Managing Engineering Changes in ETO/CTO business model
Optimize product development processes
Global Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) compay uses engineer to order and configure to order business models. Both design and supply collaboration are heavy executed in project and product development.
Zone Mittal helped them to streamline their change management process.
The cost of inefficient change management
Poorly managed change of information is a major cause for delays in deliveries.
Traditional Engineer to Order (ETO) and Configure to Order (CTO) models require working and reliable information change between OEM and partners. Constant engineering changes are causing major challenges. Suppliers need to have the most up to date product and configuration information to avoid any delays in customer deliveries.
Speeding up Feedback and change communication
With Zone Mittal, company can establish easy to use and secure interface between OEM and suppliers. Specifications, drawings, manufacturing parameters and product information are all shared with supplier in the context of product structure (Bill of Material). Feedback and change management communications are easy due the relations with the actual assembly and item data
Improving collaboration
– From emails and Zip files to cloud environment
Emails with zip files are no longer used and enabling suppliers’ direct access to OEM’s PDM, PLM, ERP systems isn’t optimal due the complexity of the legacy systems, data is stored in several places and secure issues. Zone Mittal way of doing collaboration is always traceable, secure, easy to deploy and supports fully ETO/CTO business models.
Zone Mittal provides a central location for design information, with traceability across deliverables and management of the change workflow. Traceability is key as it helps to identify dependencies between components and automatically notifies affected individuals about a change that impacts their work.
Zone Mittal improved communication and collaboration, which in turn helped them streamline the change management process. These steps included adding capabilities that support process, knowledge management, organizational support, performance measurement and continuous improvement, and enabling technology.
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