CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
19 March 2012
Implementation Investments
Yazaki North America Selects PTC as Its Software Systems Solution for Electronic Instrumentation
PTC announced Yazaki North America, Inc., a Tier 1 automotive supplier, has selected PTC as the software systems platform for its electronic instrumentation.
In today’s highly competitive automotive industry, software is quickly becoming an important differentiator as automobiles increasingly include advanced instrumentation and high-definition displays. As a global supplier of vehicle power and data solutions, Yazaki recognized the increased significance and volume of software in its products and realized that the complexity of its product development processes could not be effectively managed with the current infrastructure. The company recognized the value of a solution that enables global software development collaboration and code reuse.
“Yazaki chose PTC’s Integrity software because it offers a single software engineering platform that can manage process complexity and support strategic quality, compliance, collaboration, and release readiness initiatives,” said Larry Engelhardt, senior product manager electronics and instrumentation business unit, Yazaki North America.
Integrity integrates well with Yazaki’s other product lifecycle management applications. Key to Yazaki’s decision was PTC’s commitment and certification of Integrity for developing safety related systems in ISO 26262 compliant development processes, an automotive safety mandate that requires safety-related embedded systems to qualify the tool chain being used to produce these systems.
Continues Engelhardt, “Yazaki products depend on the quality of the software that drives them. PTC’s Integrity enables us to better manage the increasing complexities of electronic instrumentation. With this integrated approach we are able to make better design decisions so we can rapidly deliver innovative new products to our automotive customers.”
“Yazaki is one of many automotive customers using Integrity as the platform for the collaborative integrated development of software systems,” said Andrew Wertkin, chief technology officer, PTC. “PTC understands that successful management of embedded systems can provide a strategic business advantage for manufacturers. We look forward to working with Yazaki to drive greater value to its automotive OEM customers using this technology.”
Become a member of the CIMdata PLM Community to receive your daily PLM news and much more.
Tell us what you think of the CIMdata Newsletter. Send your feedback.
CIMdata is committed to your privacy. Your personal information will never be sold or shared outside of CIMdata without your express permission.