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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE






                         CHASING EFFICIENCY




                         Safran Transmission Systems chose Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE
                         platform including the Co-Design to Target industry solution experience to
                         deliver digital continuity across all product-related departments. Here’s what

                         led to this decision and other benefits obtained…


































                                                                                                                Source: Dassault Systèmes’







                                    million. This is the   Multi-site collaboration  our partners, subcontractors and
                         850        number of hours    The  company's  digital  environ-  subsidiaries is an absolute neces-
                                                                                     sity to meet project deadlines.”
                                                       ment was a collection of hetero-
                                            Transmis-
                                    Safran
                         sion Systems’ power transmission   geneous and often incompatible   “The creation of Aero Gearbox
                         systems have operated worldwide.  software,  which  impeded data   International, our jointly-owned
                         With facilities in France and Po-  flow  between divisions,  subsid-  company with Rolls-Royce, has
                         land,  and  a  joint  venture  with   iaries  and  even with  partners.   made it more essential than ever
                         Rolls-Royce launched in 2015, the   Exchanging  information  was   to streamline collaboration with
                         company aimed to increase the   difficult,  which  slowed  down   a common toolset that facilitates
                         efficiency of its programs whose   the  development  process.  “We   access and use of intellectual prop-
                         data was previously managed by   are currently working on a num-  erty,” Moreau-Leroy added.
                         disparate software. “The main   ber of development  projects,
                         challenge in our profession is to be   for which  different  sites  need   Supporting reliable
                         able to ramp up production on new   to  collaborate together,”  Jean-  information access
                         programs and to reach the level of   Philippe  Salini,  PLM  Manager,   A single source of information
                         performance  our  clients  expect,”   Safran  Transmission  Systems,   helps ensure that the technical,
                         Hélène Moreau-Leroy, CEO, Sa-  said. “Smooth and instantaneous   physical and functional character-
          Source: Dassault Systèmes’  fran Transmission Systems, said.  exchange  of information  with   istics of a product are linked and




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