Client: Tata Marcopolo (TMML)
Tata Marcopolo – a JV between Tata Motors and Marcopolo S.A. is the largest manufacturers of buses in India.
Challenges: TMML used SolidWorks for concept design since 2007 and AutoCAD for design detailing. Since AutoCAD did not offer PLM integration, TMML were looking for solutions from Siemens and Mark Engineering.
- They were looking for reducing design cycle time by 20%
- Needed capability to reduce variant design time by 30 to 50 %
- Better utilization of Data from Marcopolo (Collaborator)
- Wanted to utilize global design library
Solution:
Use of SolidWorks PDM
Batch utility for PDM-PLM integration
Benefits:
- Designers can spend more time on design and detailing
- No need to manually create documents in PLM and attaching drawings
- Ease in searching and reusing components
- Ease in capturing metadata
- No Difference in PDM and Drawing Data
- Able to use parametric features of SolildWorks
– BOM creation helps reduce time and errors
– Re-use and modification of data is easy
– Search and Reuse
- Discipline in design process
- Revision Management
– 2D and 3D data always updated
- All New Projects being worked on PDM
“We are able to improve appearence & aesthetics, and any complications can be forecasted”
Mr. Rana Sachdeva,Manager Engineering , Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd