Advantages

Greater Control through a Single Source of Manufacturing Knowledge

• Reuse certified processes and reduce capital equipment costs by capturing and managing within a single source of manufacturing knowledge.

• Detect and eliminate problems within production systems that would otherwise require time-consuming and cost-intensive corrective measures during production ramp-up.

• Reduce assembly planning tasks, planning time and their associated costs.

Greater Insight from Top Floor to Shop Floor

• Streamline communications so you can adapt to customer demands quicker, with decisions based on facts.

• Minimize capital investment and maximize long-term ROI through increased planning accuracy and efficiency.

• Sharing and analyzing information within a digital environment provides insight into the various stages of process development and the impacts of those processes.

Greater Speed through Proven Solutions for Process Optimization

• Optimize resource utilization and accelerate product launches with proven solutions for process optimization that cross multiple departments and disciplines.

• Optimize the logistics and performance of entire production systems.

• Shorten time-to-volume production through the analysis of product manufacturability and process development.

Benefits

Optimized Plant Efficiency

• Program information is available at all levels of the enterprise – from executive to plant floor personnel.

• Achieve smaller launch windows, increased plant capacity and material cost control through comprehensive visibility into quality issues.

• Reduce capital investment costs via commonization and reuse.

Single Source for Alignment and Accountability

• Assembly and manufacturability validation provides accelerated feedback to design and process teams.

• BOM/BOP configuration and management reduces planning errors by ensuring all components of a product are accounted for and aligned.

• In-context collaboration and communication operate globally within the supply chain networks by coordinating workflow processes ensuring timing is maintained.

• In-context collaboration and communication of workflow processes ensures that timing is extended throughout the global supply chain.

Optimize Performance & Leverage “Best Practice” processes

• Reduce process development time up to 40% by identifying and applying best-in-class processes with master process and operation templates.

• Achieve 20-to-80% reuse of certified manufacturing processes within the first year.

• Significantly reduce and even eliminate production disruptions caused by manufacturing shop floor issues, by balancing processes for optimum value added content.

Managed Environment for Safety and Ergonomics

• Reduce corporate liabilities and expenses for worker related injuries.

• Eliminate hazardous work environments by integrating ergonomic simulation and validation into the development process.

Optimization of Systems Characteristics

• Decrease new system costs 5-20% by detecting and eliminating problems before having installed the real system.

• Reduce inventories 20-60% by evaluating different line control strategies as well as verifying synchronization of lines and sub-lines.

Intelligent Foundation for Business Decisions

• Achieve long-term return-on-investment of up to 12:1 through experimentation runs and what-if results from digital production models.

Virtual Processing of Real-World Numbers

• Reduce throughput time as much as 20-60% by taking into consideration internal and external supply chains, production resources, and business processes.

• Increase productivity for existing systems 15-20% with easy to interpret statistical analysis.