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Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France), 3 July 2000--- Mitsubishi
Motors Corporation (MMC), a world leader in motor vehicle manufacturing,
IBM Japan, and Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY) announced today that
MMC selected ENOVIAVPM, product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions
for implementing complete digital design in the development of all new
Mitsubishi passenger cars, trucks and buses. ENOVIAVPM will be the exclusive
configured digital mock-up (DMU) system that MMC will implement for
product engineering. Using configured DMU will enable MMC to optimize
product definition and manufacturing processes.
The MMC enterprise environment will enable the company to accommodate
up to 1500 ENOVIAVPM users.
MMC selected ENOVIAVPM for its capabilities to contribute to overall
quality improvement and development cycle time reduction. Working with
IBM Japan and Dassault Systemes, MMC conducted extensive tests on ENOVIAVPM,
including implementing a pilot project to define and validate multiple,
simultaneous product variants. Contributing to the success of this project
was ENOVIA's configuration support, engineering change control, and
remote operation and security control functions, as well as ENOVIA's
complete integration with the MMC's existing CATIA CAD/CAM/CAE solutions.
When fully installed, ENOVIAVPM will be interfaced with MMC's proprietary
ENICS product data management system, creating a full-function product
development environment that includes legacy data integration. In addition,
MMC plans to include manufacturing process planning in its ENOVIAVPM
system to optimize the production cycle.
MMC will run ENOVIAVPM on IBM RS/6000 hardware at its sites in Japan
and throughout the world. The company has trained almost all of its
engineers to use ENOVIAVPM, about three-quarters of whom are involved
passenger car development, and one-quarter in truck and bus development.
Said Shinichi Oki, MMC general manager, engineering Information Technology,
"Our engineering group includes some of the world's most competent vehicle
engineers. We needed to give them tools supporting their capacity for
innovation. After evaluating ENOVIAVPM, we consider that it enhances
our vehicle engineering processes as well as satisfies our requirement
for high development quality."
Joel Lemke, ENOVIA Corp. chief executive officer, commented "We are
very pleased to welcome MMC as an ENOVIAVPM customer. MMC's focus on
innovation through implementing DMU from a business-process approach
positions them well to achieve their desired business results."
Sumiyoshi Shukuri, IBM Asia Pacific manager of product lifecycle management
solutions added, "As one of the world's leading automotive manufacturers,
MMC strives constantly to enhance its performance. We are proud that
this prestigious company has selected IBM's PLM solutions, e-business
expertise, and support to help MMC achieve its goals."
About Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) is a multinational manufacturer
and distributor of a full line of automotive products, including automobiles,
trucks, buses, parts and powertrains. It began as the motor vehicle
division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., with the production of
the first Mitsubishi automobile in 1917. In 1970, MMC became an independent
entity that is now a publicly traded company headquartered in Tokyo,
Japan. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is the first automaker to successfully
develop and apply Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) technology to realize
ultra-efficient engine operation. MMC has a dozen facilities throughout
Japan, as well as subsidiaries in the United States, the Netherlands,
Portugal, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. The company employs
more than 25000 professionals worldwide. For more information, consult
the MMC home page at http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp.
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80
years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Sales & Distribution,
which supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide, works with
companies of all sizes around the world to deploy the full range of
IBM technologies. The fastest way to get more information about IBM
is through the IBM home page at http://www.ibm.com.
About Dassault Systemes
Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY) is the premier global software developer
for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business
solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating
the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product in service.
CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA solutions support industry-specific business
processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development
cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value:
CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA
provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing
processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive,
collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes
and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product
life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks
and SmartSolutions, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively
3D design-centric and TeamPDM software solutions based on Windows. Information
about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.dsweb.com.
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation. CATIA and ENOVIA are trademarks of Dassault Systemes.
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