"Scania will upgrade their complete CAD-archive. Matrix will provide easy and secure access to all models and drawings for product and tooling design." said Jonas Gejer - Sales Executive Technia AB. "We hope that Scania will continue the implementation into other areas after the initial project. Focus in the initial project is to replace existing systems and provide new functionality through WEB-technology and electronic release and approval for CAD-data".
"Scania is for Technia another leading Nordic Company choosing Technia and the Matrix system. Technia has secured some significant contracts lately in both Sweden and Finland" said Staffan Hanstorp, President Technia AB.
"The selection of Technia and Matrix has been based upon an evaluation and a definition project, this has resulted in a clearly defined scope of delivery" -explains Per Holst, Manager IS/IT Product Development and Folke Bågstam, Manager Information Technology Workshops, Scania CV AB.
The selection of Matrix is based upon the following criteria's that is important to Scania:
An Architecture which a supports an Object oriented way of thinking and functionality which will be deployed through the module Business Modeler
Strong Flexibility and tailorability that allows dynamic changing of the system while in production.
Use of both desktop Unix and WEB-clients
Strong capabilities for implementing new releases of Matrix with existing implementation and configuration including Scania specific adaptations.
Capability of meeting Scanias requirements through standard functionality.
"Technia as a system supplier will ensure that Scania will have control over the delivery including functionality, costs and delivery timing" continues Per Holst and Folke Bågstam.
The project is divided into three phases with a total duration of One Year, and more that 2500 users at Scania and Partners will be using the system.
Jonas Gejer, Technia AB jonas.gejer@technia.se
Staffan Hanstorp, Technia AB staffan.hanstorp@technia.se
Per Holst, Scania AB, per.holst@scania.com
Scania CV AB is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of heavy trucks, buses and engines. Scania of today is a truly global corporation, operating in about 100 countries, with approximately 95 percent of sales outside Sweden. Scania has a total of about 23,800 employees, about 10,500 of them in Sweden. Today approximately 95 percent of its output is sold outside Sweden. Scania is represented in more than 100 markets. It has production facilities in four European countries and at two locations in Latin America. The total sales for 1997 was 39,7 billions SEK. For more information, see www.scania.com
Technia implements integrated change and help the customers develop their people, organizations and processes with modern IT systems. The systems and solutions are based on leading products in the field of CAD/CAM and PDM. Technia has a total of 50 employee and a total sales of 90 millions. The three offices are located in Stockholm, Linköping and Helsinki. Technia has delivered systems and qualified consultantservices to several leading industrial companies in the Nordic region, such as: Ahlstrom Machinery, ABB Switchgear, ESAB, ASSA, Atlet, BT Products, Ericsson, Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, SAPA, Thorsman.
Matrix PDM System from MatrixOne Inc. is the solution that dramatically improves companies' product development competitiveness. Matrix is used by more than 370 major companies worldwide, across a wide variety of industries to solve critical business issues, delivering measurable business benefits, including faster time-to-market, regulatory compliance, increased quality, reduced product development costs and improved innovation. Example of companies using Matrix: Texas Instrument, John Deere, Toshiba, Motorola, Philips, Lucent Technologies, BT Products, MacGregor, Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, ESAB, SECO Tools, Autoliv and Thorsman & Co.