PLM: CONTACT Software gains HUBER+SUHNER group as new customer
The globally active HUBER+SUHNER Group, which has its headquarters in Switzerland, is investing in state-of-the-art PLM technology to ensure that it can respond flexibly to new market requirements. The electronics specialist is switching to CIM DATABASE PLM from CONTACT Software because it wants to future-proof global collaboration at its development centers and production sites as well as with customers and partners.
HUBER+SUHNER's objective is to support and secure the entire product creation process (PCP) across all departments within the company using a globally standardized information management system. When it came to selecting the PLM system, CONTACT Software demonstrated that it was the right partner. "The various standard CIM DATABASE modules meet our requirements to a large extent and represent a considerable improvement over the current solution," says the project manager Fabio Weber, a program manager at HUBER+SUHNER. "We also found CONTACT's open technology very persuasive as it allows other applications to be integrated quickly.”
The Swiss corporation is putting the ambitious IT project into action in phases. First of all, the company is implementing the basic functions for end-to-end PCP support together with CONTACT. It is then intended that the new PLM components be extended agilely based on the experience gained and rolled out globally in a number of steps. The PDM system used to date will remain online until all the locations worldwide are connected to CIM DATABASE PLM.
The HUBER+SUHNER Group develops and manufactures components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity. The company provides customers in the communication, transportation and industrial markets with cables, connectors and systems for the three key technologies radio frequency, fiber optics and low frequency. With a global production network as well as group companies and agencies, the corporation maintains a presence in over 60 countries and generated revenues of CHF 706.3 million in the 2015 business year with a workforce of approximately 3,650.