“Until recently, the engineering organization was based in San Vito, where the entire product development cycle and subsequent modifications requested by customers were carried out,” notes Mainardis. “Currently, to handle our outsourcing and distribution operations, we must keep all project development and update activities under strict control. We want everyone to comply with corporate standards and to share all information. An engineering change carried out in Mexico, for instance, can be useful in other locations, so it must be distributed and accessible throughout the group.”
Enter Teamcenter® software for complete PLM and even smarter decisions. Brovedani and other key Brovedani representatives evaluated the software, and then did so again with the support of CCS Team. “Our target is to finalize the project and be up and running by the end of 2012,” he says. “Today, the group employs almost 1,000 people, with approximately 50 persons directly involved in engineering data management. By implementing Teamcenter, we plan to make technical information also available to our people in manufacturing, sales, provisioning and other business areas.”