Smooth transition from development to production
Brose Sitech supports development processes from preliminary design through engineering to series production start-up with CIM Database PLM
- Seating systems (“carsets”) and vehicle components
- around 2,300 employees (2023)
Brose Sitech manufactures seating systems (“carsets”) and vehicle components for the automotive market at two production sites in Germany. A carset includes the complete seating equipment for a vehicle, with up to nine seats. Delivery is just-in-sequence — at the right time and in the correct order to the production lines. The central system for Brose Sitech’s entire development process is CIM Database: from pre-development and calculations to design, prototyping, testing, and series support, CONTACT’s PLM system comprehensively supports product development.
- Comprehensive support for the development process from pre-development to series launch
- Seamless processes and provision of development data for other departments too.
- Integrated project management
- Support for simple and efficient onboarding of new personnel
- Ensuring high user acceptance
- CIM Database PLM as a central development platform and leading system for series production BOMs
- Company-wide management and provision of all project documents
- CAx data management, including data preparation to supply the corporate system (KVS/CONNECT)
- Change and release management
- Extensive data and process synchronization through bidirectional SAP interface – CIM Database serves as a central source for SAP material management
- Product structure and bill of materials management, from pre-development and design to variants and prototypes
- Project management and controlling, including project key figures
- Self-service e-learning training packages including documentation and exercises
- Efficient collaboration across departments and locations through process control
- Significant improvement in transparency, quality, and lead times
- Seamless transition from development to production through mutual exchange of product-relevant information between development and production planning
- Provision of valid and reliable data and information for all core areas within the company
- Audit-proof documentation
- Fast and easy creation of complete variant models and portfolios based on modules and construction kits
- Foundation for continuous improvement through project key figures
- Simple, flexible, and location-independent entry for new employees through e-learning training packages
“Through the rapid implementation and high flexibility of the software, we were able to quickly unlock the potential benefits of the solution.”
Steffen Schwarz
Head of Technical Compliance at Brose Sitech
