UGS PLM Software technology currently enables General Motors (GM) product development, manufacturing and supplier teams to define, organize and conduct real-time design reviews with access to digital product information across all of GM’s global engineering centers, manufacturing sites and more than 1,000 supplier locations worldwide.
These agreements extend the use of UGS PLM Software’s PLM technology and services and expand GM’s use of UGS Tecnomatix software, UGS PLM Software’s digital manufacturing solution for factory layout, simulation and process planning.
Digital manufacturing gives GM the ability to validate every process used in a plant, ultimately encompassing the entire operation, before the actual plant is even built.
GM continues to refine its use of a single, common suite of commercial applications from UGS PLM Software for all its global vehicle and powertrain programs, said Terry Kline, process information officer for global product development at General Motors Information Systems & Services. This allows us to better manage the IT environment, upgrade systems and collaborate in real-time. With more than 30,000 installed seats, UGS PLM Software’s technology is an integral component of our global vehicle development and manufacturing process.
