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DS PLM SUCCESS STORY - Panasonic Home Appliances
Overview
DS PLM SUCCESS STORY - Panasonic Home AppliancesDassault Systemes |
Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Functional Applications - Product Data Management Systems Functional Applications - Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM) | |
Consumer Goods Electronics | |
Discrete Manufacturing Product Research & Development | |
Manufacturing System Automation | |
Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration | |
Operational Impact
By realizing concurrent engineering with CATIA, Panasonic has strengthened product variations, increased competitiveness and protected its over 50% market share. | |
Engineering and assembly departments are now able to view data, in 3D, during the design process, to provide feedback on manufacturing and die requirements and to evaluate ease of assembly. | |
Panasonic also uses CATIA Analysis for early design verification of factors such as product strength. By correlating simulation results with test results from actual product equipment, stress threshold values can be set and brought into line with design specifications. | |
Quantitative Benefit
For resin components, lead times were reduced by 90% by implementing 3D design and introducing a molding machine. | |
For sheet metal components, time spent creating exploded drawings was eliminated with the implementation of CATIA Sheet Metal. | |
Die creation time has also been reduced by 40% by using 3D data and stress testing results can now be confirmed at the time of die creation. | |