CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 January 2007
Implementation Investments
Federal-Mogul Standardizes On PTC Windchill® To Achieve Strategic Business Initiatives
PTC announced that Federal-Mogul Corporation, a global supplier of automotive components, systems and modules for original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket, has adopted Windchill PDMLink® and Windchill ProjectLinkT for strategic product lifecycle management (PLM). Windchill, the PTC content and process management solution, enables collaborative product development while helping companies control data and processes. As a long-time user of PTC's Pro/ENGINEER®, the selection of Windchill extends Federal-Mogul's existing relationship with PTC and enables them to realize the value from an integral product development system.
Driven by increasing customer requirements, a globally distributed supply chain, and a focus on improving the quality of project launches, Federal-Mogul required a PLM solution that would enable it to accelerate time-to-market without compromising quality and innovation. Additionally, the company required a solution that would allow it to centralize internal applications on a single system while providing the flexibility to support the heterogeneous CAD environments of its automotive OEM customers.
With the selection of Windchill, Federal-Mogul decided to standardize on the PTC Product Development System to address these challenges and support its strategic business initiatives for product quality, time-to-market, and innovation. "Federal-Mogul is growing on a global basis and the need for strong internal and customer collaboration grows with it. By adopting Windchill as a common software platform capable of integrating with the range of product design systems used by our customers, we will be able to harmonize our internal processes and adopt best practice while retaining the flexibility to meet all our customers' needs," said Huw Pegler, Engineering IS Director, Federal-Mogul. "By strengthening our program management processes using PTC's Windchill, we expect to achieve significant performance improvements in our product development process, resulting in faster time-to-market and increased competitive advantage."
"Optimizing product development processes in a globally distributed environment is a common challenge for today's manufacturing companies," said Martin Walters, director, product and market strategy, PTC . "Windchill provides a superior solution for managing complex data in this environment and enables effective collaboration, allowing companies like Federal-Mogul to reap tangible benefits from their technology investment."
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