Global PLM platform with integrated cost calculation
KIRCHHOFF Automotive uses CIM Database to manage its development projects and long-term business planning
- Metal and hybrid structures for body-in-white and chassis
- Over 13,000 employees (2022)
- €2.5 billion in sales (2022)
With numerous applications, CIM Database has been the global PLM platform at KIRCHHOFF Automotive since 2012. In 2019, the family-owned company decided to introduce the CONTACT Elements module Product Costing. This enables KIRCHHOFF to supply the global quotation processes with all costing-relevant data from CIM Database.
- Support complex development processes through intelligent data management and handle them in a global network
- Map product development from the quotation phase to the start of production
- Integrated solution for tool and product costing as well as for quotation calculation and sales planning for early investment decisions
- CIM Database as central platform in development, sales, project management, advance quality planning, work preparation, purchasing, costing and controlling
- Integrations to several CAD and Office applications as well as to SAP
- Engineering change and program management
- Integrated product costing
- Location-based data replication using edge server technology
- Global access to consistent product data
- Time, cost and quality advantages through digital workflows and process control
- High project efficiency thanks to globally standardized processes with milestones for project progress and project-related tool costs
- Reliable sales planning, parts-related costing of variants and supply of global quotation processes with all costing-relevant data
- Demand-driven databases and good performance in the branches
Company-wide costing system supplies global quotation processes
Find out how KIRCHHOFF Automotive supplies its global quotation processes with all costing-relevant data for long-term sales planning and the efficient calculation of quotation variants.
Company-wide costing system supplies global quotation processes
Find out how KIRCHHOFF Automotive supplies its global quotation processes with all costing-relevant data for long-term sales planning and the efficient calculation of quotation variants.
Find out how KIRCHHOFF Automotive supplies its global quotation processes with all costing-relevant data for long-term sales planning and the efficient calculation of quotation variants.
"CONTACT's Product Costing is cost-efficient and offers clear functional advantages."
Dr. Heiko Engels
Global Executive Vice President Technical Development
KIRCHHOFF Automotive GmbH
