDMS is highly configurable and includes a powerful programmable macro language (PML) to customise the system and automate key tasks.