Bagnolo in Piano, Italy and Paris, France –
November 4, 2003 – IBM and Dassault Systèmes
(Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA)
today announced that EMAK, a worldwide supplier of
outdoor power equipment for lawn and garden
maintenance, has signed a contract for Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and services.
IBM PLM Solutions, with CATIA V5, the world’s
leading virtual product development platform, and
SMARTEAM for collaborative product data
management, developed by Dassault Systèmes, will
enable EMAK to improve its product development
processes and its ability to use product-related
information to make better business decisions and
deliver greater value to customers.
The EMAK PLM project, launched in June, is
expected to produce its first results by the end
of the year. The main benefits of the PLM project
will be: greater efficiency by reducing the
time-to-market; lower design and engineering
change costs; increased re-use of corporate
knowledge; improved customer service; and better
collaboration with suppliers through collaboration
and information sharing.
“When designing a new product, the first steps are
the most critical because there are many unknown
factors relating to the product and how to
manufacture it,” said Marco Pederzini, head of the
PLM program at EMAK, “Using PLM applications from
IBM and Dassault Systèmes, we are able to simulate
a product from the very first stages while it is
still relatively easy and inexpensive to introduce
design modifications. By simulating and analysing
various designs, we can optimize product quality,
streamline our production, and cut costs.”
In the initial stage of the project, the IBM PLM
solutions running on IBM Intellistations will be
implemented within the technical department. The
long-term goal, however, is to extend the platform
throughout the company, including the extended
supplier network.
“EMAK’s decision to implement an IBM PLM platform
is based on market-proven business benefits
derived from the solutions,” said Gianluca
Gonella, IBM PLM South Region Manager. “This
project confirms the close relationship between
EMAK and IBM and underscores the importance of a
collaborative workplace for gaining competitive
advantage. IBM will continue to support EMAK in
its endeavour to increase productivity, build more
innovative products and better address customer
demand.”
The benefits of our PLM solutions will be dramatic
for EMAK,” said Denis Senpéré, vice president PLM
Europe, Dassault Systèmes. “With CATIA V5, EMAK
engineers will be able to optimize their product
designs, share data, and reuse existing product
knowledge. With SMARTEAM, they will manage
technical documentation, engineering change
processes, and engineering BOMs. The result will
be improved product quality, shorter development
cycles, and lower costs.”
About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in PLM (Product Lifecycle
Management) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group
brings value to more than 65,000 customers in 80
countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market
since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets
PLM application software and services that support
industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of
the entire life cycle of products from conception
to retirement. Its offering includes integrated
PLM solutions for product development (CATIA,
ENOVIA, DELMIA, SMARTEAM), mainstream product
design tools (SolidWorks), and 3D components
(SPATIAL). Dassault Systèmes is listed on the
Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA)
stock exchanges.
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About EMAK
EMAK, located at Bagnolo in Piano (Northern
Italy), with the Oleo-Mac and Efco brand names,
is among Europe's top five in the design,
engineering, manufacturing and marketing of a
wide range of outdoor power equipments - such as
chainsaws, brushcutters and lawnmowers - through
a dealer network of 120 distributors in 70
countries ( http://www.emak.it).
The core business is focused on gardening,
landscaping and forestry equipments and the
accounting figures in 2002 were Euro 147 million
of sales.
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