Eurostep
Revamping Collaboration and Product Data Sharing with ShareAspace

Eurostep is a pioneer of product data collaboration, forging new opportunities for businesses by unraveling the hidden potential within enterprises, across value networks, and over product and system lifecycles.

One of its most significant accomplishments is the development of ShareAspace, a product lifecycle management (PLM) platform empowering businesses to efficiently manage and share product data across different organizations and systems.

Many businesses with Microsoft infrastructure realize significant value by integrating ShareAspace with Microsoft SharePoint, taking team collaboration and data-sharing capabilities to the next level. Clients can scale partnerships across multiple organizations. Whether technical discussions with key suppliers, joint ventures for new designs or products, or during selloffs or acquisitions, ShareAspace allows for direct and secure sharing of critical information and empowers seamless product lifecycle management.

“Our ShareAspace solution bolsters the Microsoft space with three primary functionalities centered on intellectual property protection, data-centric collaboration, and hybrid cloud workflow,” says Magnus Färneland, director manufacturing industry, Eurostep.

Information is collected on the platform throughout the product life cycle, whether a requirement, design specification, manufacturing instruction, or individual product details. Rather than relying on one system, information is merged from multiple sources across systems, life cycle phases, and organizations. By actively contributing to the data in the master systems, everyone can foster seamless collaboration.

Security is paramount in ShareAspace, with the collaboration hub acting as the first level of security. Users can determine and choose precisely what they want to share. Access to all additional information is restricted. This security mechanism ensures each collaborating company can protect its intellectual property even in the context of a comprehensive product life cycle. The security risks posed by traditional ways of sharing valuable product information through email or cloud-based folders are also eliminated with the hybrid cloud approach.

Propelled by the opportunity presented by ShareAspace, many businesses are transitioning from document-centric to data-centric collaboration. The platform drastically simplifies their communication. From transforming documents into valuable data to integrating them into internal offices, ShareAspace creates a seamless pathway for digitalization. Even clients having their master systems deployed on on-prem servers are assisted in migrating to the cloud. ShareAspace serves as a bridge between the cloud and their existing infrastructure. It acts as an information-loading warehouse where partners can access specific ‘bays’ of data. The information is verified, approved, and restructured before it is incorporated into business processes.

Our ShareAspace solution bolsters the Microsoft space with three primary functionalities centered on intellectual property protection, data-centric collaboration, and hybrid cloud workflow

ShareAspace’s competencies were exemplified in an instance when a client from the industrial turbine sector sought Eurostep’s assistance. The client’s role revolved around communication and information gathering from the supply chain to ensure smooth functioning of the core engine, turbine, and other associated components shipped worldwide. The entire setup, i.e., the entire power plant, was offered as a turnkey solution with the turbine at the center. Associated components included things like pumps, piping, control room, etc. The client had to gather and manage information from the suppliers of each product and approve them before rebranding and documenting. The entire process, which was once taxing and time-consuming, became extremely efficient after they switched to ShareAspace. The improvement in quality, combined with reduced effort, has contributed a lot to the company’s cost savings.

This is but one of the many success stories Eurostep has penned over the years. The firm is committed to augmenting collaboration within enterprises and across value networks throughout product and system lifecycles, from conceptual design to end-of-life management. By introducing the concept of sharing information rather than simply exchanging it over mail, Eurostep is bringing greater collaborative capabilities to multiple industry verticals beyond manufacturing.