An architect vetting last-minute changes can call up blueprints into the Zanvas window and visibly underscore various components, while the client scrutinises the revisions from a personal computer located elsewhere on the Internet.
Aspect tracks the form, function and price of more than 10 million components, then meshes this mega-catalog with a client's data on preferred suppliers, inventory and buying habits. 3Com Corp. used it to learn that six departments were paying different prices for the same component from different suppliers.