Consistent change management and improved quality management
Thomas Magnete ensures better collaboration and accelerated processes with CIM Database
- 980 employees (2023)
- €220 million in sales (2023)
Thomas Magnete GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of electromagnetic and fluid actuation systems for the automotive and mobile hydraulics industries. The family-owned company's key product areas include metering pumps, proportional valves, and proportional solenoids. Since 2010, the Thomas Group has relied on CIM Database PLM for the development of new products and system solutions. The platform enables seamless collaboration, accelerates development processes, and helps the company meet even the most complex customer requirements. Key advantages include consistent change management and optimized quality management.
- Fundamental renewal of product data management with a powerful and future-proof system
- Comprehensive documentation of product development
- Integration of the heterogeneous CAx environment
- Linking product development IT systems with systems for downstream processes
- Standardization of the technical change process
- Unified data management for MCAD systems Catia, NX, and Creo Parametric, as well as the ECAD system Altium Designer
- ERP integration, including automatic transfer of master data to the ERP system
- Project-based document management with role-specific access rights
- Implementation of a fully digital change process using the Engineering Change module of CONTACT Elements
- Mapping of diverse requirements and quality regulations for various industries and customers
- Weakness analysis in product and process documentation through the simulation of a product recall
- Reduced effort for compliance through automated documentation of all development- and change-relevant materials in their respective versions and revisions
- Significantly accelerated information retrieval
- Transparency across the entire product lifecycle by creating projects for each end device and product variant
- Improved collaboration and accelerated processes both within development and with downstream departments such as engineering, procurement, and quality assurance
- More efficient quality management, partially enabled by weakness analysis
- High investment security thanks to open and scalable PLM software
“In the hypothetical case of a callback, CIM Database allows us to prove our rule-compliance quickly and easily.”
Michael Oerter
Administrator PDM/PLM & IT project manager
Thomas Magnete
