document: Virtual engineering office : a state-of-the-art platform for engineering collaboration A sales force in Latin America , the design department in Europe , and production in Asia ? Arrangements of this kind are the new business reality for today 's global manufacturing companies . But how are such global operations to be effectively coordinated ? ABB 's answer was to develop and implement a new platform for high-performance , real-time collaboration . Globally distributed engineering teams can now work together , regardless of time , location or the CAD system they use , making ABB easier to do business with , for customers as well as suppliers
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