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Automotive
Delphi Thermal
PLM quality foundation improves time-to-market, reduces nonconformances
Industry Tecnomatix quality management is also found in computing, communica-
Tecnomatix, Teamcenter synchronizes quality planning tions, consumer accessories, energy and
with quality execution across medical applications.
Business challenges multiple product programs
Faced with increasing competitive pres-
Fiercely competitive market sures in a contracting automotive market,
Leading global supplier to
Delphi Thermal realized that good enough
Quality compliance to automotive industry
wasn’t going to accomplish its ambitious
automotive standards Delphi is a leading global supplier of
goals nor satisfy automotive original
Variation associated with mobile electronics and transportation
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are
interpretation and inspection solutions, including powertrain, safety,
demanding lower cost components with
steering, thermal, and controls and
tightening quality requirements. According
security systems, electrical/electronic
to Jim Anderson, a senior project engineer
Keys to success architecture, and in-car entertainment
for Delphi Thermal, “We’re responding to
Global, common process for technologies. Engineered to meet and
the increasing pressures to reduce cost,
inspection and interpretation exceed the rigorous standards of the
become more productive and maintain our
automotive industry, Delphi technology
Open, standards-based
software technology
Embedded technology
leveraging master model
principles
Single source data
management
Results
Global standard for inspec-
tion, interpretation and access
Increased productivity and
consistency through leverag-
ing master model Product and
Manufacturing Information
(PMI)
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Results (continued) quality by implementing best-in-class tech- While Delphi Thermal has been meeting
Eliminated errors through nology with a focus on lean re-engineering these requirements across multiple prod-
conformance to standards and that enables us to fully leverage a global uct programs for many years, the com-
automated updates technology footprint.” pany, like most manufacturers, has been
putting its focus on increasing productivity
Reduced time and cost One of the key components of the auto- while maintaining the quality for which it
with standard libraries and motive supplier process is a strict compli- is known.
common interface ance to OEM quality requirements through
Production Part Approval Process or PPAP. Rapid change, more complex product
“With Tecnomatix integration Missing requirements or providing compo- requirements and new technologies are
to Teamcenter, we saw the nents that do not conform to quality stan- increasing the demand for the time, cost
opportunity to more dards can have a costly and and quality resources at the company’s
easily propagate standards, time-consuming impact on production disposal. Knowing that inspection and
re-use best practices and schedules. The problem is compounded interpretation of dimensional quality has
increase the consistency of with shortened development schedules a direct impact on the company’s PPAP
meeting product quality and the mere fact that delivery acceptance process, Delphi looked to product lifecycle
requirements.” of the component will not be approved management (PLM) specialist Siemens PLM
until the PPAP milestone is passed. Software for a solution. “With Tecnomatix
Jim Anderson integration to Teamcenter, we saw the
Senior Project Engineer opportunity to more easily propagate stan-
Delphi Thermal dards, re-use best practices and increase
the consistency of meeting product quality
requirements,” says Anderson.
“The Tecnomatix quality
solution has had a signifi-
cant impact on time-to-
market but the bottom line
is that the quality of the data
is more important than the
lead times… we do it simply
because it is the right thing
to do.”
Jim Anderson
Senior Project Engineer
Delphi Thermal
“…we saw the opportunity to more easily
propagate standards, re-use best practices
and increase the consistency of meeting
product quality requirements.”
Jim Anderson
Senior Project Engineer
Delphi Thermal
The cadence of quality improvement. Existing processes were dis-
Looking in-depth at the current process connected; engineering features on draw-
flow and the existing technologies ings meant that these features had to be
involved, Delphi’s objective became clear manually added to computer-aided design
as the company defined a plan to re-engi- (CAD) representations; and disconnected
neer processes and utilize integrated tech- data stores meant they likely had to be
nology to reduce the variation associated entered multiple times, increasing the
with interpretation and inspection of chance for errors. In addition, multiple
design record requirements. machines required various programming
environments, which meant that results
Understanding where requirements are were open to different interpretations that
first documented and ultimately approved were not easily shared with the various
in the PPAP process – while analyzing how groups involved in the quality lifecycle of
those requirements were consumed planning, execution and analysis.
throughout the quality lifecycle – called
attention to many opportunities for Looking to Siemens’ Tecnomatix® software
quality management solutions, Delphi
Thermal saw the ability to streamline the
workflow, implement a master model efficiently while increasing its final PPAP
concept and utilize industry standards. In acceptance rates. This has a positive
doing so, the company realized the oppor- impact across multiple domains, but espe-
tunity to drastically reduce product varia- cially in production where delays have a
tion, improve the consistency of direct impact on profitability.
interpretation, shorten the development
time for quality planning and have a By implementing Tecnomatix quality
positive impact on success rates in PPAP management solutions with a focus on
signoff. Anderson notes, “In today’s tough process reengineering, Delphi Thermal has
economic times, it is very important to improved new product introduction cycle
re-use as much as possible in order to be time by defining parallel workflows
competitive. By utilizing the embedded between design engineering and inspec-
GD&T (geometric dimensioning and toler- tion programming. In design where the
ancing) in the master model, feature, master model is defined and validated,
tolerance and dimensional information the quality engineer can leverage GD&T,
does not have to be re-entered into vari- dimensions, features and inspection points
ous downstream systems for inspection to greatly simplify inspection program-
purposes. This, in combination with ming and change management. These
standardizing CMM (coordinate measuring critical-to-quality features are entered
machine) footprints and fixturing, has once and leveraged through the entire
had a positive impact on time-to-market.” inspection programming, execution and
analysis workflows. In addition, because of
A PLM foundation for quality Siemens PLM Software’s commitment to
With a Tecnomatix quality solution for open standards like Dimensional
inspection programming and execution Measurement Interface Specification
built on a Teamcenter® software founda- (DMIS), a metrology standard developed
tion, Delphi Thermal has been able to as a collaborative effort between vendors
meet PPAP requirements much more
Solutions/Services
Tecnomatix
“The Tecnomatix quality solution
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Teamcenter has had a significant impact on
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time-to-market…”
Customer’s primary business
Jim Anderson
Delphi Thermal is a global Senior Project Engineer
leader in the Automotive Tier 1 Delphi Thermal
industry, providing compres-
sors, heating, ventilating and
cooling solutions to major and Dimensional Metrology Standards The productivity and quality gains Delphi
automotive OEMs across Consortium (DMSC) members and I++, the Thermal has experienced through this
the globe. programming and execution efforts for combination of business transformation
www.delphi.com multiple machines are simplified. This and advanced technology has won the
reduces training costs and improves company the Managing Automation
inspection results by allowing a single Progressive Manufacturing (PM100
Customer location inspection program to run on multiple Award) for Innovation Mastery for PLM
Lockport, New York machines from virtually any vendor. The Deployment. “We were excited to hear
United States result: a dramatic positive impact on the about the PM100 Award,” says Anderson.
consistency of measured data. “This project served as a model for the
proper integration of technology, process
Special recognition
With a single, unambiguous source of re-engineering and our culture of adapting
Delphi Thermal won the quality information in place, Delphi to new, more efficient processes. In fact,
2009 Managing Automation Thermal made further improvements to its demonstration of this process has become
Progressive Manufacturing processes by defining hardware configura- a part of our standard presentation during
PM100 Award for Innovation tions with a minimum machine envelope tours of our Technical Center. We have
Mastery for PLM Deployment. standard and by implementing a library of received very positive feedback from pro-
The company was among a standard fixture components. Now Delphi spective new customers.”
select group of best-in-class Thermal’s entire dimensional quality
organizations that achieved a approach is common across the enter-
significant breakthrough in prise, with GD&T and inspection routines
product concept, design, fully associated to the CAD product fea-
production or the ability to tures. This eliminates manual data entry
deliver to customers. errors, assures that any downstream pro-
cess has the information it needs,
increases productivity of all disciplines
involved in the quality process and greatly
improves PPAP acceptance rates, allowing
Delphi Thermal to be as productive as
possible.
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