{"id":2159,"date":"2015-06-04T09:51:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-News\/Tecnomatix-delivers-efficient-and-optimal-production-planning\/ba-p\/302505"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:59:56","slug":"tecnomatix-delivers-efficient-and-optimal-production-planning-for-new-model-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/tecnomatix-delivers-efficient-and-optimal-production-planning-for-new-model-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecnomatix delivers efficient and optimal production planning for new model cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><STRONG>WEST-RU Case Study Overview:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Advanced simulation tools enable<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/success\/case_study.cfm?Component=237972&amp;ComponentTemplate=1481\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> WEST-RU<\/A>, provider of engineering services and turnkey solutions to the automotive industry, to deliver efficient and optimal production planning for new car models.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><STRONG>The Opportunity:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>In 2012, WEST-RU won an order from Ford Sollers to develop an optimal body-in-white (BIW) shop layout taking into account a vari\u00adety of equipment and positions. The cus\u00adtomer wanted to align all shop floor process flows and provide the expected capacity while making three different Ford models, all while utilizing the available equipment from a previous production project. Ford Sollers is a joint venture of Ford Motors and the Russian company Sollers, which is located in Yelabuga (Tatarstan Republic).<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><STRONG>The Execution:<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>The Ford Sollers project particularly uti\u00adlized the Plant Simulation solution in the Siemens Tecnomatix portfolio (integrated digital manufacturing solutions covering produc\u00adtion planning, from process development to verification, modeling, 3D simulation, and optimization). The Ford Sollers project began with the simulation of a buffer in the BIW shop and then was expanded to include the entire plant. Plant Simulation was used to develop a model and simulate the entire production pro\u00adcess, including expected production out\u00adput, ways to boost capacity, solutions to potential bottlenecks, and more.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><STRONG>The Results: <\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n<p><UL><br \/>\n<LI>Using Plant Simulation, issues were quickly identified and resolved in both projects, with the production schedules, proposed layouts, launch, documents and other items shown to be viable.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>All plant production cells verified virtually<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>The soft\u00adware\u2019s wide range of analytical tools, sta\u00adtistical models and diagrams helps users to quickly evaluate various production options, which can significantly reduce development time and project implemen\u00adtation risks.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Personnel and equipment productivity targets realized.<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<P>Read the entire&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/success\/case_study.cfm?Component=237972&amp;ComponentTemplate=1481\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WEST-RU case study<\/A>.&nbsp; To learn even more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/tecnomatix\/manufacturing-simulation\/material-flow\/index.shtml\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Tecnomatix Plant Simulation,<\/A> please visit our website.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n WEST-RU Case Study Overview: <\/p>\n<p> Advanced simulation tools enable WEST-RU, provider of engineering services and turnkey solutions to the automotive industry, to deliver efficient and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51290,"featured_media":2160,"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":[1],"tags":[10],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-plant-simulation"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/west-ru.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}