MAN Nutzfahrzeuge (MAN), IBM, and Dassault Systèmes recently announced that MAN Nutzfahrzeuge will standardise all product development using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions from IBM and Dassault Systèmes, including best practice methodologies and new ENOVIA V5 LCA products.

The announcement is in line with the strategic decision from MAN Nutzfahrzeuge to standardise product development processes across its bus and truck divisions. The implementation of the IBM and Dassault Systèmes PLM solutions at MAN is designed to improve the company's product diversity management of a great number of different truck and bus base models. The agreement with MAN includes approximately 700 ENOVIA LCA licences.

ENOVIA LCA is a product data management application suite that supports complex product development processes with a high degree of variants, typical of the truck and bus manufacturing industry. Using its integrated product, process, resources (PPR) infrastructure, ENOVIA LCA is designed to manage engineering and manufacturing processes built around multidisciplinary multisite configured digital mock-ups. ENOVIA LCA will be used throughout the entire company, tightly integrated with CATIA V5, the core product development application in the IBM and Dassault Systèmes PLM portfolio, as well as MAN's own legacy systems.

Implementation, methodology, services and support will be provided by MAN IT and IBM Global Services.

For more information: Igal Filipovski, CDC (CNC Design Consultants), 011 786 3516.