-- Raytheon received the Process Excellence Award for demonstrating process ingenuity, agility, flexibility and scalability in addressing changing business requirements. Aberdeen research revealed Raytheon's best practice in the utilization of 3D modeling processes for product innovation. -- BMW accepted the Business Evolution Award for managing information flow across internal functional practices to achieve measurable business growth. Aberdeen research revealed BMW's best practices in reusing product simulation and design collaboration. -- Parker Hannifin received the Executive Stewardship Award for achieving performance heights due to direct involvement and leadership from executive management. Aberdeen research revealed Parker Hannifin's best practices in reusing product intellectual property and sharing design data across a complex, distributed organization, with exceptional leadership. -- BAE Systems won the Innovation in Technology Award for maximizing technology solutions to solve pressing service chain issues to positively impact company performance. Aberdeen research revealed BAE's best practices in the use of simulation and 3D modeling technology for product development. -- Trane secured the Performance Excellence Award for harnessing the performance impacts of value chain activities and mastering methodologies for financial, operational, and customer-centric performance excellence. Aberdeen research revealed Trane's best practices in developing profitable products and their success in leveraging 3D modeling.Summit sponsors include: Agile, Autodesk, IHS, Siemens UGS, Zuken, SmartOrg, IBM, Infotech and Invention Machine. For additional information on the summit, please visit http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/pie07/ Post summit Webinar revealing on site polling research, Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 10am EDT. To register for this free live Webinar email tracey.jones@aberdeen.com About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen™ for insights that drive decisions. As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of Harte-Hanks (Information - Opportunity -- Insight -- Engagement -- Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.
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