使用 aPriori 简化新产品推出流程：Caterpillar 案例研究
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 事件驱动型应用
- 功能应用 - 制造执行系统 (MES)
适用行业
- 水泥
- 矿业
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 质量保证
用例
- 制造过程模拟
- 时间敏感网络
服务
- 系统集成
- 测试与认证
关于客户
Caterpillar 是世界领先的建筑和采矿设备、柴油和天然气发动机、工业燃气轮机以及柴电机车制造商。该公司拥有超过 107,700 名员工，营收达 481.9 亿美元。 Caterpillar 多年来一直是 aPriori 客户，aPriori 制造洞察部署在公司各地和世界各地的不同部门进行。在本案例研究中，Caterpillar 铺路产品部门的供应商协作工程师 Steve Vito 分享了 aPriori 如何帮助 Caterpillar 新产品推出 (NPI) 计划的示例。
挑战
Caterpillar 是一家领先的建筑和采矿设备、柴油和天然气发动机、工业燃气轮机以及柴电机车制造商，该公司正在寻求更加主动地制定成本和设计决策。该公司正在处理大型、复杂、互连且相互依赖的产品和零件设计，这需要对其产品成本和设计决策采取更积极主动的策略。 Caterpillar 还面临着手工成本核算的难题，这种方式既耗时又低效。该公司试图消除降低成本的需要，这需要额外的资源，从而增加成本。此外，卡特彼勒与供应商就零件成本进行了一年多的谈判，但没有成功。
解决方案
Caterpillar 求助于 aPriori（一个提供制造见解的平台）来简化其新产品推出 (NPI) 流程。 aPriori 使 Caterpillar 在不到一个小时的时间内建立了产品成本模型，其中包括作为成本重要组成部分的定制焊接。对成本模型进行小幅调整后，Caterpillar 将设计和产品报价发送给另一家供应商，为他们节省了超过 110 万美元。 aPriori 还帮助 Caterpillar 解决了两个业务问题：成本建模以及通过 aPriori 数字工厂显着简化 NPI 流程。该平台的成本建模软件被用于 NPI 流程的每个阶段，节省时间和金钱，并帮助做出更好的设计决策。 aPriori 的数字工厂模拟为 Caterpillar 提供了他们所需的制造见解，以一次性实现设计、质量和成本目标。
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