Management Solution Client profile improving production traceability The multi-year transformation was led by and globalization without sacrificing ITP business and IT leaders, and the project ITP is the ninth largest manufacturer product quality. ITP leaders knew that team included experts from Siemens who of aviation engines in the world. With tighter integration of Engineering and provided support for its Teamcenter® & major centers of operation in Spain, Manufacturing would be critical to NX™ solutions, as well as Accenture PLM UK, Malta, USA, Mexico, and India, the achieving all these goals, and that more process, data migration, and SAP company is known for its high-quality advanced product lifecycle management integration professionals. Together, the and environmentally friendly products (PLM) capabilities would enable success. team embarked on a journey to integrate as well as its employees´ talent and ITP’s Engineering and Manufacturing commitment to achieve excellence and functions accomplishing this goal in five client satisfaction. How Accenture helped distinct steps (see Figure 1).
ITP chose Accenture to collaborate with • PLM benchmark: Functional diagnosis
Business challenge the company on a PLM transformation and market analysis initiative. Accenture was selected • PLM processes reengineering: End-to-end In 2010 the company decided to refine and primarily due to its global PLM network operating analysis for Manufacturing & align its strategic goals and supporting and alliances needed to deliver high Engineering. Harmonization to create operations to fuel top and bottom line quality services and solutions across the the “To-be” picture improvements while better responding to globe. In collaborating with ITP to design, • PLM Manufacturing implementation and customers’ changing demands. The pilot and implement new PLM processes SAP integration updated strategy focused on reducing and solutions, Accenture leveraged the • PLM Engineering implementation and time-to-market of products, maintaining experience of Accenture Technology Labs, SAP integration engineering efficiency and optimizing the Strategy practice from Accenture • Data migration from any legacy systems plant productivity, as well as improving Consulting, the firm’s PLM Center of (including Windchill) product traceability and quality, even Excellence (Bangalore), PRION Group as operations became more globalized. (now part of Accenture), Avanade, and ITP’s 2010-2015 business plan called for Accenture’s ongoing collaboration with tripling production rates, while also Siemens. “The role of PLM software is • Reducing delivery delays About Accenture considered key. All of the information • Increasing new sales opportunities by can be traced using PLM software, improving the qualification processes Accenture is a global management which allows us to track and monitor • Improving Engineering capabilities and consulting, technology services and it through the company so we can Program Management visibility outsourcing company, with approximately achieve our goal, which is to produce • Enabling higher percentages of 319,000 people serving clients in more the most competitive, efficient design commonality of parts, which reduces than 120 countries. Combining at the lowest possible cost.” inventory and related costs unparalleled experience, comprehensive Ignacio Mataix (CEO of ITP) capabilities across all industries and Over the next few years, ITP aims to business functions, and extensive research “squeeze the value” of the PLM platform on the world’s most successful companies, High performance delivered to achieve even higher efficiency levels. Accenture collaborates with clients to Goals include increasing reuse of help them become high-performance Accenture was able to transition ITP Engineering Detail Drawings for businesses and governments. The company from using multiple isolated systems Manufacturing and Engineering BOM generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion to having an integrated PLM platform for Manufacturing BOM, and also for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2014. across processes and systems in a matter generating an ERP warning when Its home page is www.accenture.com. of months. Teamcenter & T4S was up drawings or BOMs are modified to and running in both Manufacturing reduce these instances. within eight months and Engineering in 14 months, exceeding ITP’s expectations “Our vision was to have a single and original timetable. source of truth where users could access the right data in a consistent The end-to-end PLM transformation is and harmonized environment. Accenture continuing and on track to enable the was the company chosen by us to make strategic and operations goals identified. this PLM journey. Now the PLM Current successes include: business benefits are a reality, and we • Having greater agility to make design are capturing them continuously” modifications and new product Carlos Tarazona, PLM Project Manager, ITP introductions • Reducing non-quality costs (scrap and rework)