PLM platform with global change management
Kostal uses CIM Database for company-wide control of product development processes and projects and beyond
- Electronic and electromechanical products
- 19,100 employees worldwide (2023)
- € 3.3 billion sales (2022, preliminary)
The KOSTAL Group develops, produces and distributes electronic and electromechanical products for the automotive industry, photovoltaics and drive technology, as well as testing and automation systems for the production of electronic and mechatronic components. KOSTAL introduced CIM Database in 2005 for CAD data management and has been continuously expanding the system ever since. Today, the PLM platform is tightly integrated into the company-wide process and IT system landscape. More than 5,000 users worldwide use the system to control processes and projects in the product development environment and beyond.
- Consistent data management for CAD and CAE systems
- Better collaboration through integration of mechanical, electronic and software disciplines
- Cross-system global change management
- Comprehensive support through integrated project management
- Safeguarding of development processes through simulation and visualization functions
- CAx data management for Mentor Graphics, Catia V5 and NX
- Project management incl. resource planning in multi-project environment
- Cybertronic BOMs and rule-based variant management incl. geometry generation
- Control of the global change management from the request to the analysis, planning and release of technical changes up to the transfer to the ERP system
- Integration of SAP, SharePoint and various simulation systems
- Comprehensive 3D visualization functions along the process chain – including 3D drawings with PMI
- Globally consistent data and secure processes
- Integrated data model as basis for interdisciplinary function-oriented development
- Central database for multi-project planning
- Shorter lead times for changes thanks to cross-system transparent control of global change management
- Efficient control of volume, process and logistics changes thanks to excellent connection between PLM platform, SAP and Sharepoint
- Secured development processes through integrated simulation methods and visualization functions
- Greatly simplified handling of variant management thanks to feature-based mapping of variant logic with maximum BOMs
"The cooperation with CONTACT works at a high technological level, in which even complex requirements on our part are convincingly implemented."
Eberhard Reich
Head of Process Department
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
