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News Release from: IBM Product Lifecycle Management Solutions | Subject: Catia V5
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 April 2006
Canada makes a mint out of PLM software
Royal Canadian Mint streamlines design and production of its high-quality coins and medals with PLM software to foster innovation and business efficiency for its customers.
The prestigious Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) has streamlined the design and production of its high-quality coins and medals with IBM and Dassault Systemes product lifecycle management (PLM) software Recognised as one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, the RCM is using PLM to foster innovation and business efficiency for its customers
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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It has made gains throughout the entire product development process by using Catia V5 for 3D product design and Smarteam for product data and lifecycle management.
"Our PLM software automates and integrates the entire quotation, new product development and engineering process", said RCM Chief Information Officer Neil Hallam.
"Simplifying and bringing better control to the engineering change process, and allowing users more quickly and easily to access existing data for reuse, has driven down engineering and manufacturing costs".
"It furthers our goal of becoming a lean enterprise".
Catia V5 enables RCM engineers to create 3D virtual definitions of a coin, its engineering specifications such as weight and dimensions, as well as the associated tooling and packaging.
Using Smarteam, the RCM incorporates into its business processes information such as the metal's formula and properties, engineering specifications, tooling and production data.
By consolidating its intellectual property in one repository accessible by everyone in the production and marketing cycles, the RCM has increased customer responsiveness, developing and marketing innovative coins more efficiently.
"Like many organisations, prior to its PLM initiative, the RCM had vast knowledge of its industry and processes, but few mechanisms to use that expertise to its competitive advantage", said Joel Lemke, President, Dassault Systemes Americas.
"The innovation the RCM achieves with IBM and Dassault PLM products demonstrates how a forward-looking company can do better work in less time by bringing its institutional knowledge into every facet of design and production".
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