Solution for electronics manufacturers speeds mechanical product development
11 February 2004
Design Automation
A new design solution that consists of a set of integrated products from IBM and Dassault Systèmes has been released that can help speed mechanical development for electronics manufacturers. The IBM product lifecycle management (PLM) industry solution for the electronics industry, called the integrated mechanical product development for electronics (IMPD), solution links the applications and disciplines involved in mechanical product development and enables manufacturers to re-use valuable corporate intellectual property.
IMPD consists of a set of integrated products from Dassault Systèmes' CATIA and SMARTEAM solutions combined with a set of DS PLM practices developed for the electronics industry, including consumer electronics, microelectronics and medical devices. According to the companies, IMPD helps streamline mechanical product development operations by increasing the amount of semantic data exchanged between applications and development disciplines such as style, design, and tooling and analysis.
By maintaining the product's design history across all stages of development, IMPD enables electronics companies to shorten time to market and focus on innovation. It allows them to explore more design possibilities in less time, capture and re-use existing features or assemblies, keep automatic links between part and mould design, and create designs in accordance with corporate standards. It also allows them to take into account quickly and seamlessly the results of digital simulation and analysis.
"PLM solutions from IBM and Dassault Systèmes have proven instrumental in capturing, managing and sharing corporate know-how to ensure compliance of product and processes with corporate standards and best practices in terms of integration and optimisation," said Toshiyuki Nakazaki, director of R&D at car-audio electronics manufacturer Clarion.
"In electrical and electronics manufacturing, rapid innovation is the name of the game," said Thomas Friel, worldwide electronics business leader, IBM Product Lifecycle Management. "To help our customers optimise their product development operations, we have developed a comprehensive solution uniting IBM Business Consulting Services with IBM PLM Solutions and have included best practices developed with leading electronics manufacturers in all domains of electro-mechanical product development. The new solution will help our E&E customers deliver more stylish and innovative products to market faster."
For more information contact CDC (CNC Design Consultants), 011 786 3516.
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