Streamlining Content Distribution with Exchange Hub

Founded in 1956, Lippert is a global leader in supplying highly engineered components and technology to the outdoor recreation and transportation markets. Operating from over 140 facilities across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, the company serves leading OEMs and aftermarket channels in the recreational vehicle, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle, and building products industries.

Lippert’s extensive product portfolio includes chassis, axles, slide-out mechanisms, leveling systems, awnings, furniture, windows, doors, towing products, and a wide range of innovative accessories. With over 10,000 employees worldwide, the company is committed to enhancing the mobile lifestyle through advanced manufacturing capabilities, innovative culture, and dedication to the customer experience.

The content distribution challenge

As Lippert continued to grow globally, the company recognized an opportunity to modernize their content distribution approach. Their existing system had served them well but was approaching end-of-life, leading to a strategic evaluation of next-generation solutions that could better support their evolving business needs.

The timing aligned perfectly with Lippert’s broader cloud migration initiative, where key business applications were being transitioned to more flexible, scalable platforms. This presented an ideal opportunity to enhance their content management capabilities while streamlining their 3DEXPERIENCE / ENOVIA environment.

Lippert envisioned a modern solution that would improve auditability and governance across their global operations, provide seamless access for manufacturing teams and other non-PLM users, and establish a foundation for expanded collaboration with external suppliers. The goal was to create a more efficient, secure, and scalable content distribution ecosystem that would support the company’s continued growth and innovation.

“Lippert PLM Services conducted an exhaustive multi-year review of modern PDF content management solutions. This review was an effort to select a solution to replace a rigid and antiquated system. PLM Services decided the best solution for Lippert was Exchange Hub by TECHNIA. The winning formula, as realized by PLM Services, is Exchange Hub’s rich feature set, the backend management solution known as Integration Framework, and the Exchange Hub support team.”

Ed Fennen, Director Corporate PLM Services | Lippert

Modernizing with Exchange Hub

Lippert partnered with TECHNIA to launch Exchange Hub on Cloud as a solution for comprehensive transformation of the content distribution infrastructure in just 4 months. The implementation brought together best practices and modern capabilities to support Lippert’s vision:

• Seamless data migration from the legacy system to the Exchange Hub, preserving continuity while embracing new capabilities.
• Automated PDF publishing and watermarking from ENOVIA using Integration Framework.
• Intelligent content retrieval through ERP integration for streamlined workflows.
• SSO (single sign-on) implementation for effortless access across manufacturing teams.
• Intuitive data-sharing experience connecting ENOVIA to downstream users.
• Leveraging Integration Framework to enhance the integration to ENOVIA ensures upgradability with ENOVIA over time via a simplified configurable integration approach
• Robust audit trail capabilities for enhanced governance and compliance.

Business transformation

With 1100 enterprise users now live on the platform, leading to significant operational improvements:

• Retired legacy system maintenance overhead and costs.
• Faster governed publishing with automated watermarking.
• Reduced customizations through standard Exchange Hub connectors.
• Enhanced auditability with detailed download tracking.
• Improved data governance and security.
• Streamlined user experience prioritized for broad adoption.
• Scalable foundation ready for external supplier onboarding in 2026.

The implementation addressed immediate technical challenges and positioned Lippert for future growth, with the infrastructure now in place to extend secure collaboration to key suppliers and partners.

The close collaboration between Lippert and TECHNIA teams throughout the migration and integration program combined deep technical expertise with practical business knowledge. From initial data migration through Integration Framework publishing configuration, ERP and SSO integrations, rigorous UAT with manufacturing users, and comprehensive enablement across the organization, the partnership delivered results efficiently. Lippert’s strong foundation with ENOVIA and 3DEXPERIENCE enabled smooth adoption and quick time-to-value.