Alpine Accelerates Time-to-Market of Innovative Electronics Products With PLM Solutions From IBM and Dassault Systèmes

Alpine Accelerates Time-to-Market of Innovative Electronics Products With PLM Solutions From IBM and Dassault Systèmes

IBM and Dassault Systèmes announced today that Alpine Electronics, a leading manufacturer of car audio and car navigation systems, has achieved concrete business benefits using IBM’s Integrated Mechanical Product Development Solution (IMPD) for the Electronics Industry, developed by Dassault Systèmes. This solution has allowed Alpine to develop a significantly faster design method, capable of reducing man-hours by 35% on new modeling of plastic molded parts and by 70% for design changes to the modeling, thus accelerating the time-to-market of innovative products.

In a highly challenged automotive industry, Alpine needed to foster innovation while keeping its renowned high level of quality and accelerate time-to-market. To meet those challenges, Alpine selected IBM’s Integrated Mechanical Product Development Solution (IMPD) for the Electronics Industry, based on CATIA V5, for 3D digital product definition and SMARTEAM, for collaborative product data and lifecycle management, both developed by Dassault Systèmes, and tailored to the specific needs of the electrical and electronics industries.

Targeting quality, cost and delivery, Alpine focused on IMPD to promote its PLM deployment, developing a faster design method by collaborating between structural product development division and injection mold subsidiary. This improved design quality and reduced man-hours and, as a result, led to shortened design time and increased productivity. With these achievements, Alpine will be in a prime position to respond flexibly to the accelerating trend in the automobile industry towards shortened development time, and quicker response to varied customer needs.

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