Bluestar PLM for the Automotive Industry
Bluestar PLM offers a scalable module-based PLM solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management, delivering different levels of integration with CAD, PLM and ERP, fitting your unique business needs. Start simple by CAD/PDM + ERP Connectors, explore a single business system by having CAD + PLM + ERP with Bluestar PLM, or move your business towards enterprise product configuration by choosing the Product Configuration Module.
One source of product truth to streamline your processes and time-to-market
Throughout the first two decades of the 21st century, manufacturers within or connected to the automotive PLM industry had to accommodate major shifts to their production system: Pure mass production was slowly replaced by the leaner mass customization approach and due to the ever-stricter emission rules, the main focus was switched to alternative fuels, while still having the need for servicing vehicles with traditional, fossil fuel drivetrain.
In order to fulfill the specific customer needs while not elongating the different engineering processes, manufacturers have to be able to manage their shared engineering data, streamline the engineering processes and enhance reusability. In this context, PLM automotive strategies become increasingly crucial.
The PLM automotive system allows manufacturers to control and manage the entire lifecycle of their products, from initial concept through to retirement, in an integrated and coherent manner. The automotive PLM approach also allows for the efficient management of BOMs, documents, and other product-related information, while offering real-time insights and tracking of engineering changes. This effectively leads to the streamlining of operations and the potential to bring innovative, customized products to the market faster, thereby enhancing competitive advantage in the automotive PLM industry.
Challenges of non-embedded PLM and ERP systems
- Manual data synchronization between the ERP, PLM and CAD systems can cause data misalignments.
- Reusing data is challenging due to time-consuming manual data transfers.
- Missing visibility in end-to-end business processes leads to non-value-added work time.
- Order fulfillments are delayed by bottlenecks causing operational performance to suffer.
- Sharing engineering data between different sites can be troublesome without a common data management system.
- Engineering change orders are executed without understanding the impact on the supply chain.
How Bluestar PLM benefits Automotive Industry Companies
Organize and reuse existing data
Utilize existing engineering data via machine intelligence-driven CAD-reuse or by standardized classification and attributes that can be used for identifying or auto-generating naming and description.
Establish a bi-directional information and data flow between CAD and ERP
Having the PLM embedded within the ERP and integrated with numerous 2D and 3D CAD systems fades the boundaries in between the systems, enhancing the traceability of data and supporting collaboration between different teams. Allowing engineers to access manufacturing data, or purchasing teams to view drawings and documents easily.
Synchronize data between different engineering sites
By using a shared database, all engineers and non-engineers within the system have the opportunity to access the single source data, helping in standardizing and reusing data. Accessibility and visibility can be restricted and managed by the company’s internal rules.
Share data easily
Export and share engineering data – including CAD files and documentation – BOM reports with suppliers, sub-suppliers or between non-connected sites in a smart and controlled manner.
Handle quality actions in your PLM
Create and keep track of warrants, supplier claims, corrective action requests and other quality management elements within the PLM system to easily determine and act on problematic products.
Manage engineering changes via workflows
Use advanced workflows of Bluestar PLM to manage and control different types of engineering changes, such as BOM change or mass replacement. With setting up task-specific responsible users or user groups, rules and notifications, communication going back and forth between people involved in a change can be minimized, while increasing the change’s transparency.
Modules for your Engineering
Bluestar PLM is an important part of our growth and error reduction. It is crucial that we effectively manage our documentation so that we can grow and deliver quality on time, which is a major strategies in all markets.
Jesper Hejselbaek, Technical Director, at Hvidtved Larsen, Hvidtved Larsen
From the very beginning, we wanted to introduce a system that would fully support us in meeting the requirements of our customers, and not start with a compromise. Even if we don’t need all the functionalities today, we are well prepared for the future. The fast and successful go-live was made possible by an agile project approach, the experience of the implementation specialists and the tools being used.
Mr. Matthias Autzen , CEO Trainvac
Our customers gain competitive advantages
We have implemented Bluestar PLM for more than hundreds of enterprises and world-wide 10,000 users. Following implementations, we have evaluated on our customers’ user experiences and benefits achieved from having our system onboard. These evaluations have given us great examples of the results gained from Bluestar PLM inside Dynamics 365/AX.
Whitepaper
“10 Reasons Why You Need ERP-based PLM”
Learn why PLM – Product Lifecycle Management, is essential for your manufacturing company to enter Industry 4.0. By having a single solution where the PLM system is embedded in ERP, you can fully leverage product data to satisfy customer demands and deliver orders on time and within budget.
Poul Bak Pedersen
Sales Director EMEA
pbp@bluestarplm.com