AISIN AW Saves Time & Reduces Process Steps with Dassault Systèmes

11/29/2006

DELMIA Drives Innovation in Manufacturing Engineering Operations

Kanagawa, Japan and Auburn Hills MI., USA, November 29, 2006 - Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY: Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced today that AISIN AW Co., Ltd., a global auto parts manufacturer of automatic transmissions and car navigation systems, has applied DELMIA V5 DPM Powertrain. The company is setting its sights on maintaining product quality and reducing the number of processing steps in aluminum machining process design. AISIN AW has been advocating an internal initiative known as Process System Engineering (PSE), which aims to systematically enhance operations.

"It was not uncommon for process tune-ups to still be incomplete when production prototyping begins, often forcing the two tasks to run in parallel,” explains Mr. Yoshihiro Nakagawa, chief senior specialist (IT engineer), Manufacturing Engineering Management Department, Manufacturing Engineering Division at AISIN AW Co., Ltd. "Because problems kept cropping up late in the production cycle, we spent a lot of time fixing the problems instead of properly thinking the processes through at the planning and design stages. Since the deployment of this solution, we are receiving many reports indicating significant improvements, therefore demonstrating significant potential. We plan to expand the PSE approach to the design of processes in addition to aluminum parts machining, further driving process innovation in the area of production engineering,” says Mr. Nakagawa.

“We are very pleased with the way AISIN AW has implemented our solution to simulate and validate their tooling and production engineering processes," comments Bertrand Saint-Martin, president, DELMIA Japan, Ltd. “Automotive manufacturing is more and more competitive and OEM requirements very severe. Deploying PLM solutions and simulating production processes before starting production enable our customers to continue to innovate while keeping costs controlled and productivity enhanced. The case of AISIN AW substantiates the effectiveness of DELMIA V5 DPM Powertrain.”

AISIN AW deployed V5 DPM Powertrain in April 2005. Since then, the new operating process with this solution has produced good results. Currently, AISIN AW is using DELMIA V5 DPM Powertrain to digitally design and verify the machining process for aluminum transmission housings. This radically transformed operations, enabling AISIN AW to improve process design while reducing the steps required for manpower of preliminary planning. Shop floor activities used to account for around 80% of the production engineering staff’s work, leaving insufficient time for planning and design. To fix this problem and improve the work processes, AISIN AW decided to adopt DELMIA V5 DPM Powertrain, with the goal to reverse the ratio of conceptual work to manual work from 20:80 to 80:20.

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About AISIN AW

 

The reputation of AISIN AW Co., Ltd. as an auto parts manufacturer primarily rests on such products as automatic transmissions and car navigation systems. The company's broad portfolio of automatic transmissions includes numerous world firsts, and in this field AISIN AW is widely considered to have set a de facto global standard. AISIN AW was also the first company in the world to deliver a voice navigation system. Swiftly responding to changing customer needs and business environments, the company constantly employs the latest technologies to maintain superior product quality. For more information, visit http://www.aisin-aw.co.jp/en/

 

About About DELMIA

DELMIA is a premier brand for digital manufacturing solutions, focused on two unique software applications that can be used to streamline manufacturing processes. DELMIA Automation provides solutions to digitally design test and validate the control of a machine, workcell, or entire factory line and DELMIA PLM provides the process and resource capability to enable continuous creation and validation of manufacturing processes as related to the product throughout the entire product lifecyle.  DELMIA serves industries where the optimization of manufacturing processes is critical, including automotive, aerospace, fabrication and assembly, electrical and electronics, consumer goods, plant, and shipbuilding sectors. Information about DELMIA is available at http://www.delmia.com/

About Dassault Systèmes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 90,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing and ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, including ENOVIA VPLM, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit : http://www.3ds.com

 

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