Boeing Deploys Dassault Systèmes Update to Digital Tools for 787 Global Team

Boeing is the first company to deploy the latest updates to the V5 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software suite by Dassault Systèmes including CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA. The introduction included Boeing sites as well as members of the global 787 team.

The update, known as Release 15 (R15), provides the global 787 Dreamliner team with improved integration between its ENOVIA collaboration backbone and DELMIA manufacturing definition tool. The team can better access and manipulate critical product information in real time. The V5R15 software also better integrates updates between designs and assembly information – eliminating the need for 2D installation drawings.

“Our global team started using the software updates only two days after Dassault Systèmes made it available,” said Mike Bair, vice president and general manager of the 787 program for Boeing. “The improvements to the software are helping us reduce the time necessary to make design changes and virtually modify and test parts.”

The V5 PLM application suite is part of an overall approach to managing the international collaboration, known as the Global Collaboration Environment (GCE), on the 787 program. In this virtual environment, Boeing and its partners are using V5 PLM applications to design, build and test every aspect of the 787 airplane and its manufacturing processes digitally and before production begins.

“Boeing and Dassault Systèmes are partners in developing the software solutions that are enabling the global 787 team to leverage its strengths and work together even across many different time zones and geographic regions,” said Dave Fennell, vice president, Boeing Information Systems and Boeing PLM.

“Boeing’s continued trust in Dassault Systèmes’ solutions for the remarkable 787 Dreamliner demonstrates the robustness and global capabilities of V5 with CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA, all together,” said Bernard Charlès, president and CEO, Dassault Systèmes. “This rapid rollout is the result of a close-knit partnership between Boeing and Dassault Systèmes and demonstrates the power of the GCE and the value that V5 PLM can quickly bring to any company.”

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The 787 is a family of three super-efficient airplanes that will provide passengers with a better flying experience, including an improved cabin environment with more room and more conveniences. The 787-8 will carry 223 passengers in three classes of seating with a range of up to 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 kilometers). The 787-3, a model of the 787-8 optimized for shorter flights, will carry 296 passengers in two-class seating on range up to 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 kilometers). The 787-9, a longer version of the 787-8, will carry 259 passengers in three classes with a range of 8,300 nautical miles (15,400 kilometers).

DaimlerChrysler Signs Multi-Million Euro Contract for DELMIA Digital Manufacturing Technology

DELMIA and DaimlerChrysler AG have recently announced a multi-million Euro agreement to implement the use of the DELMIA Digital Factory (DF) solution to DaimlerChrysler Corp. DaimlerChrysler will use DELMIA in the Mercedes Car Group’s DF project. This agreement reinforces the strategic partnership between DaimlerChrysler and DELMIA Corp.

The DF project is one of the largest IT projects within DaimlerChrysler. The DELMIA DF solution includes planning and optimization processes for digital product and process validation, assembly, body manufacturing, and chassis and assembly production as well as logistics for DaimlerChrysler vehicle projects.

The solution supports system-supplier cooperation and enables the company to distribute work among several locations, while improving quality, reducing costs and shortening production time. Particularly for the early stages of planning, implementation of DELMIA DF represents a major step toward the Mercedes Car Group’s goal of delivering quality products while effectively managing increasing competition and cost pressure.

“The cooperation with our partner, DELMIA Corp., started well before the agreement was signed and has laid the foundation for the success of this strategic project,” said Günter Walz, Vice President of Production Planning (PP) Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars.

"With this agreement, which confirms the confidence and great expectations of both partners concerning long-term cooperation, the partnership between DaimlerChrysler and DELMIA Corp. has reached a decisive stage,” said Philippe Charlès, CEO, DELMIA Corp. “This development is based on the successful performance of the project, which indicates that companies can realize great savings through digital validation of manufacturing processes. Following considerable investment by DaimlerChrysler in DELMIA solutions in recent years, the general agreement governs the modalities for the use of DELMIA software in the imminent broad-based rollout.”

It is for these reasons that in 2000 DaimlerChrysler and its software partner DELMIA launched the project Digital Factory. The goal was to establish and optimize production milestones in the early stages of a particular program by using three-dimensional models. After already achieving considerable cost savings with the SLK model, the method was also applied to the new A-class models. This encompassed planning studies, welding and assembly processes, material flow, and optimization of process cycle times. An integrated digital development process from product planning to factory planning will be implemented for the first time for the next generation of E-class vehicles. One result that quantifies the success of the method is in the reduction of welding clamps, which went from 370 used to just 15. In the case of the actual C-class cars, optimizing the ergonomics reduced assembly time from 20 hours to 15 hours and a further reduction to 10 hours is anticipated. In addition to these productivity improvements, it is hoped to use an assembly line for several generations of a particular class of passenger vehicles.

A basic requirement for the sustained safeguarding of the ability of the German automobile industry to compete is to ensure that all processes in the value-added chain are continually improved and optimized. To that end, the digital factory makes an important contribution. If we use the instruments, processes and organization of the digital factory we will add to the increase in efficiency of our site locations. Our contribution to this will ensure Germany’s position in the automobile industry. Basically, there are two approaches for the digital factory which can lead to a higher degree of products, processes, buildings and equipment. Right now we can integrate these before production facilities are installed or started. Through consistent widespread application of the methods of the digital factory, new product designs can be easily moved into the manufacturing processes, ensuring the requirements of production are already covered during the development phase of a vehicle.

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