South Korea: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics, a consumer electronics manufacturer in Korea, has selected Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) business to deploy a new PLM system based on its Teamcenter software.

Siemens was selected for its understanding of Dongbu Daewoo Electronics’ PLM objectives and business vision. The new system is expected to improve the manufacturer’s R&D process, increase product quality, reduce costs and enhance overall productivity throughout product development.

“We selected Siemens PLM Software following a thorough review and evaluation,” said Jang-hee Lee, Executive Vice President of the R&D Center, Dongbu Daewoo Electronics. “With this implementation, we are expecting to see an improvement in employees’ productivity and design quality. The deployment of the structured and logical R&D system will give Dongbu Daewoo Electronics new opportunities to enhance our competitiveness in the industry.”

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics will use Teamcenter as the foundation of its new PLM platform. The company expects to improve its project-based R&D process management and design quality with a more structured system that makes it easy to access information instantly for informed decision making.

Teamcenter will also help the company increase productivity and reduce product development costs by managing all active files, such as 3D and 2D product data and other general documents, more effectively.

“We are extremely excited to be a partner of Dongbu Daewoo Electronics,” said Jung Chul, Vice President of Siemens PLM Software, Korea. “As a leading supplier of PLM software to the manufacturing industry, we are confident the completed PLM implementation will help our customer achieve success in their design innovation and business goals.”

Teamcenter received high scores in the evaluation conducted by Dongbu Daewoo Electronics for its rapid deployment and excellent performance. It was also evaluated on its superior capabilities for project management, product information integration and technological document management. Teamcenter is the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management software.