{"id":2158,"date":"2014-07-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Blog\/NX-Case-Study-Ducati\/ba-p\/37406"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:25:13","slug":"nx-case-study-ducati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/nx-case-study-ducati\/","title":{"rendered":"NX Case Study: Ducati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/for-design\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/A> is the tool we use from the moment we start thinking about a new project up to its completion,\u201d explains Piero Giusti, information technology manager for R&amp;D at Ducati Motor Holding. \u201cNX is used to design many different motorbike components, including the wheels, the chassis and the body, as well as custom parts \u2013 virtually everything except the engine.\u201d<\/P><br \/>\n<P><IMG src=\"https:\/\/siemensplm.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/7150i96388EB3D32C126D\/image-size\/medium?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ducati Siemens NX\" title=\"Ducati Siemens NX\" align=\"center\" \/><\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Challenges:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Extensive system of partners and suppliers<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Increasing use of electronics and software in motorbikes<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Keys To Success:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">NX used for product development purposes from initial concept to product launch<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Teamcenter used to integrate all product development operations and sites<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">NX functionality for integrated cabling design<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Results:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Development cycle for a new motorbike down from 36-40 months to 24<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Existing models updated yearly<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Parallel development of cabling, electronics, software and accessories<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Paper documents eliminated from manufacturing and the warehouse<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Industry:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/automotive-transportation\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Automotive &amp; Transportation<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><STRONG>Client&#8217;s Primary Business:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A is a leader in the design and production of high-end motorbikes.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ducati.com\/index.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Visit Website<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><STRONG>Solutions\/Services:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/for-design\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<P><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Teamcenter<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Read the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/success\/case_study.cfm?Component=143027&amp;ComponentTemplate=1481#lightview-close\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Case Study<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Jerry<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNX is the tool we use from the moment we start thinking about a new project up to its completion,\u201d explains Piero Giusti, information technology manager for R&amp;D at Ducati Motor Holding. \u201cNX is u&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61891,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[58,3],"industry":[],"product":[304],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-customer-success-story","tag-case-study","tag-cad","product-nx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}