| The Jaguar Racing Formula One team has renewed
a three-year technical partnership for product life cycle management specialist,
UGS, to provide IT software and consultancy services including process
improvements to the design, manufacture, and race environment for future
racing cars.
Future Jaguar Formula One
cars should benefit from the team's renewed technical partnership
with product lifecycle management specialist UGS |
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UGS will work with Jaguar Racing's engineers to improve processes across
the product lifecycle. UGS “Teamcenter Project” software will
improve programme management capabilities by linking departmental project
plans in a real-time collaborative web environment. CAD design improvements
will be achieved by upgrading to UGS’ next-generation digital product
development system, NX2, providing Jaguar’s designers with more
powerful tools. In addition, UGS will assist with the migration from the
UNIX to Windows platform.
UGS “Teamcenter Engineering” forms the digital backbone for
the design of the car by controlling engineering workflows, managing CAD
data, and for the creation of a master bill of materials that is used
companywide. Advanced configuration management capabilities are planned
for the new R6 racing car.
One of the key aims of the three year technical partnership will be to
create a web enabled collaborative environment based on UGS “Teamcenter
Community” software. This will include live on-screen communications
between the track and factory at race events. UGS ‘Vis Conference’
software will enable both parties to view, mark-up and manipulate CAD
geometry, thereby speeding up the resolution of faults and subsequent
manufacturing of urgent replacement parts. ‘ Vis ’ software
will also enable Jaguar Racing’s potential sponsors to view digital
mock-ups of full Formula One cars complete with marketing logos.
Jaguar Racing’s IT and Business Systems Manager, Matt Cadieux, commented
on the partnership: ‘UGS’ software is a key enabler for process
improvements and it has been critical for the design and manufacture of
our ‘R5’ Formula One racing car. We are excited about the
opportunities to further use UGS’ software to improve our business
processes for our next car, the ‘R6’, and beyond.”
UGS’ UK Managing Director, John Hurley said: “We are pleased
that Jaguar Racing has again chosen UGS to provide them with the best
that PLM has to offer – improving efficiency in not only the design
but manufacturing process.” |
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