One of the products of Dassault Systèmes is Delmia Quintiq supply chain planning and optimization software. The company says that Ortems complements Delmia applications including the Apriso manufacturing operations management application.
Ortems’ Agile Manufacturing and PlannerOne solutions are used in the manufacturing operations management of smart factories, where a highly synchronized manufacturing IT system supports the link between virtual design and physical production. More than 16,000 users in 60 countries at aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, high-tech, life sciences, packaging and consumer goods industrial companies are customers. Ortems’ 2015 revenue was close to EUR 5 million.
Manufacturing plants are inherently unstable due to machine stoppage, workforce and skills shortage, changing orders and supply chain disruptions. Ortems provides scheduling decision support tools to absorb the complexities of a business and to produce the optimum schedule based on unlimited “what if” simulations, instantaneous interactive modifications, impact analysis and exception management to support demand and short- and mid-term production schedules. Users can automate, optimize, compare production schedules to meet delivery dates, and increase resource utilization and profitability.
Bernard Charlès, President & CEO, Dassault Systèmes, says: “The art of manufacturing today means constantly inventing and reinventing. Advanced innovation and collaboration platforms that bring together great minds, ideas, solutions and information make this possible. In just over a decade, Ortems’ highly talented team has developed an ecosystem of technology, customers and partners in this specialized segment for large and midsize companies. We welcome Ortems’ contribution to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform as we complement and extend the manufacturing experience for our customers.”
One happy customer is plastic injection moulding firm Mecaplast. Frédéric Marcotte, supply chain senior manager, Mecaplast Group, says: “Ortems is a cornerstone of business transformation to become more agile and demand-driven while optimizing cash and assets, as well as an effective answer to the challenge of tier one suppliers to continuously synchronise flows with OEM manufacturers’ assembly line requirements. “Mecaplast Group chose Ortems in order to standardise and optimise the production scheduling process across our 26 automotive equipment plants in 18 countries. Following a first step defining and validating the core model in one of our facilities in Spain, 15 plants on three continents have already been successfully deployed in only 10 months.”
René Desvignes, president & CEO, Ortems, says: “As part of Dassault Systèmes, we can bring a unique manufacturing operations management portfolio to the market that closes the loop between process design and production execution on the shop floor, and supply chain planning in global industrial operations. Manufacturers can respond rapidly to constantly changing customer requirements by enabling agile manufacturing strategies with more flexible, connected, sustainable and smart factories.”
This transaction was completed on 31 May 2016; terms were not disclosed.
