For many product teams, PLM success can be elusive.
That's because when it comes to Product Lifecycle Management, today's product teams are challenged to bring innovative products to market quickly and support them through the lifecycle.
Traditional approaches to PLM, with its focus on 3D mechanical design, ignores the challenges of managing electronics and software and the interfaces with manufacturing and suppliers. Today's product team simply can't succeed with yesterday's PLM.PLM Success Stories
Given these harsh realities, we're on the lookout for product teams that succeed with complete PLM functionality in a single solution within a flexible, scalable and upgradeable PLM platform distinct from the limits of legacy solutions.Companies succeed by connecting global product development across mechanical, electrical, electronic and software disciplines, managing complex BoMs and supporting global manufacturing and supply chains.
Read on for two such PLM success stories.
PLM Success at Kawasaki Heavy Industries
PLM success is evident at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI), a premiere manufacturer of equipment for the aerospace, energy, industrial equipment, power, rolling stock and shipping industries. The company uses Aras PLM as a unified service platform to streamline new product development and optimize costs.
The company has achieved better collaboration across engineering disciplines, and attained greater efficiencies in processes throughout product development. KHI has also accomplished a new level of standardization while also sharing process innovations and improvements between companies.
In addition, a division within KHI has reduced the cost for creating a production environment by 51-83%. They can now provide a verification environment to companies in one day at earliest - a task that took weeks prior to implementing Aras. KHI credits the improvement, in large part, to their ability to be self-sufficient and support the companies with Aras.
Read the complete Kawasaki Heavy Industries case study.
PLM Success at Carlisle Brake & Friction
With facilities across the U.S., U.K., Italy China, and Japan, Carlisle Brake & Friction is a globally recognized leader in the development and manufacture of brake and friction system solutions serving a diverse range of motion control applications.
Aras Innovator provides a flexible platform to unify Carlisle’s ITAR compliance, engineering processes, parts management, BOM management, change management, and auditing at 11 manufacturing and purchasing facilities worldwide.
By standardizing on a single platform for a single source of truth in terms of product data and processes, the team is now able to use Aras Innovator as a central repository for all data with full integration of data between CRM, ERP and PLM – a benefit that yields many positive business benefits for the company.
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