_PLM data migration at Liebherr

Summary

For Liebherr, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of machine tools and automation systems, TT PSC has carried out data migrations at more than 14 locations and in more than 10 sub-projects from various PDM systems (Modelmanager and Intralink) and ERP systems to Windchill PLM.

Founded in 1949, the family-run group of companies employs more than 50,000 people in 18 countries worldwide and had a turnover of €12,589 million in 2022.

Liebherr stands for a wide range of sophisticated products and services whose technology and design are geared to practical application requirements all over the world. Constantly growing innovative strength and an uncompromising approach to quality ensure maximum customer benefit in all product areas.

Business challenge

Migration:

• Normalize large amounts of data from various source systems.
• Standardization of the migration process in order to be able to map follow-up projects faster and faster. #standardization
• Integration of the migration timeline into the higher-level Windchill integration projects. #migration

Windchill customization

• Implementation of highly customized solutions while ensuring Windchill update capability.
• Translating complex requirements into simple Windchill customizations. #simplicity

Our solution

Procedures were developed and refined as part of the migration process:

• for the normalization of data from various source systems.
• for synchronizing and correcting data from different source systems.
• for the migration of normalized data to Windchill.

These procedures were used to make the migration process more and more efficient and reduce the complexity of the migration workstreams.

Development of extensive Windchill customizations for various Windchill components:

• change management.
• CAD data management.
• BOM management.

Key results and benefits

• Global cooperation in product development.
• Simplified internal supplier processes.
• Reduced development time and costs.
• Ability to integrate additional locations into your PLM environment, reducing time to value and increasing quality at the same time.
• The development and further development of Windchill customizations enables Liebherr to continuously develop the PLM process and adapt it to changing business requirements.

Quote from the customer

We were very happy to have an experienced partner like TT PSC

at our side for such a complex migration project. With their many years of experience and deep understanding of Windchill and our processes, we were able to carry out the migration successfully and on schedule.

Christian RöttigLiebherr-IT Services | PLM Services DivisionLiebherr