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Brand manufacturer

The constantly growing product range, increasingly extensive project management and coordination between marketing/sales, product and equipment design and external partners, among others, as well as the issue of "supplying external sites", require suitable aids and tools that ensure both efficient management of product data and smooth project handling.

Client:
well-known brand manufacturer of baby, home, healthcare and industrial products
> 500 employees

Industry:
Manufacturer of branded goods

Topic:
PDM system introduction, document management, ROI/cost/benefit analysis, DMS and/or PDM selection, PDM selection, benchmark

Situation:
The company planned a preliminary specification and selection phase and the actual introduction of a central MultiCAD-capable DMS, PDM and project management (PM) system with the following objectives, among others:

  • Support for both product/sales item development and design as well as equipment design/engineering
  • Support of a MultiCAD connection (SIEMENS NX or I-DEAS, SolidWorks, SolidCAM) as well as a smooth SAP connection (approx. 250 users)
  • Replacement of the sometimes risky, error-prone and redundant way of working with project folders
  • Medium-term replacement of the non-integrated e-mail system
  • Flexible connection and supply of distributed locations as well as controlled connection of the respective local engineering offices and partners on site
  • Bundling of all product and project-related data in a central system, including a standardized approval and change management system

Task:

  • Recording the PDM requirements together with the individual specialist departments during interviews
  • Definition, formulation, supplementation and coordination of a DMS/PDM/PM specification sheet
  • Creation of a rough ROI analysis as a basis for management decision-making
  • Supporting the team during the actual system selection and evaluation process
  • Coordination of the implementation procedure and project planning together with the finally selected partner
  • Support during the DMS/PDM/PM implementation and integration.

Result:

  • Recording and presentation of the DMS, PDM and PM requirements together with the individual specialist departments
  • Joint creation of a robust DMS/PDM/PM specification sheet as the basis for software selection
  • Successful search with selected providers incl. evaluation, pre-selection, recommendation
  • Project planning with the final selected partner regarding conception, prototyping, piloting, etc.
  • Successful implementation and realization together with the selected provider.
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