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Sennheiser selects PLM solution

An IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Oct 13, 2004

Sennheiser Electronic has selected an IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Industry Solution for the electronics industry.

Sennheiser Electronic has selected an IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Industry Solution for the electronics industry.

The 1600-employee, mid-sized company has been synonymous with innovation for almost 60 years.

To continue its reign as market leader, Sennheiser looked at PLM to provide an integrated, open and easy to use product development environment.

After a competitive benchmark Sennheiser selected IBM's Integrated Mechanical Product Development for Electronics (IMPD) Industry Solution, based on Catia V5, for 3D digital product definition and Smarteam, for collaborative product data and lifecycle management both developed by Dassault Systemes.

The project development, implementation, training and consulting will be provided by IBM business partner TransCAT.

The IMPD solution links the applications and disciplines involved in mechanical product development and enables manufacturers to reuse valuable corporate intellectual property.

By maintaining the product's design history across all stages of development and unifying the often fragmented approach to product development in the E and E industry, the IMPD solution enables electronics companies to shorten time to market and focus on innovation.

"The PLM solutions from IBM and Dassault Systemes complement our existing software infrastructure", said Dr Heinrich Esser, President of Research and Development, Sennheiser Electronic.

"We expect a return on investment of less than two years".

Catia V5 will be used for mechanical design, functionality of surfaces and the integration between the electrical design and photorealistic visualisations, used in marketing and sales.

Smarteam will be used throughout the company to manage all of the product data including designs, product manuals and prototype test results.

TransCAT and IBM developed together a high-performance concept based on the PLM solutions Catia and Smarteam that fulfils the demands of the electronic industry concerning development and integration", said Rolf Wiedemann, Director of Sales and Business Development, TransCAT.

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