Automaker Cuts Costs With Product Lifecycle Management Solution
This leading automaker faced fierce competition, ever-increasing cost pressures, more regulations and fickle customer demand. To succeed in this difficult environment, it wanted a solution that seamlessly linked everyone from design and manufacturing teams to business partners and suppliers around the world. This would enable it to quickly introduce new car models with a greater number of features at less cost—a key factor in increasing sales and profits.
At the time, however, the company’s technology was a global mix of disparate systems, processes and software packages that were costly and disconnected. As a result, tasks were often performed sequentially, rather than collaboratively, meaning one process had to be completed before the next could begin. Plus, personnel could not share or reuse data, which often resulted in a costly reinvention of the wheel. For example, a chassis design for a model in one country might not be available elsewhere, meaning it had to be created from scratch.
The company decided to transition to a next-generation product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. However, a successful PLM implementation required more than just installing powerful software; the solution also had to be aligned with business processes, integrate with existing applications, and reside on a robust, highly available and secure technology infrastructure.
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