CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
15 May 2005
CIMdata News
CIMdata in the News: "Manufacturing Systems: Virtually Flawless"
Automotive companies Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler, and aerospace company Boeing, among others, have recently begun applying digital manufacturing tools and processes in earnest. The early results are promising. According to a 2003 CIMdata survey of companies doing digital manufacturing, companies achieved one or more of these results: They reduced time to market by 30 percent, pared the number of design changes by 65 percent, cut the manufacturing planning process by 40 percent and saw increases of 15 percent in production throughput on average.
To read the full article, please visit Manufacturing Systems: Virtually Flawless? , (CIO, May 15, 2005), By Beth Stackpole.
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