Advancing Defense with Cutting-Edge R&D
Our customer is a research and development laboratory responsible for the design and development of state-of-the-art systems and technologies required for the defense of the country. The organization executes multiple projects, one of which decided to utilize the Product Life Management software to reduce usage of paper and utilize Configuration management effectively to manage changes throughout the systems lifecycle of the complex products they build.
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Solution
Impact
With a complex product, and multiple variants, configuration management drove better product development alignment, efficiency, and coordination across engineering, production, and service departments. Engineering was allowed to reuse predefined variants and apply change management, quality workflows, and other processes to all like variants simultaneously reducing overall costs. Production performance becomes seamless with configuration-specific process plans and work instructions. Overall application of configuration management over the life cycle of the system provided better visibility and control of its performance, functional, and physical attributes.
Implementing a connected digital thread was possible with a robust product configuration which provided early visibility to change for all stakeholders, better quality, more reliable compliance, and efficient production. Development teams could also create and implement digital twins allowing design and engineering teams to explore more design options without the cost associated with the production and testing of physical prototypes.