ACADEMIA
UGS Helps Mazda Improve Production Efficiency
UGS today announced that the company helped Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) achieve significant improvements of production efficiency at its Hofu Plant with UGS' Tecnomatix digital manufacturing solution. 
Manufacturing simulation and planning, part of the Tecnomatix digital manufacturing portfolio, have been leveraged in the manufacturing technology area and was expanded to the manufacturing site for the first time. UGS' Tecnomatix solution helped Mazda link production control systems with production management resulting in optimized performance. The Tecnomatix deployment contributed to Mazda's achievements of reduction in inventory, reductions in labor costs, enhanced safe workplace practices and more reliable production instructions. "We are pleased to see one of the leaders in the industry achieve success with UGS' Tecnomatix solutions," said Haruyoshi Iida, senior vice president, Japan Operations, UGS. "Their success reinforces the importance of Digital Manufacturing as core to a company's overall PLM strategy. We look forward to an ongoing partnership with Mazda to help them achieve their goals."
Manufacturing simulation and planning, part of the Tecnomatix digital manufacturing portfolio, have been leveraged in the manufacturing technology area and was expanded to the manufacturing site for the first time. UGS' Tecnomatix solution helped Mazda link production control systems with production management resulting in optimized performance. The Tecnomatix deployment contributed to Mazda's achievements of reduction in inventory, reductions in labor costs, enhanced safe workplace practices and more reliable production instructions. "We are pleased to see one of the leaders in the industry achieve success with UGS' Tecnomatix solutions," said Haruyoshi Iida, senior vice president, Japan Operations, UGS. "Their success reinforces the importance of Digital Manufacturing as core to a company's overall PLM strategy. We look forward to an ongoing partnership with Mazda to help them achieve their goals."