Discover the Aras Effect

Toyota first began selling cars in Europe under an official distributor agreement in 1963. Since then, the company has matured into the leading Japanese car manufacturer in the market. Based in Brussels, and staffed by 2,700 people of 63 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe now handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and manages Toyota’s European manufacturing and engineering operations.

This case study explores how Dräger, a leading international manufacturer of medical and security technology, employed Aras Innovator as part of their digital transformation efforts. The implementation of the Aras software in the cloud is expected to provide Dräger with more security, easier scalability, higher performance and IT cost savings.

Read how the Microsoft hardware product team developed a single functioning PLM platform to streamline product delivery from design to supply chain. Learn about agile development methods which cut costs and accelerated delivery timeframe.

As a pioneer in industrial robot manufacturing, the Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Robot Business Division (Kawasaki Robotics) supplies a large number of robots for welding, assembly and handling, painting, and palletizing to various industries, including the automotive industry and the electrical and electronics industries. Following the requirement to manage increasing 3D engineering data effectively, they began to shift from the legacy system to Aras Innovator more expansion usage.

Guillaume Fong, Mechanical Engineer & PLM Product Owner of Technip Energies Loading Systems, shares his experiences on replacing an obsolete PDM system and bringing the management of As-Design and As-Built configurations, documents & geometries, engineering changes into Aras Innovator, and how the system provides interfaces with supply chain & manufacturing (ERP), master data management, as well as several custom features.