Global Product Development Using PLM at CoorsTek
Challenge
- Meeting customer, regulatory and ISO requirements
- Maintaining data security
- Lack of common processes and systems
- Lack of central support and scalability
Solution
A simple, scalable approach to collaborative product development at a global level, based on ENOVIA and using Value Components.
Results
- Simplified UX (user experience)
- Customized workflows
- Customized UI views
- No custom ENOVIA coding
“We had a very positive global user response to TECHNIA’s Helium front end compared with past systems presented to the users. We really found the TECHNIA team to be very experienced and knowledgeable. They were very pleasant and easy to work with and had solutions for every problem we presented.”
Abdullah Hassouneh, Global Quality Senior Business Process Manager (eQMS) | CoorsTek
CoorsTek is a leader in engineered high-tech ceramics, manufacturing over 400 different materials used to make thousands of products. CoorsTek had a vision of working more efficiently across multiple plants, and analyzing global activity via a single enterprise system with unified processes. So, they turned to the experts at TECHNIA to help deliver a simple, scalable, and collaborative approach to global product development.
A single, configurable enterprise system for global product development
CoorsTek didn’t really have an enterprise system due to their quick acquisition of companies and a heavy focus on expansion. It was a challenge to meet customer, regulatory, and ISO requirements. With no common processes and systems, central support or scalability, security was also an issue. They required a single configurable enterprise system with unified processes that would enable them to work more efficiently across multiple plants and perform global analysis of plant activity. The solution needed to be scalable, to offer a central support system, and to provide data security and integrity. It also had to help them meet internal and external user needs and ISO and regulatory requirements.
A simple, scalable approach to global collaboration
CoorsTek turned to the experts at TECHNIA to help deliver a simple, scalable approach to collaborative product development at a global level. Using the Value Components Helium interface within ENOVIA, CoorsTek was able to create simplified and intuitive UIs for a range of different use cases in one system, and develop customized features tailored to their unique business requirements. Together, we achieved this without needing to modify any base ENOVIA code. This solution enables efficient working across multiple plants and the successful analysis of global plant activity.
The implementation of Value Components enabled a simplified user experience through customized UI views tailored to specific use cases, from new and unique roles and customized workflows to periodic document review and approval and real-time maintenance reporting accessible to management teams. All of this was achieved without having to modify the base ENOVIA code. The solution received a very positive global user response and enabled CoorsTek to crystallize their model plant vision.
