PRODUCT LINE

How to valuably “ideate” to identify new opportunities for product to step ahead?

Aerospace OEM. A world leader in access to space. Needs: How to identify new feasible ideas that allow company to remain competitive, even to become one step ahead, in a call for proposal? The customer context led CESAMES to focus...

How to quickly assess product maturity and leverage its development plan?

AUTOMOTIVE, CONSULTING, PRODUCT LINE

A French global automotive supplier. Needs: How to define objectives and performances that product shall reach? How to define functions to cover needs and safety requirements and associated architecture? How to define IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation, and Qualification) strategy? The...

S/W Product Line: Mission Preparation Systems

DEFENSE & SPACE, PRODUCT LINE

An international leader in the aerospace / defense industry. Project based on cartography for military usage. A vast variety of applications: mission preparation, mission operation, with little reuse from project to project. A strong need to slash down NRC (Non-Recurring...

Radio-telescope product line automated sales configurator

DEFENSE & SPACE, PRODUCT LINE

A world-leader radio-telescope manufacturer has made a significant evolution from full-custom systems to product line over a range of systems to address export growth. However, after 2 years the company is facing several issues: Reuse benefits are not present Product...

Aircraft manufacturing costs optimization

AERONAUTICS, PRODUCT LINE

A European multinational aerospace corporation which manufactures aircraft. High level of customization of the product (a major structural assembly), each one being optimized for its specific environment (specific loads). High impact of this variability, yet little awareness of the inefficiency...

IT Server key components variability streamlining

ELECTRONICS TELECOM ROBOTICS, PRODUCT LINE

An international leader of the high tech industry, 150.000 collaborators around the world, Multi-billions € of income. IT Servers Business Unit issues : An unmanaged component diversity that has exploded generating extra costs, Manufacturing lead time too important. Here are...

Elevator product portfolio rationalization

CONSTRUCTION, PRODUCT LINE

One of the world leading manufacturer of elevators. Re-use approach was inefficient, and design rework for each new product generated avoidable costs and development time. Every high-rise project required a high level of customization, due to : Regions Building (customer)...

Product line transformation

CONSTRUCTION, ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE, PRODUCT LINE

A world leader in home automation connected solutions covering a wide range of products : shutter actuators, cameras, locks, … as well as cloud services, apps and data switches. In Shutter Actuators : many different components doing ‘almost’ the same...

How to speed-up and improve development of an innovative mechanical part?

AERONAUTICS, CONSULTING, PRODUCT LINE

How to design and industrialize a mechanical part, while improving performances, reducing planning, increasing technological maturity from TRL 3 to 6? Here are the 3 main phases that we followed: 1. Define product structure and performances to identify KDD and...