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News Release from: CoCreate Software | Subject: OneSpace Suite PLM software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2007
PLM software cuts machine tool lead
times
Austrian machine tool manufacturer repots that with its re cently installed PLM software, it has reduced lead-times - from order to delivery - from 12 months to eight months.
A provider of third generation product life cycle management (PLM) software for high-tech electronics and machinery, CoCreate Software, said that the SEMA Maschinenbau company has moved its entire development process to the CoCreate OneSpace Suite The results, said SEMA, are significantly improved production levels
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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SEMA said that just one year ago it had projected an average of approximately one year to take an order from receipt to delivery.
Delivery today now takes only eight months.
The company is based Traunkirchen, Austria and produces innovative metal-cutting machine tools.
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It uses CoCreate OneSpace Modeling, CoCreate OneSpace Model Manager, the add-on module FE Analysis for CoCreate OneSpace Modeling, as well as SolidPower, a standard parts library from CoCreate's certified partner TECHSOFT.
"What used to be a very short project runtime is now what our clients have come to expect," said Martin Spiessberger, design manager at SEMA.
To meet those deadlines, we use large teams working simultaneously on one design.
For that approach to succeed, CoCreate OneSpace Model Manager must integrate external engineering firms into our projects without any problems".
Engineers frequently copy the models, components, and parts managed in OneSpace Model Manager and adapt them for new projects.
In fact, said CoCreate in a report to Manufacturingtalk, Spiessberger estimated that up to 80% of the company's parts can be reused directly or with only slight adjustments.
While OneSpace Model Manager ensures parts are easy to find and track, SEMA particularly benefits from the Dynamic Modeling approach to product design in OneSpace Modeling, which makes it easy to rework those existing models.
"While our clients expect ever shorter project runtimes, their machinery is becoming increasingly complex, and the procurement of parts gets more and more time consuming," said Spiessberger.
"Thanks to the CoCreate OneSpace Suite, we can act quickly and flexibly to meet customer requirements.
The average 30% shorter project runtimes would not have been possible without the CoCreate OneSpace Suite" (find more about SEMA at
* About CoCreate - CoCreate Software is for leaders in high-tech electronics and machinery, and other innovative companies facing intense time to market pressure.
Many of the world's best known product development companies depend on CoCreate in order to achieve unprecedented speed and flexibility.
CoCreate's third generation approach to product lifecycle management (3G PLM) streamlines the process of planning, developing and manufacturing products.
As the world's 'Number One' provider of Dynamic Modeling based software, CoCreate is the ideal platform for lean product development.
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