Sundiro Honda Motorcycle Co.

Motorcycles, scooters, and e-bikes
2,300 employees

Sundiro Honda is a Chinese-Japanese joint venture founded in 2001, in which Sundiro Holding and Honda each hold 50 percent of the shares. The company focuses on the development and production of motorcycles, scooters, and electric vehicles with low emissions and high technological value. Since 2019, Sundiro Honda has relied on CIM Database as its PLM system for the development and production of its environmentally friendly high-tech vehicles. By doing so, the joint venture benefits from streamlined and accelerated processes, enabling it to bring its products to market more quickly.

Task and objective

Implementation of a central platform to map all processes across the vehicle lifecycle
Minimize delays in production launches
Improve collaboration in engineering
Provide management with an overview of the current status of development projects at any time

Solution

CIM Database PLM as the central data hub for the entire vehicle lifecycle
Definition of clear rules for engineering collaboration and standardization of processes in research and development
Integrated project management with numerous features and functions for both project control and execution
Standardized engineering change management through workflows
CAD data management
Document management
Classification with Universal Classification

Benefits

Seamless cross-site collaboration of engineering departments throughout all phases of research and development processes
End-to-end and accelerated processes, from component development and manufacturability verification to virtual design reviews and their approval
Efficiency and cost advantages, such as faster import, better classification, and easier reuse of Honda-provided Catia data
Agile development process and transparency over project progress thanks to Project Office
Reliable project cost control for management through real-time project controlling