Production-management partnership revs up automotive DFM
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 8/23/2007 9:33:00 AM
GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, is teaming up with Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, to integrate production management and ERP systems.
Areas of business focus and expertise include:
· Communicating production engineering inputs to product design to support design for manufacturability (DFM);
· Driving enterprise operations efficiency to cut down costs;
· Integrating sales and operations planning processes to facilitate faster customer response;
· Focusing on enterprise-level quality processes to enhance customer loyalty;
· Enterprise application offerings across CAD, CAE, PLM, SCM, ERP, and CRM; and
· Manufacturing operations management expertise across shop-floor controllers, HMI/SCADA, MES, and enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) levels.
“GE Fanuc and Wipro Technologies have substantial experience and shared relationships with the leaders in the Automotive industry, making this arrangement beneficial to our clients,” says Sudip Banerjee, president, Enterprise Solutions, Wipro Technologies. “The manufacturing operations of automotive industry present large scale implementation challenges that are well-served by this arrangement. This alliance is a building block in Wipro’s overall solution strategy to enable a Collaborative Value Network for our Manufacturing clients.”
