This was Open World 2024
2 days, 37 sessions, and 700 participants from all over the world: under the motto Fast Forward Digital Transformation, the event hit the pulse of digital change. Experience the highlights of PLM, IoT, AI, and cloud in our recap.
From SaaS to on-premises: PLM for every need
CONTACT's cloud offering provides flexibility: Companies can choose between Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), on-premises, or a hybrid model for operating their PLM application. Switching between options is possible at any time. Learn about the benefits of these different options for customers in our interview.
Apollo Tyres accelerates R&D processes with CONTACT Elements
The leading Indian tire manufacturer uses CONTACT Elements as the central product development and testing platform. The goal is to significantly shorten development times and increase the share of sustainable raw materials in the products to 40% – supported by a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) based on CIM Database PLM.
Five products, one platform – industry solutions powered by CONTACT Elements
PLM
Industrial IoT
Project management
Collaboration
Integration
PLM – Develop first-class products faster
Product development today is complex and often slow. Accelerate processes and projects by actively managing the life cycle of your products from the very beginning. Reduce routine tasks and errors and safely fulfill regulatory obligations. Our solution: CIM Database PLM powered by CONTACT Elements
PLM – Develop first-class products faster
Product development today is complex and often slow. Accelerate processes and projects by actively managing the life cycle of your products from the very beginning. Reduce routine tasks and errors and safely fulfill regulatory obligations. Our solution: CIM Database PLM powered by CONTACT Elements
Product development today is complex and often slow. Accelerate processes and projects by actively managing the life cycle of your products from the very beginning. Reduce routine tasks and errors and safely fulfill regulatory obligations. Our solution: CIM Database PLM powered by CONTACT Elements
IoT – Lifting the data treasure of the Digital Twin
Connecting your machines and systems offers great opportunities for more reliable manufacturing processes and better service business. The digital twin for smart industrial assets and a platform that makes digital business applications particularly easy lay the foundations. Our solution: CONTACT Elements for IoT.
IoT – Lifting the data treasure of the Digital Twin
Connecting your machines and systems offers great opportunities for more reliable manufacturing processes and better service business. The digital twin for smart industrial assets and a platform that makes digital business applications particularly easy lay the foundations. Our solution: CONTACT Elements for IoT.
Connecting your machines and systems offers great opportunities for more reliable manufacturing processes and better service business. The digital twin for smart industrial assets and a platform that makes digital business applications particularly easy lay the foundations. Our solution: CONTACT Elements for IoT.
Project management – Execute complex projects agile and right on target
Demanding projects, for example in engineering, often miss their time and cost frame because planning and implementation diverge. Hybrid project management combines planning, control and execution hand in hand through the interplay of agile and classic processes. Our solution: Project Office powered by CONTACT Elements.
Project management – Execute complex projects agile and right on target
Demanding projects, for example in engineering, often miss their time and cost frame because planning and implementation diverge. Hybrid project management combines planning, control and execution hand in hand through the interplay of agile and classic processes. Our solution: Project Office powered by CONTACT Elements.
Demanding projects, for example in engineering, often miss their time and cost frame because planning and implementation diverge. Hybrid project management combines planning, control and execution hand in hand through the interplay of agile and classic processes. Our solution: Project Office powered by CONTACT Elements.
Collaboration – Working hand in hand with other companies
Demanding products are the result of good cooperation between numerous companies. The challenge is to strengthen their interaction through the smooth flow of data and end-to-end processes across company boundaries. Our solution: Collaboration Hub powered by CONTACT Elements.
Collaboration – Working hand in hand with other companies
Demanding products are the result of good cooperation between numerous companies. The challenge is to strengthen their interaction through the smooth flow of data and end-to-end processes across company boundaries. Our solution: Collaboration Hub powered by CONTACT Elements.
Demanding products are the result of good cooperation between numerous companies. The challenge is to strengthen their interaction through the smooth flow of data and end-to-end processes across company boundaries. Our solution: Collaboration Hub powered by CONTACT Elements.
Integration – Use valuable data across system boundaries
Leverage the potential of data distributed in legacy systems such as ERP, CRM or PLM. Connect these systems through open APIs and offer your users an integrated view of all important data. Our solution: The integration platform CONTACT Elements.
Leverage the potential of data distributed in legacy systems such as ERP, CRM or PLM. Connect these systems through open APIs and offer your users an integrated view of all important data. Our solution: The integration platform CONTACT Elements.
Customer Success Stories
BASF Polyurethanes has been using CIM Database since 1994 as a platform for integrated product lifecycle management. When planning and managing development projects and designing new production plants, BASF's synthetics experts benefit from reliable processes and agile teamwork.
Read success storyMANN+HUMMEL is a global leader in the field of filtration. The group uses CIM Database to manage projects at approximately 50 locations worldwide and relies on powerful multi-CAD data management, materials management and BOM management. The specialist has also extensively digitalized its project management: CONTACT's hybrid methodology makes it possible to respond quickly to new market requirements by combining agile methods and conventional management.
Read success storyThe camshaft specialist thyssenkrupp Dynamic Components develops innovative solutions for the powertrain as a partner to automotive manufacturers. The global market leader ensures seamless PLM processes with CIM Database and real-time production control with CONTACT Elements for IoT. The goal of the Powertrain division of the globally renowned German conglomerate is to increase productivity along the industrial value chain and to expand its position as a leading technological automotive supplier.
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CONTACT Elements
The world's best platform to design and operate smart products
"CONTACT’s approach to digital threads based on CONTACT Elements’ open web architecture, configurable data model, and composable reusable components enables companies to break down silos and connect their data and processes across the product lifecycle from concept through life."
Mark Reisig, CIMdata 2024, on CONTACT as enabler for digital threads
Modular instead of monolithic
Use new building blocks faster, as with LEGO, and make updates productive earlier
Open interfaces instead of vendor lock-in
Use leading open source software and connect different systems more easily
Configuration instead of programming
Implement your own solutions more agilely in the low-code platform and maintain them more easily
Connecting data and processes end-to-end
Break down data silos and ensure interoperability along the digital thread
