Case Study - Advanced Manufacturer

Manufacturing and Engineering

Brief:
Facing intense market pressures, this international company needed to improve enterprise collaboration, get products to its global market faster, and reduce costs. UBi helped implement an enterprise lifecycle management solution that reduced the ’time to market’ for new vehicles by half and thus saved the client very significant costs. This leading automotive manufacturer faced fierce competition, ever-increasing cost pressures, more regulations and evolving customer demand. To succeed in this challenging and competitive environment, the company needed to introduce more speedily new models with a greater number of features - whilst holding down costs.

Solution:
This required an enterprise solution that seamlessly linked all the people and processes - from design and manufacturing teams to partners and suppliers around the world. This would be a key factor in increasing sales and profits.

UBi teamed up with the manufacturer and suppliers to deploy a leading enterprise lifecycle management (ELM) solution that links product knowledge with process innovation to deliver value throughout the product development lifecycle – from its planning and design to production and customer support. We then integrated the solution with their legacy systems, manufacturing, computer-aided design applications and third-party supply chains, enabling true global connectivity and collaboration across the extended business value-chain.

Results:
Capitalising on our innovative ELM solution, this leading automotive now enjoys remarkable success in international markets. The lead time for developing a new model from prototype to production is reduced by half and the company is able to manufacture a vehicle that meets its target market demand within their specified features in terms of cost, design and fuel mileage.