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News Release from: Delmia | Subject: ERGOFab software for operation management
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2001
Saab Automobile selects Delmia's ERGOFab
Saab Automobile, a General Motors company, will deploy DELMIA's ERGOFab software for operation management and line balancing for body in white, the paint shop and the sssembly shop in Sweden.
SAAB Automobile, a General Motors company, will deploy DELMIA's ERGOFab software for operation management and line balancing for Body in White, the Paint Shop and the Assembly Shop in its plant in Trollhattan, Sweden ERGOFab is designed to improve the efficiency of new car design, as well as handling manufacturing change management
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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It will also give us an up-to-date user interface with a concept that supports simultaneous engineering." explained Anders Gadd, Project Leader at Saab Automobile.
Since September 1999, Saab Automobile has been using DELMIA's ERGOPlan and ERGOMas for process design in the Assembly Shop.
The decision to deploy ERGOFab helps Saab move towards its overall strategy of working with digital manufacturing, and, in so doing, shortening lead-time in product and process development.
Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, SAAB, (the Swedish Aircraft Company Ltd.) was founded in 1937 with the express purpose of building aircraft for the Swedish airforce.
The first Saab-designed aircraft, the B17 single engined bomber, had her maiden flight in 1940, and, in 1947, the prototype of the first passenger car, Saab 92, was revealed.
Saab Automobile AB was formed on 1st January 1990 when Saab-Scania transferred its entire passenger car operations to this new company, following a joint venture agreement reached with General Motors in December 1989.
Today, Saab is the distinctive European premium brand within the GM vehicle portfolio, developing dynamic vehicles with distinctive design, characterised by a combination of high performance, outstanding safety and superior driver control.
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develops solutions for manufacturing by implementing a process-centric solution to plan, define, monitor and control production systems from single device workcell, production line, factory material flow to extended enterprise production flow.
DELMIA serves industry segments where continuous transformation and optimisation of the manufacturing processes are critical, such as: Automotive, Aerospace, Fabrication and Assembly, Electrical and Electronics, Consumer Goods, Plant and Shipbuilding.
DELMIA solutions are interoperable with major CAD, PDM and ERP systems.
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