The globalization trend forcing asset reallocation, increased competition, high material costs, and increased governmental, regional and industry regulations are all pressures confronting the automotive industry today. These challenges, along with increased responsibility shifting down to the supply chain tiers, add to the complexity of managing automotive vehicle programs to budget and schedule. Consequently, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and suppliers need to be flexible and execute flawlessly when managing global vehicle product programs. To address the competitive pressures of the automotive industry, ENOVIA products deliver the following value:

-        Determine the optimal mix of product capabilities and platforms to meet market requirements and minimize engineering costs.

-        Schedule and track all aspects of the product development process in real time as the work is completed.

-        Securely involve the supply chain in the entire Product Lifecycle to enable efficient collaboration.

-        Actively engage in supplier development by designing, implementing and tracking supplier performance plans and scorecards.

-        Enable systems engineering through a comprehensive strategy based on Requirements, Functional, Logical and Physical (RFLP) product definitions.

-        Single integrated environment for CATIA, DELMIA, and SIMULIA.

-        Manage most MCAD and ECAD tools in a single environment to accommodate OEM demands and internal standards.

-        Aggregate design work-in-process into bill-of-materials satisfying the needs of product and manufacturing engineering.

-        Decrease costs and promote knowledge transfer by classifying IP for reuse, and utilizing extended enterprise information in planning and decision making.