Success Story
Behind every new concept there’s the power to move you.
Behind the streamlined, rapid, successful introduction of GM’s latest vehicles, there are improved management systems and processes. And a trusted ally. EDS. When the world’s largest automaker set out to speed time to market, it chose EDS. By helping GM develop its product development lifecycle management solution, its global design and engineering teams can collaborate, seamlessly, in real time. As a result, the automaker is more efficient and better positioned to bring next-generation vehicles to market quicker and with reduced plant start-up time, design and engineering changes and at a lower cost. It accomplishes this by turning to the world's business ally.
/ Featured Service
Product Lifecycle Management Services
/ Challenge
To help the U.S. automaker reduce its concept through production cycle time so it can introduce innovative vehicles to the market faster and at a competitive cost.
/ Answers
To achieve a higher level of seamless collaboration between its design teams, EDS helped developed a next-generation product lifecycle management solution.
/ Results
By using the power in product lifecycle management, GM has reduced product development cycles in half, reduced manufacturing costs 30 to 60 percent and increased engineering productivity by up to 15 percent. In addition, GM now competes globally and is the leader in markets where business did not exist 10 years ago.
