Dassault Systèmes has announced the availability in India of
Catia PLM Express for companies of all sizes. A scalable solution, which
provides Catia design excellence at an affordable price, Catia PLM Express
includes flexible solutions tailored to meet existing and future customers’
day-to-day business needs.
Speaking to a select group of media at Pune, Suman Bose, country director,
Dassault Systèmes, India, said, “We have to be cost effective. So, what
we are launching today involves our expertise so that small companies can be
successful. We feel the opportunity in India is huge. And this is an
opportunity for us to grow multiple times”.
Stressing the fact that the company has put in place an India centric
strategy for India, Bose, explained, “Online, customers can rapidly and
easily define the solution which matches their business needs and request a
quotation. Customers speed implementation, reduce time to deployment and
improve return on investment - critical for SMBs irrespective of industry.”
Coming from a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
solutions, with Catia PLM Express, new and existing customers have a single
entry point that evolves with their needs and job requirements.
Dassault Systèmes, according to Bose, spent US$ 1.2 billion on R&D,
which is more than the combined investment by its competitors. “Matrix 1
is a leading brand. Our customers include Boeing, Airbus and Toyota. Most
are US$ 50-100 million plus investments. 70 per cent of the auto market runs
on our solution. Our customers in India include Tata, Eicher, Ashok Leyland,
M&M, Force, etc. We are receiving strong growth in segments like
apparels; companies like Quick Silver, Lexotica are our customers. We spend
a long time with our customers and have a strong commitment with them.”
Other than apparels, Dassault is also looking at segments like the
shipbuilding industry. Delving into the solution part of the strategy, Bose
stated, “Semia related architecture will be more and more popular in PLM;
virtual reality solutions will also gain popularity. Multi legacy solutions
are becoming popular. We just announced a project called Novia 3D Live. We
plan to invest by time in middleware space. We could have solutions that
collaborate PLM with non-PLM systems.”
Drawing attention towards the fact that the beauty of PLM is the amount of
small (PLM) companies innovating, Bose added, “Food Products is one area
where PLM is gathering speed. We have human simulation modules in Catia. We
are one of the few companies having solutions on tyres, composites. We do a
lot of development of I2, Enovia.”
Interestingly, Catia Team PLM is the core configuration of Catia PLM
Express, giving customers the Catia modeller for product design, knowledge
capture and re-use in a collaborative environment. It also delivers core
collaborative PDM functionality via Enovia SmarTeam, providing optimised
Catia design management and collaboration, and a solid foundation primed for
PLM solution scaling. Once a solution has been defined at:
http://www.3ds.com/my-Catia-plm-express, customers receive a quote and are
contacted rapidly by a local sales partner. Existing customers can
seamlessly move to this new offering from their existing Catia seats.
While anticipating a growth of 20-25per cent in India, Bose stated that his
company would be considerably strengthening the channel partners and making
sure that the educational solutions developed by the company reach out to
the right audience.
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