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Innovative Aerospace Manufacturer Chooses Jama Connect® to Help Revolutionize Space Transportation

In this blog, we recap this customer story, “Innovative Aerospace Manufacturer Chooses Jama Connect® to Help Revolutionize Space Transportation.” Read the entire story HERE.

Launching spacecraft and satellites into orbit are highly complicated endeavors and like many large organizations, this rocket and spacecraft manufacturer was struggling to provide visibility, manage, changes to requirements, and meet aggressive schedules.

In 2010, this industry-leading space exploration technology company selected Jama Connect to help its team develop new ways of working to simplify requirements management, improve visibility, and customer communication, and create an efficient, paperless product delivery process.

They saw significant improvements to its requirements management process with Jama Connect, including:

  • Reducing meeting times, simplifying cumbersome specification docs, and improving overall communication to ensure all requirements were accounted for accurately
  • Better traceability from requirements to derived requirements to verification events
  • Improved customer relations with shared project visibility and enhanced communications

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Jama Connect® helps an innovative aerospace company keep track of thousands of requirements by providing a platform for greater visibility and collaboration with its team and customers

This innovative aerospace launch company designs, manufactures, and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. In just ten years, the company has emerged as one of the fastest growing aerospace companies in the world working toward their vision to revolutionize space travel.

CHALLENGES

• Providing visibility and managing customer expectations

• Managing inevitable change to requirements and other important details

• Eliminating rework in order to meet aggressive schedules

EVALUATION

• Utilize Jama Connect’s Review Center for open customer and internal communication

• Track requirements for faster change management

• Maintain common requirements in one place to prevent repeats

RESULTS

• Helped reduce meeting times, simplify cumbersome specification docs, and improve overall communication to ensure all requirements were accounted for accurately

• Provided a method for traceability from requirements to derived requirements to verification events

• Improved customer relations with shared project visibility and enhanced communications

• Accounted for contract milestones and ensured timely payments

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Challenge: This is Rocket Science

Launching spacecraft and satellites into space is a highly complicated endeavor. Like many other large organizations tackling complex projects, the company initially faced a few critical business challenges that Jama Connect could help them address:

• Providing visibility and managing customer expectations

• Managing inevitable change to requirements and other important details

• Eliminating rework in order to meet aggressive schedules

As a customer, NASA needed visibility into the company’s progress to ensure key requirements were being met. Prior to using Jama Connect, the company did not have an easy way to share quick status reports on requirements verification. As a result, many hours were spent compiling status and change-control reports.

This process, although effective, took too much time. Hours were spent in meetings reviewing large cumbersome spreadsheets – going line by line to review thousands of details. The company had to implement complex macros to pull information from Microsoft Excel into Word documents to create specific reports. This was time-consuming for everyone involved. The company wanted to share real-time information with NASA for their review and approval, but they did not have an easy way to accomplish this level of collaboration prior to using Jama Connect.

Solution: One Small Step for the Company, One Giant Leap for Efficiency

The company implemented Jama Connect in 2010, wanting to develop new ways of working to simplify requirements management, improve visibility and customer communication, and create an efficient, paperless product delivery process.

To read the entire customer story, visit “Innovative Aerospace Manufacturer Chooses Jama Connect® to Help Revolutionize Space Transportation.” 


Rimac Nevera Receives US Homologation and Green Light For Deliveries

Jama Software is always on the lookout for news on our customers that would benefit and inform our industry partners. As such, we’ve curated a series of customer spotlight articles that we found insightful. In this blog post, we share content, sourced from InsideEVs, about one of our customers, Rimac Nevera titled “Rimac Nevera Receives US Homologation And Green Light For Deliveries” – which was originally published on July 12, 2022, by Mark Kane.

Rimac Nevera Receives US Homologation and Green Light For Deliveries

According to CARB, it has 287.28 miles (462 km) of UDDS range.

Rimac Nevera is one step closer to the US market launch, as the all-electric supercar received US homologation (on top of EU, secured earlier).

The company’s founder Mate Rimac shared info via Facebook, with screenshots of EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) documents, confirming certification of the Rimac Nevera.

“Last documents for US homologation arrived as well (EPA & CARB). Nevera is now EU and US homologated and ready for delivery.”

The CARB document includes the range value of the Rimac Nevera under Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) test cycle, which at 287.28 miles (462 km) is interestingly lower than anticipated for a car with a 120 kWh battery.

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For reference, the WLTP range in Europe was targeted at up to 550 km (342 miles). We are curious what the EPA range will be, especially since it’s often below UDDS.

Anyway, the Croatian manufacturer is already completing the first cars for customers. According to Mate Rimac, the Nevara #002 (out of 150 planned) is on pre-delivery testing on roads around Zagreb, Croatia.

“Also, Production Car #002 is on pre-delivery testing on roads around Zagreb today. But not up to us to show pictures – that will be done by the customers when they want to. Probably coming in a couple of weeks…”

The Rimac Nevara is the quickest production electric car so far, but the spectacular performance (including “destruction” of the Tesla Model S Plaid at a drag strip) comes at a cost of around €2 million ($2 million).

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Rimac Nevera specs:

  • 287.28 miles (462 km) of UDDS range
    up to 550 km (342 miles) of WLTP range (preliminary)
  • 120 kWh battery; liquid cooled
    800V system voltage (maximum 730 V)
    Lithium Manganese Nickel chemistry
    Cell format: cylindrical 2170
    number of cells: 6,960
  • Acceleration
    0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) in 1.85 seconds (*high-friction surface, one foot roll-out)
    0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 1.97 seconds (*high-friction surface, one foot roll-out)
    0-300 km/h (186 mph) in 9.3 seconds (high-friction surface, one foot roll-out)
    1/4 mile (402 m) time in 8.6 seconds
  • DragTimes’ run: 8.582 seconds at 167.51 mph (269.5 km/h)
  • Top Speed of 412 km/h (258 mph)
  • All-Wheel Drive
  • System output of 1,408 kW (or 1.4 MW; 1,914 hp) and 2,360 Nm
    four independent surface-mounted, carbon-sleeve, permanent-magnet electric motors
    four independent inverters and gearboxes
  • Rimac’s intelligent All Wheel Torque Vectoring system (R-AWTV)
    front motors: 250 kW (340 hp) and 280 Nm each, combined with two single speed gearboxes (two independent gearboxes – one at each outer end of the axle)
    rear motors: 450 kW (612 hp) and 900 Nm each, combined with double single speed gearbox (two gearboxes in one housing between the motors)
  • AC charging (on-board): 22 kW three-phase
  • DC fast charging: up to 500 kW (0-80% SOC in 22 minutes, using ultra-fast charger)
  • Length 4750 mm; Width 1986 mm; Height 1208 mm; Wheelbase 2745 mm
  • Weight of 2,150 kg
  • Tires: Michelin Pilot Sport 4S (Front 275/35 R20; Rear 315/35 R20)
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Bollinger Motors Selects Jama Connect for All-Electric Automotive Development

Bollinger Motors is engineering Class 3 and 4 electric platforms and trucks. From the ground up, the team’s dream was to build something better. Bollinger is working with environmental organizations and Tier 1 and engineering firms to create advanced solutions that will facilitate the reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. They understand that the future is electric, and they’re especially proud to be building their all-electric trucks locally in Detroit, Michigan.

To set a solid foundation for the future of their company’s growth and innovation, bringing in more discipline to their development process was of the utmost importance. Bollinger Motors was looking for some key things in a modern requirements solution, and Jama Software fit the bill.

An Organized and Centralized Requirements Management System

When Jama Software was brought in, it was at the time the company was looking for a streamlined way to handle the complexity of their innovative vehicles. They needed new software to help achieve their high-level goals.

“Our vehicles are a massive organization of complex interconnected parts, and to effectively manage that level of complexity, an organized and centralized requirements management process was essential, “shared Lyth Alobiedat, Lead Controls Engineer at Bollinger Motors.

Across their vehicles, they have eight programmable modules which are each responsible for some subset of the vehicle’s subsystems. Alobiedat oversees all the modules that exist in the vehicles they are building — and his team is responsible for both the software and the implementation of the systems. These complex modules all need to interconnect, communicate, and perform in very specific ways.

With a lean team, they knew that to build the first vehicles of their kind, their requirements management process had to be in order. They needed to move away from static requirements trapped in disparate documents and move towards a modern requirements management platform that enables Living Requirements™ which create a common thread through all downstream activity.

Jama Connect enables the Bollinger team to create living requirements which link each requirement to its decomposed user stories, dev status across engineering teams, change impact analysis, risk analysis, test results, defects, etc. This is helping them more effectively manage and validate complex systems requirements while eliminating the risks and inefficiencies associated with static, inefficient documents-based requirements and other legacy systems.

Ease of Use

According to Alobiedat, ease of use was a core differentiator—and key reason for the selection — of Jama Connect, when compared to other requirements management tools. With many on the Bollinger Motors team experienced in using other, more challenging-to-work-with requirements tools, a platform as easy as Jama Connect stood out for them. Even traditionally non-tool users can get involved and use the tool quickly. “We had one training day with Jama Software’s Professional Services team and after that, nearly every person in the company was able to write at least one or more requirements,” said Alobiedat. Because Jama Connect is designed with training and documentation aligned to industry standards, it helps teams get ramped up quickly and see value immediately.

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Ability to Import and Export with REQ IF Data Exchange

Another key priority when selecting Jama Connect, was having the ability to import and export data accordingly, and effectively collaborate through requirements exchange, including standard Req-IF based data exchange.

“The ability to import and export documents with Jama Connect was just something that stood out over anything that I’ve used in the past,” said Alobiedat.

Data Exchange for Jama Connect enables the transfer of requirements and associated metadata between customers and suppliers, using the industry standard ReqIF file format. The ability to import, export, and update data to create an ongoing exchange of requirements throughout the product development process has allowed the Bollinger team to save countless hours of tedious, manual work.

A Configurable, Scalable, SaaS Tool

When the team was looking for a new solution to manage their requirements, a Software as a Services (SaaS) tool was important, but in addition, they wanted a tool that would fit into their team’s existing workflow. “The configurability of everything in Jama Connect is just huge for us, because it allows us to use the tool the way that we want to,” shared Alobiedat.
The Bollinger team knew that having a SaaS requirements management solution would offer integrations with other cloud-based tools — thereby accelerating the design phase of the product development lifecycle with efficiency and scale by connecting requirements in Jama Connect with model-based design tools. It would also help to further streamline product development process and allow better collaboration across ecosystems like MathWorks, MATLAB & Simulink.

“With Jama Connect being a cloud-based tool, I particularly appreciate that it’s one less piece of software to connect, it’s one less VPN to log into and it’s one less risk of any potential local server issues that we have. The simplicity of just being able to quickly log in to a website browser and read the requirements that we need and submit them for approval is huge.” Lyth Alobiedat, Lead Controls Engineer Bollinger Motors

In addition to meeting all the objectives the Bollinger Motors team sought to accomplish by selecting and implementing Jama Connect, they have found some unexpected and welcome features of the platform that are making their processes even more efficient. Read the full customer story to see the benefits and outcomes.


ETAS NI Systems Selects Jama Connect for its Power, Flexibility, and Useability

In the rapidly evolving automotive sector, driven by electrification and advanced driver assistance systems, ETAS NI Systems helps customers by designing, building, and servicing pre-integrated Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems.

Started in 2019 when National Instruments and ETAS GmbH joined forces to create a new venture, ETAS NI Systems now employs around 50 people and serves the automotive industry worldwide.

With a mission to improve testing and validation of software in automotive electronics, including electronic control units and sensors, ETAS NI Systems is working hard to keep automotive development safe.

As a newly formed company, ETAS NI Systems didn’t waste any time before evaluating and implementing a requirements management solution. They knew that there was too much at stake.

Searching for a Requirements Management Platform

ETAS NI Systems knew they had a shot to get their product development process right from the very beginning, and that selecting the right requirements management platform was key to their success.

“I had worked with powerful requirements management solutions in the past, and I knew that using something like Word and Excel weren’t an option for our team,” said Hans-Peter Dürr, Technical Director at ETAS NI Systems. “They don’t provide the flexibility required for our complex projects.”

With all options on the table, the team began their evaluation process knowing that the requirements management solution must help them with the following challenges:

Demonstrating Compliance

Because ETAS NI Systems works with automotive companies worldwide, they needed to find a system that helps their clients demonstrate compliance with industry regulations and standards. Many of their clients must comply with a variety of regional safety and compliance standards (e.g., IEC61010), and without a structured requirements management solution, proving compliance would be manual and time consuming for the ETAS NI team.

Reusing Requirements

Across Multiple Projects The team estimates that more than 70% of requirements can be used across projects, especially when it comes to demonstrating regulatory compliance. Therefore, it was crucial that ETAS NI Systems find a solution that would allow them to save valuable development time by having the ability to easily reusing requirements across multiple projects.

Getting Up and Running Quickly Without In-house Tool Expertise

Above all, the team knew they needed a solution that they could and would actually use.

“There are a ton of powerful requirements management solutions out on the market… but they require in-house expertise or months of training, and they’re still difficult to use. We needed a solution that we could get up and going quickly with and could easily train our teams how to use,” said Dürr.

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Evaluating the Highest Rated Requirements Management Tools

The ETAS NI Systems evaluation process was not short, nor was it simple – it was months long and included more than 20 different solutions. After a comprehensive evaluation of all available requirements management solutions, ETAS NI Systems selected Jama Connect because it was the only solution on the market that:

  • Provided a single source of truth for organizational visibility
  • Offered the flexibility and power required for complex product development
  • Had an easy-to-use platform that didn’t require in-house expertise or extensive training

Not only did Jama Connect fit the bill for useability, but it also had all the functionality and power ETAS NI Systems needed to improve testing and validation of software in automotive electronics.

“The user experience was very important to us. We needed to find a tool that was web-based, customizable, and easy to use. We found that and more in Jama Connect,” said Dürr.

Download the full customer story to see the results of new partnership between ETAS NI and Jama Software.


Editors Note: 2020 was a year we’ll never forget. But amidst a sea of setbacks, companies across the globe continue to rise to the challenge and push forward with innovative product development. Teams who have the right tools and processes in place especially across distributed teams are able to improve collaboration and speed the time it takes to deliver new, innovative products.

In our spotlight series, we highlight companies who are doing extraordinary things in the product development space, and showcase the ways that their innovations are changing the world as we know it. In this post, we applaud Boeing for their work in providing augmented power supply to enhance the International Space Station’s health and enable more research.

This post originally appeared on Boeing’s website on January 11, 2021, and can be found here. 

Boeing will support the International Space Station’s (ISS) growing research capabilities and commercial opportunities with new solar arrays to increase the orbiting laboratory’s power supply. The modification to Boeing’s ISS sustainment contract with NASA calls for Boeing to deliver six additional solar arrays to NASA for installation beginning in 2021.

The new 63-foot-by-20-foot (19-meter-by-6-meter) arrays will together produce more than 120 kilowatts of electricity from the sun’s energy, enough to power more than 40 average U.S. homes. Combined with the eight original, larger arrays, this advanced hardware will provide a 20 to 30 percent increase in power, helping to maximize the station’s capabilities for years to come. The arrays will provide ISS with electricity to sustain its systems and equipment, plus augment the electricity available to continue a wide variety of public and private experiments and research in the station’s unique microgravity environment.

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“When it comes to game-changing research and technological development, the space station is currently hitting its full stride,” said John Mulholland, ISS vice president and program manager for Boeing. “These arrays, along with other recent upgrades to the station’s power system and data-transfer speed, will ensure that ISS remains an incubator and business model in the commercial space ecosystem for the coming decades. Access to this unique lab will continue to pay off as researchers study the challenges of future deep-space exploration and make discoveries that improve life on Earth.”

Most of the ISS systems, including its communications systems, batteries and scientific equipment racks, have been upgraded since humans began a continuous presence on the orbiting laboratory in November 2000. Two International Docking Adapters, manufactured by Boeing, have been attached to the ISS to allow commercial spacecraft to dock autonomously to the station. Boeing is the prime contractor for ISS sustainment; the company’s studies have determined that the ISS could safely operate beyond 2030 if NASA and its international partners choose to do so.

Deployable Space Systems of Santa Barbara, California, will produce the structure of the new arrays, including the canister and frame that will unfurl to hold the solar-array blankets in place. Deployable Space Systems also built the canister, frame and solar array blanket for a prototype of the new arrays that was successfully tested aboard the ISS in June 2017.

Spectrolab, a Boeing company based in Sylmar, California, produces the arrays’ XTJ Prime solar cells, which will be some of the most powerful ever launched into space. They are the same solar cells that power Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in flight and while docked to the ISS. Spectrolab also produced the station’s original solar cells, as well as the solar cells tested on the prototype.

“The XTJ Prime space solar cells are much more efficient than any of their predecessors and are fit to support the cutting-edge research being done aboard the International Space Station,” said Tony Mueller, president of Spectrolab.

Stay tuned as we continue to highlight these innovative companies. In the meantime, see how Jama Connect helps realign remote teams for remote work with minimal disruption.

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Editors Note: 2020 is a year we’ll never forget. But amidst a sea of setbacks, companies across the globe continue to rise to the challenge and push forward with innovative product development. Teams who have the right tools and processes in place especially across distributed teams are able to improve collaboration and speed the time it takes to deliver new, innovative products.

In our spotlight series, we highlight companies who are doing extraordinary things in the product development space, and showcase the ways that their innovations are changing the world as we know it. In this post, we applaud Arteris IP, whose network-on-chip interconnect IP continues to push the limits on innovation in the semiconductor space.

This post originally appeared on Arteris IP’s website on October 1, 2020, and can be found here. 

Arteris IP, the world’s leading supplier of innovative, silicon-proven network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect intellectual property, today announced a definitive agreement with Magillem Design Services (EPA: MLMGL) under which Arteris IP will acquire the assets of Magillem Design Services (“Magillem”). Substantially all Magillem team members will be joining Arteris IP.

Arteris IP and Magillem share a passion for helping our customers create the world’s most sophisticated systems-on-chip with state-of-the-art technology that shortens design schedules and increases profit margins, so we are delighted to welcome the Magillem team into Arteris IP. As we integrate our technologies to accelerate and simplify the SoC assembly design flow, we will enhance innovation in both SoC IP integration software and the highly configurable on-chip interconnect IP that implements chip architectures.”

K. Charles Janac, President and CEO, Arteris IP

The combination of global technology leaders brings together Arteris IP’s state-of-the-art network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP with Magillem’s leading chip design and assembly environment, creating the premier semiconductor IP and software tools company for the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The company will accelerate the pace of innovation and the ease-of-design for the complex systems-on-chip (SoC) that power this computing revolution, which is transforming automotive, machine learning and 5G wireless communications markets.

As part of Arteris IP, Magillem’s software products will continue to be offered separately from the Arteris interconnect IP offerings and the joined company will continue to execute on Magillem’s existing product and technology roadmaps. Both Arteris IP’s and Magillem’s existing worldwide SoC design team customers will benefit not only from the increased engineering and global support resources of the combined company, but also from the technology integration between the two companies’ product lines that will occur over time. The combined entity will be the leader in SoC assembly solutions to improve how SoCs are designed today and in the future.

“The combination of Arteris IP and Magillem will provide unparalleled global support and technology advancements for existing Arteris IP and Magillem licensees,” said Isabelle Geday, founder and CEO of Magillem Design Systems. “In addition to sharing many mutual customers worldwide, Arteris IP and Magillem share a common customer-centric ethos focused on helping our users accelerate chip development with world class SoC development software and IP. Our team is excited to join Arteris IP in pursuing this common vision.”

“Arteris IP and Magillem share a passion for helping our customers create the world’s most sophisticated systems-on-chip with state-of-the-art technology that shortens design schedules and increases profit margins, so we are delighted to welcome the Magillem team into Arteris IP,” said K. Charles Janac, President and CEO of Arteris IP. “As we integrate our technologies to accelerate and simplify the SoC assembly design flow, we will enhance innovation in both SoC IP integration software and the highly configurable on-chip interconnect IP that implements chip architectures.”

The proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to take place during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Stay tuned as we continue to highlight these innovative companies. In the meantime, see how Jama Connect helps realign remote teams for remote work with minimal disruption.

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ON Semiconductor

Editors Note: 2020 is a year we’ll never forget. But amidst a sea of setbacks, companies across the globe continue to rise to the challenge and push forward with innovative product development. Teams who have the right tools and processes in place especially across distributed teams are able to improve collaboration and speed the time it takes to deliver new, innovative products.

In our spotlight series, we highlight companies who are doing extraordinary things in the product development space, and showcase the ways that their innovations are changing the world as we know it. In this post, we applaud the work that ON Semiconductors is doing during the pandemic, and the way they are prioritizing ethics, employees, and community during these uncertain times.

This post originally appeared on Forbes.com on May 18th, 2020.

ON Semiconductor Focusing On Community In Time Of COVID-19

COVID-19 has been tough on everyone. Many companies have had to make many tough decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been challenged to make the correct financial decisions and cost-cutting measures that will allow them to continue operations. More importantly, companies also worry about the safety of those employees who continue to work during the crisis and how to implement certain measures to ensure safety and health. ON Semiconductor is one of those many companies that continue to make the best out of what it has; and what it has and values most is its community of its employees across the globe.

ON Semiconductor’s hard-working community

ON Semiconductor is one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, and this year is the fifth time it has been recognized on this list. They are only one of four companies in the electronics and semiconductors category to receive this recognition. Jean Chong, vice president, ethics, and corporate social responsibility at ON Semiconductor, said, “Our employees’ dedication to maintaining a strong culture of compliance and ethics allows us to differentiate ourselves within the semiconductor industry.” ON Semiconductor’s ethical badge is a driving force for the challenges that come from being in a global crisis. This is especially true for an essential global business that puts thousands of its workers on the frontlines to make life-saving medical devices and other solutions that are deemed critical.

During these pressing times many are looking for examples of leadership, especially as a global organization, ON Semiconductor recognizes that they have a unique responsibility to its employees, in the communities in which it operates and to those it directly impacts with its life saving devices. At the Bucheon, Korea site, Rich Kim, business operations manager has been working with its local authorities to ensure the safety and health of ON Semiconductor employees by taking the correct preventative measures for stopping the spread of the virus. Grace Wan, financial controller in Singapore, works to ensures that her employees have the correct technology and equipment to work from home, as well as doing her best to preserve the communication in work from home environments. Lenka Stralkova, communications manager in Slovakia, works diligently to ensure consistent communication and adherence to corporate guidelines to a workforce that is primarily manufacturing based. These are great local examples of how ON Semiconductor is working to hold strong to its community and ethics, and I think it is a great encouragement for companies who are struggling to find community and ethics during the crisis.

ON Semiconductor working hard for its community

Like many other companies who have offered their services to fight the COVID-19 crisis, ON Semiconductor has been working hard to lend a helping hand. One of the side effects of the COVID-19 virus or coronavirus is the effects it has on the lungs. Across the world, hospitals and medical workers are running out of ventilators for their patients affected by the coronavirus. Many of ON Semiconductor’s devices are used in medical devices, including ventilators. As an essential business, ON Semiconductor continues its operations at its manufacturing facilities, developing technologies that are implemented into life saving devices and helping to save lives across the world, as illustrated through one of their recent video blogs and in a recent release.

As ON Semiconductor continues to manufacture medical supplies, it also is helping its community financially. Keith Jackson, CEO of ON Semiconductor, has said that the organization is matching all employee donations that are made to eligible organizations within the $25-$500 range. Not only is this an encouragement for ON Semiconductor employees to give towards the community, but it is also a great example of Keith’s leadership at the company. Keith also says ON Semiconductor has been donating upwards of 10,000 N95 masks and ActiveAir masks to first responders who are putting their lives on the line across the United States, Europe, and Asia, along with other personal protective equipment that is needed for healthcare workers across the globe.

The ON Semiconductor Research and Development organization has also launched a crowdsourcing initiative to source ideas on how ON Semiconductor present and future devices or business processes can help fight COVID-19 or other outbreaks, and/or improve economies during outbreaks. This challenge is part of the company’s commitment to improve the lives of people in the community where they work.

Wrapping up

Ethics is the driving force behind ON Semiconductor and its encouraging initiative to help and improve on the global community during our global time of crisis. I agree with ON Semiconductor that ethics should not be forgotten during a crisis and the company is making this a priority now more than ever. Ethics is part of what makes us human, and I believe it is a key component to our drive to help those in need. ON Semiconductor has a focus on community and leadership, and it encourages its employees across the world to abide by this principal and ensure its core values are implemented into everything the company does. I believe this makes the company stand out.

Stay tuned as we continue to highlight these innovative companies. In the meantime, see how Jama Connect helps realign remote teams for remote work with minimal disruption.

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Innovative Product Development

Editors Note: 2020 is a year we’ll never forget. But amidst a sea of setbacks, companies across the globe continue to rise to the challenge and push forward with innovative product development. Teams who have the right tools and processes in place especially across distributed teams are able to improve collaboration and speed the time it takes to deliver new, innovative products.

Over the coming months, we’ll be highlighting companies who are doing excellent work in the product development space and showcasing the ways that their innovations are changing the world as we know it. And for this one, innovation is imperative to help solve one of our most pressing worldwide challenges… slowing the spread of the COVID 19 virus.

This post was originally published on CNN.com on Thursday, August 27th – you can find the original article here.

This $5 rapid test is a potential game-changer in Covid testing

New York (CNN Business) Abbott Labs got emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its rapid antigen test, which can detect a Covid-19 infection in 15 minutes. The test is a “game changer,” according to Brett Giroir, the US assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Investors sure think so: Abbott’s (ABBOTT) stock was up about 8% Thursday morning. The FDA’s emergency use authorization is for Abbott’s BinaxNOW Covid-19 Ag Card. The size of a credit card, BinaxNOW will cost $5 and will come with a free mobile app that will let people who test negative display a temporary, date-stamped health pass that is renewed each time a new test is taken.

The antigen test, in which involves a nasal swab, uses the same type of technology as a flu test. Abbott says it anticipates producing 50 million BinaxNOW tests a month by October.

“The massive scale of this test and app will allow tens of millions of people to have access to rapid and reliable testing,” said Joseph Petrosino, a professor of virology at Baylor College of Medicine, in a statement released by Abbott.

Petrosino’s labs have been leading efforts to provide Covid-19 testing for the college and Harris County, which includes Houston.

“With lab-based tests, you get excellent sensitivity but might have to wait days or longer to get the results. With a rapid antigen test, you get a result right away, getting infectious people off the streets and into quarantine so they don’t spread the virus,” he said.

The BinaxNOW Covid-19 Ag Card is the fourth antigen test to receive an emergency use authorization from the FDA.
Antigen tests, which look for pieces of the virus, are not as reliable as traditional Polymerase chain reaction tests, which look for the virus’ genetic material. However they are a quicker, less expensive and less invasive. PCR tests have been beset by supply chain problems as well as back-ups at labs which have delayed results and frustrated patients, doctors and public health experts alike.

Stay tuned as we continue to highlight these innovative companies. In the meantime, see how Jama Connect helps realign remote teams for remote work with minimal disruption.

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