{"id":2179,"date":"2014-05-27T08:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/NX-Design-Blog\/NX-Case-Study-SAMS\/ba-p\/32660"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:25:20","slug":"nx-case-study-sams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/nx-case-study-sams\/","title":{"rendered":"NX Case Study:  SAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Four years ago, SAMS decided to change its 3D<a title=\"CAD\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer-aided_design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> computer-aided design (CAD<\/A>) solution to facilitate the work of its designers. \u201cThe software we used was purely associative; it didn\u2019t enable using files in the absence of a real structure for assembly and it was difficult to use,\u201d says Mar\u00eda Dolores Bautistacerro, a designer at SAMS. \u201cAt the time, every designer was working separately with their own tools and parts. It wasn\u2019t really collaborative, with one server shared and a library of parts.\u201d<\/P><br \/>\n<P><IMG src=\"https:\/\/siemensplm.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/5926i3E8BBFEB1247FBA3\/image-size\/medium?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAMS NX Case Study\" title=\"SAMS NX Case Study\" align=\"center\" \/><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><STRONG>Challenges:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Expand business opportunities<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Provide superior service to multinational companies<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Execute projects with significant technical requirements<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Increase productivity<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Provide high-value products<\/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;\">Enable staff to quickly adapt to process changes<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Create a collaborative environment<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Integrate <a title=\"NX Siemens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/nx\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX<\/A> and <a title=\"Teamcenter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Teamcenter<\/A><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Utilize synchronous technology<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Leverage power of Siemens PLM Software technology<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Results:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Increased productivity by approximately 20 percent<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Reduced design time<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Improved traceability of information<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Streamlined workflows, significantly reducing paperwork<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Increased product innovation, enhanced competitive advantage<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Industry:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"><a title=\"Automotive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/automotive-transportation\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Automotive &amp; Transportation<\/A><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"><a title=\"Machinery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/machinery\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Industrial Machinery &amp; Equipment<\/A><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Client&#8217;s Primary Business:<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>SAMS specializes in machining. The company produces a comprehensive portfolio of parts and systems for global automotive, agricultural machinery and heavy equipment manufacturers.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Visit the <a title=\"SAMS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sams.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SAMS Website<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><a title=\"SAMS siemens case study\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/success\/case_study.cfm?Component=140249&amp;ComponentTemplate=1481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about SAMS use of NX<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Jerry<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, SAMS decided to change its 3D computer-aided design (CAD) solution to facilitate the work of its designers. \u201cThe software we used was purely associative; it didn\u2019t enable using files &#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-2179","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\/2179","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=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2181,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions\/2181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}