SCOUD – the “All-in-One” Solution for Data Exchange and Management

Transferring data securely and traceably between partners is an elementary step in the cross-site development process – but the journey of the data has only just begun. This is followed by entry into a world characterized by complex projects, high security requirements and growing data volumes, within which development partners work with different structures, systems, and formats. As a result, data must be manually unpacked, interpreted, assigned, prepared and, for example, imported into a PDM system, all of which requires a great deal of time and effort. Structural data preparation in particular is often very error prone.

The SWAN Collaboration Cloud (SCOUD) from SSC and PDTec offers a web-based “all-in-one” solution for automated data exchange in development collaborations, as well as working in the PDM system in the cloud between BMW and their partners. BMW has already been using a SCOUD variant specially adapted for BMW since 2018: the “BMW CA Service”.

“In my project, the BMW CA Service enables smooth, fast and highly automated data exchange with our development partners. As a result, cross-site collaboration is simple, secure, and reliable,” says Klaus Brand (Development Process Body/Exterior/Interior).

SCOUD consists of three modules: “SWANcloud”, “SWaX” and “CAD Portal”. Each module fulfills its specific task:

Data dispatch through the SWANcloud
Allocation of data by SWaX (SWAN automated exchange)
Interpretation and fully automatic import into PDTec’s PDM system CAD Portal

For more information on our product “SCOUD”, please visit the product website.