CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
30 January 2007
Implementation Investments
Schneider Electric Optimizes Its Global Product Development Processes With PTC Product Development System; Leading French Manufacturer of Power & Control Equipment Partners with PTC Global Services to Quickly Realize Value from Its Single PLM Platform Strategy
PTC announced that the world's leading power and control specialist Schneider Electric selected PTC as its technology and services partner to improve the efficiency of its globally distributed product development processes. Schneider Electric's strategic business initiative includes the shift to a single Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform powered by PTC Windchill and the deployment of processes to support key product development strategies such as product modularization and the implementation of a Web-based IT architecture in a distributed engineering environment. As a result, Schneider Electric chose PTC Global Services as the preferred partner to realize a fast roll-out and a return on investment for the PTC Product Development System (PDS) including Pro/ENGINEER and Windchill.
"PTC is not only delivering best-in-class technology for our global PLM initiative but has also proven to be a important service partner for implementing and optimizing its solutions, based on a clear implementation roadmap," said Michel Catry, EIS Manager, Schneider Electric. "The fast roll-out of a single and integral Product Development System will substantially support our organic growth and the capability to cooperate with Global Competency Centers based in Mexico, India and China."
Schneider Electric has launched a global product development initiative to reduce time to market for new products while lowering product development costs. As a single, Web-based technology platform, the PTC Product Development System implemented by the Global Services team is well suited to support these initiatives and lower the total cost of ownership for Schneider Electric's Research & Development IT infrastructure. The new PLM backbone will enable Schneider Electric's global product development teams to work with common methods and processes, and share and reuse mechanical, electrical and software information more efficiently to free up product development capacity. The PDS replaces existing legacy systems in different departments and allows Schneider Electric to keep a single source of all relevant information, which can be shared internally and externally throughout the extended enterprise, including the suppliers, partners and distributed technical centers in China, India and Mexico. The overall change process is managed in Windchill PDMLink, and the exchange of information with participants both inside and outside the company is provided by Windchill ProjectLink in a seamless, integral change management environment.
"The power and control industry is under significant competitive pressure to reduce cycle times and costs by sharing and reusing more mechanical, electrical and software data on a global scale," said Barry Cohen, Ph.D., executive vice president, Strategic Services and Partners, PTC. "This requires a Web-based PLM infrastructure which can be easily rolled out on a global scale, but it also requires a deep knowledge about the product development process. Schneider Electric's decision to partner with PTC demonstrates that we are providing leading technology combined with the services expertise to help our customers realize long lasting business value."
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