Grand River Successfully Integrates ERP System With PTC Windchill(R); Achieves fastest integration of PLM and ERP
PTC , the Product Development Company(TM), today announced that Grand River Group, a leading Chinese motorcycle manufacturer, has successfully integrated its Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system, SAP, with PTC Windchill.
Grand River is China's top motorcycle manufacturer with about 1.8 million motorcycles manufactured last year. Grand River deployed PTC Windchill ProjectLink and Windchill PDMLink, to build a sophisticated product development system that allowed for better management of product data and team communication. Motorcycle product development is a highly complex process requiring fast innovation, complex information exchange among multiple departments and extensive prototyping. Additionally, Grand River has very stringent requirements for product quality, including market research, product development, product manufacturing, components supply and customer service. The company requires that data in the product lifecycle should be consistent, accurate and easy-to-trace. This deployment is also positioned to fulfill corporate development strategies and increase corporate management efficiency.
Historically, enterprise system integrations have required error-prone manual processes or fragile, custom point-to-point solutions that often result in significant cost and product quality issues. Windchill ESI synchronizes processes and information, enabling optimization of product development while minimizing risk and total cost of ownership. Windchill ESI was used to integrate Grand River's new product development system with their existing SAP implementation. Via bi-directional integration, Windchill ESI enables robust connection between PLM and ERP systems, accelerating time-to-market through improved process coordination between engineering and manufacturing. Grand River is the first Chinese company to use PTC Windchill ESI for ERP integration.
"Before working with PTC, our ERP system and product development processes operated independently. As a result of the integration, it provided a more integrated IT architecture as well as a good foundation to shorten our product development lifecycle," said Mr. Hailan Chen, the deputy general manager of Grand River. "We are extremely pleased with the functionality as well as the flexibility of PTC's PLM solutions to meet our product development and ERP integration needs."
"Integrating PLM with ERP systems has long been a challenge in the industry as it traditionally involves a long and complicated implementation process," said Dhiren Verma, director of automotive product and market strategy, PTC. "This successful integration was achieved in record-breaking time allowing Grand River's product development and manufacturing processes to work together seamlessly."
About Grand River
Grand River Group Co., Ltd was established in November, 1991. It is a large-scale enterprise specialized in motorcycle production. Grand River is a group company integrating R&D, manufacture and sales, covering under its roof motorcycle plant, engine plant and plants for main components/parts. Therefore, it is one of the largest motorcycle manufacturers in China. Sales and output of Grand River Group in the past three years were 1 million, 1.5 million and 1.8 million units, ranked first in China. Further information on Grand River is available at http://www.dachangjiang.com
About PTC Solutions for Automotive
PTC solutions for automotive are designed to meet the product design and product life cycle management needs of both OEMs and suppliers in the automotive industry. PTC provides enterprise 3D design, product data management and collaboration solutions to over 1400 automotive manufacturers including 8 of the top ten powertrain suppliers and 3 of the top 5 OEMs.
About PTC
PTC provides leading product lifecycle management (PLM), content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. PTC customers include the world's most innovative companies in manufacturing, publishing, services, government and life sciences industries. PTC is included in the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indices. For more information on PTC, please visit http://www.ptc.com.
