AUTOMOTIVE

TI Automotive is the only global supplier of fully integrated fuel storage and delivery systems for cars and trucks, as well as the leading supplier of fluid carrying systems for braking and powertrain applications to automakers worldwide. The Fuel Systems group has led the way at TI Automotive by actively seeking out best-of-breed technology solutions. To help streamline the design and development process for engineering teams serving 29 countries, TI Automotive has utilized enterprise solutions from MSC.Software to help unify work in each of these regions. The addition of SimManager has allowed the company to gain additional management efficiencies throughout these regions. "We are constantly on the lookout for proven technology solutions that cut our design time, save our customers money and allow us to reduce time-to-market," said Brian Brandner, Design Engineering Manager for TI Automotive. "We have again turned to MSC.Software to enable us to create a highly efficient environment by harnessing all of our simulation information. The results have been impressive, and we have achieved a substantial return on investment in a short period of time." MSC.Software embeds and optimizes IBM technology, including DB2, Websphere and Tivoli, as a part of SimManager, pre-configuring and testing these technologies for ease of installation, rapid scalability and aligning smoothly with enterprise architecture strategies such as the adoption of an enterprise Service Oriented Architecture. The combination of IBM's technology, services and integration expertise along with SimManager's capabilities provides a complete solution stack for the management of simulation processes and product performance data, ensuring scalability for global deployments. "TI Automotive is a great example of what innovative forward-thinking companies can achieve by capturing and leveraging their engineering best practices," said Bill Weyand, chief executive officer of MSC.Software. "With their enterprise approach to simulation and in particular, SimManager, TI Automotive has been able to realize extraordinary return on investment while delivering better products faster."