FORMTEK, Inc. is an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and document management software and services provider focused on delivering secure and scalable solutions for managing critical information assets. The company specializes in creating integrated solutions built on open and adaptable technology platforms to manage complex content requirements within sophisticated enterprise IT environments. Its primary focus is on serving industries with rigorous documentation and data control needs, such as manufacturing, aerospace, defense, telecommunications, utility, and government markets.
Core Business and Focus
FORMTEK's core business revolves around providing content repository services, document management, and engineering drawing management capabilities. The company???s solutions are designed to help both small organizations and large global enterprises manage their most important information, ensuring high levels of system control, security, scalability, and reliability. Their expertise is rooted in understanding the complex requirements of managing content, especially engineering-related data, across a distributed enterprise.
The company's offerings are frequently built upon and integrate with other leading platforms. FORMTEK is an authorized partner of Hyland???s Alfresco Digital Business Platform, an open, modern, and highly scalable platform for enterprise content and process services. They leverage this partnership to deliver solutions that intelligently activate process and content, whether in the cloud, on-premises, or via Alfresco???s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. FORMTEK is also an authorized partner of Ephesoft, integrating their 100% browser-based advanced capture solutions to automatically classify, separate, sort, and extract data from various document formats into the enterprise content management systems.
Products and Services
FORMTEK, Inc. offers a suite of proprietary software products, services, and extensions that integrate with and enhance third-party platforms.
Key Software Products
Formtek | Orion Content Repository Services: This foundational product provides a secure and Web-accessible repository for companies to effectively manage and access their valuable information. Formtek | Orion aggregates and organizes all data, regardless of source, into a virtual vault, offering a high degree of system control and security. The Formtek | Orion Software Development Kit (SDK) provides extensive capabilities for implementing a transparent and flexible content repository capability across an organization, enabling users to connect with relevant information irrespective of the application or method used.
Formtek Engineering Data Management (EDM) Solution for Alfresco: This Hyland-Certified solution is specifically designed to facilitate content management for engineering documents and drawings. The EDM Solution provides an installation-ready foundation for a secure, enterprise-wide system to manage all engineering documentation across a distributed enterprise. Key components of this solution include:
Formtek EDM Module for Alfresco: Automatically extracts and maps AutoCAD block attributes to Alfresco, renders AutoCAD and MicroStation files for viewing within Alfresco, and manages the relationship between the base drawing and its external references (XRefs).
Formtek EDM Connector for AutoCADŽ: Allows users to interact with the Alfresco content repository directly from within the AutoCAD application, streamlining the process for engineers.
Formtek CAD Transform-Engine: A key component for file transformation and viewing.
EDM Module Plugin for ACA/ADW: Specific plugins to support other Autodesk environments.
Formtek Extensions for Alfresco: These are software extensions designed to increase the capabilities and productivity of an Alfresco implementation. The extensions include features such as Auditing, File Linking, Peer Association, and a Version Browser.
Professional Services
FORMTEK offers a comprehensive range of professional services to support the implementation and adoption of its solutions:
Requirements Definition: Consulting services to accurately define and document the client's content management needs.
Software Customization and Integration: Tailoring software solutions and integrating them with the client's existing complex IT environments and business systems.
Documentation and Training: Providing necessary documentation and training for client personnel to ensure successful adoption and use of the new systems.
Project Management: Overseeing the entire implementation process from initiation to completion.
Support Services: Offering personalized and rapid response support to client issues and questions.
FORMTEK's involvement in the IT infrastructure space also extends to advanced concepts such as "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC), which automates and simplifies DevOps by treating IT components and processes like code, and "Chaos Engineering," a proactive approach to creating resilient IT infrastructures by purposely testing system weaknesses.
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