Umas das fabricantes de motos mais famosas do mundo a Ducati conta como os softwares da Siemens PLM Software apoiam e impulsionam o desenvovimento dos seus produtos.

1. NX • Teamcenter
Ducati
Tighter development integration yields big benefits in motorbike production
Industry Despite the increasing eventually becoming one of the most valu-
Automotive and transportation complexity of its products, able and popular brands in the road and
racing motorbike arena. Today, Ducati
Ducati reduced its development
delivers approximately 40,000 motorbikes
Business challenges cycle by one year through the annually. Its product line consists of six
use of NX and Teamcenter product families with seventeen models in
Extensive system of partners
and suppliers the medium and high end of the market.
Prestigious brand with passionate fans
Increasing use of electronics Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (Ducati) was Of the 1,000 employees who work at
and software in motorbikes founded in 1926 to produce components Ducati, nearly 200 are involved in research
for the emerging radio industry. After and development (R&D), an area the
Keys to success World War II, the company began manu- company supports with large investments
facturing engines and small motorbikes, every year. The engineering staff includes
NX used for product develop-
ment purposes from initial
concept to product launch
Teamcenter used to integrate
all product development oper-
ations and sites
NX functionality for integrated
cabling design
Results
Development cycle for a new
motorbike down from 36-40
months to 24
Existing models updated
yearly
Parallel development of
cabling, electronics, software
and accessories
Paper documents eliminated
from manufacturing and the
warehouse
Ducati is a prestigious brand with a strong identity and supported by a wide community of passionate fans.
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2. “We couldn’t imagine work-
ing without Teamcenter.”
Piero Giusti
Information Technology
Manager, R&D
Ducati
NX and Teamcenter play a key role in Ducati’s development process.
approximately 90 people; 60 of those are Molds, body and cabling – all with NX
dedicated to design. Also, Ducati has “NX is the tool we use from the moment
global operations and a wide network of we start thinking about a new project up to
partners and suppliers who handle 92 its completion,” explains Piero Giusti, infor-
percent of its production. Because any mation technology manager for R&D at
delay or mistake when transferring infor- Ducati Motor Holding. “NX is used to
mation can translate into longer cycle design many different motorbike compo-
times and increased costs, Ducati has been nents, including the wheels, the chassis
actively pursuing tighter integration and the body, as well as custom parts – vir-
between all members of its product devel- tually everything except the engine.”
opment teams.
There are currently more than 50 NX work-
Among the technologies the company has stations at Ducati. “The key benefits of NX
implemented to achieve this are two solu- are flexibility and ease of use,” Giusti says.
tions from Siemens PLM Software: NX™ “By ‘flexibility,’ I mean that it lets you gen-
software and Teamcenter® software. NX, erate 3D models with different methods,
the company’s computer-aided design without constraining you to a fixed
(CAD) system, is used to digitally model approach. NX with synchronous technol-
and manage the entire vehicle assembly. ogy is a hybrid approach that avoids having
Teamcenter functions as the company’s to parameterize everything, so the user is
product lifecycle management (PLM) solu- free to choose how to achieve the final
tion, enabling secure data sharing and result.”
distribution, both in-house and with
suppliers. Ducati engineers use the NX 3D wiring
functionality extensively. It allows them to
verify cable routing inside the virtual
assembly, minimizing possible routing
issues downstream. “The next step will be
the integration of the wiring diagram to

3. “The key benefits of NX are
flexibility and ease of use.”
Piero Giusti
Information Technology
Manager, R&D
Ducati
The visualization capabilities of NX will soon replace Ducati has more than 50 NX workstations, with
photography in Ducati’s motorbike manuals. plans to add more.
eliminate the use of separate software, Within Ducati, the use of Teamcenter is
which inevitably causes problems with already widespread. The company has 250
updating and referencing,” Giusti adds. workplaces that use Teamcenter to access
“We have schematized the flow so that we information generated by the engineering
can create wiring diagrams using the NX department. The company has also
schematic functionality. After that, the deployed Teamcenter at its Saima ware-
diagram is passed on to the NX wiring house in Modena. All motorbikes go
application to incorporate all electrical through this site for some assembly opera-
information into the design. And finally, tions, spare parts verification, or
using the NX electrical routing solution, modifications due to mounting errors.
we prepare the documentation for cabling
installation. NX lets us cover the entire The warehouse staff has access to the
process with an integrated approach.” information stored in Teamcenter through
a dedicated line. They can view drawings,
Secure data sharing with Teamcenter diagrams and assembly tables for all fin-
NX supports closer collaboration both ished products. The users at this site
within the internal development team as execute minor assembly operations, typi-
well as with external suppliers, who cally installing body parts and custom
include companies that manufacture elements, but occasionally they perform
molds and key components such as the more significant modifications as well. The
fork. Ducati expects to achieve even closer users need access to product documenta-
collaboration through the use of tion. “It is worth noting that it was easy for
Teamcenter. “We increasingly need to the Saima staff to learn to use
exchange model data with these suppli- Teamcenter,” says Giusti. “The fact that
ers,” explains Giusti. “With some of our they had no specific training bears witness
long-term partners, we are investigating to the intuitiveness and ease of use of
the possibility of providing them with Teamcenter.”
direct access to the information in our
system so that we can further reduce “We couldn’t imagine working without
development time by having them work in Teamcenter. From our previous process
parallel with our designers. Within a few that required tons of paper, we have elimi-
years, we will integrate all of our strategic nated paper and filing cabinets. Using
suppliers that produce technology on our Teamcenter we have implemented a
behalf.” Ducati has already begun this digital information management system
process with several of its suppliers. with traceable, role-based access, and a
high degree of intrinsic security.”

4. Solutions/Services
NX
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Teamcenter
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Customer’s primary business
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A
is a leader in the design and
production of high-end
motorbikes.
www.ducati.com Ducati delivers approximately 40,000 motorbikes annually.
Customer location More complex motorbikes,
developed faster
Bologna, Borgo Panigale
Ducati’s PLM solution has greatly acceler-
Italy
ated the pace of product development,
enabling the company to develop a new
“Our design and development model much faster even though the use of
cycle has been cut from an electronics and related software has grown
average 36 to 40 months to substantially. Today’s motorbikes can have
just 24, mainly thanks to the up to six or seven electronic control units
tools provided by Siemens (ECUs) for suspension, transmission,
PLM Software.” braking and stability. “All these systems
are interacting and must be managed in an
Piero Giusti efficient and reliable way,” says Giusti. We
Information Technology now have product configuration handling
Manager, R&D requirements very similar to those of auto- Over the past decade, motorbikes have incorporated
Ducati motive or aerospace companies.”
more electronics and software, bringing product
configuration handling requirements similar to those
of the auto industry.
In spite of greater product complexity,
Ducati has cut one year off the develop-
Siemens PLM Software’s PLM suite has
ment cycle for new motorbikes. “Our
enabled Ducati to integrate all depart-
design and development cycle has been
ments and operations: prototypes,
reduced from an average 36 to 40 months
production, warehouse, spare parts, and
to just 24 months, mainly thanks to the
accessories. “By integrating and paralleliz-
tools provided by Siemens PLM Software,”
ing all these processes, we can now
says Giusti. “We are also able to update all
develop accessories concurrently with the
existing models at annual intervals. It
motorbike,” says Giusti. “In the past, it
would be unthinkable to achieve such
used to take 6 to 12 months before acces-
results using conventional design
sories were marketed. Now they are ready
methods.”
together with the bike, generating signifi-
cant sales synergies.”
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