Smart product and process design for consumer goods

A collection of smart products designed using the power of the digital twin.

Consumer goods manufacturing is a dynamic industry that requires companies to keep up with ever-changing trends. As consumers become increasingly conscientious about the products they purchase and the types of companies they buy from, consumer goods manufacturers discover that they must adapt their products faster than previously anticipated. Additionally, customers want unique product experiences and instant access to advanced, connected devices and commodities. To deliver exceptional customer experiences, consumer product manufacturers must develop new behaviorally responsive products that meet sustainability standards while improving consumers' lives.

Implementing a plan based on a digital thread validation strategy can aid manufacturers in overcoming some of their most significant challenges. Smart product design and process design enable companies to leverage simulation and concurrent production to ensure manufacturability at the required speed, quality, and cost as an integrated total product solution.

Consumer goods manufacturing is a dynamic industry that requires companies to keep up with ever-changing trends. As consumers become increasingly conscientious about the products they purchase and the types of companies they buy from, consumer goods manufacturers discover that they must adapt their products faster than previously anticipated. Additionally, customers want unique product experiences and instant access to advanced, connected devices and commodities. To deliver exceptional customer experiences, consumer product manufacturers must develop new behaviorally responsive products that meet sustainability standards while improving consumers' lives.

Implementing a plan based on a digital thread validation strategy can aid manufacturers in overcoming some of their most significant challenges. Smart product design and process design enable companies to leverage simulation and concurrent production to ensure manufacturability at the required speed, quality, and cost as an integrated total product solution.

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Given the concerns confronting consumer goods manufacturers today, having access to an integrated end-to-end product development portfolio that enables digitalization is critical. Combining a multi-disciplinary approach to development and virtual validation with simulation and concurrent smart product design solutions ensures manufacturability at the desired speed, quality, and cost.

The digital twin's power enables manufacturers to develop products responsive to consumers' needs and desires, bridging the gap between concept, design, and production.

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Multi-disciplinary product design includes digital twin products, and digital twin manufacturing. As a complete set of solutions, manufacturers can use it to virtually design any smart product and connect it to its manufacturing process, building an integrated environment while considering all change drivers.

Process design and validation let companies implement parallel development processes while maximizing design reuse and increasing collaboration by connecting processes and a single data source for materials, geometry, electronics, software, packaging, artwork, tests, and production data.

Manufacturing validation enables manufacturers to determine whether products can be manufactured and packaged virtually. This process allows for the elimination of physical testing and reduced production time. Additionally, manufacturers can run hundreds of iterations to optimize the design of their product and manufacturing process for quality, cost, and manufacturability.

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By utilizing cutting-edge technologies, consumer goods manufacturers can reap the benefits of product and manufacturing simulation processes such as design automation, design optimization, and virtual validation. Having access to innovative solutions ensures that brands can effectively launch new smart products and modify current ones. These technological capabilities will allow all brands to keep up with existing trends and be abreast of emerging concepts while remaining relevant.

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Adaptable PLM Foundation

An adaptable product lifecycle management (PLM) foundation can help you respond quickly to change from business or market disruptions. Business-wide collaboration is easy when PLM is accessible from a web browser, on any device, and within the design tools and office applications people use every day. You can choose from flexible deployment options (on-premises, cloud, SaaS) for fast time-to-value and lower cost of ownership.

Design for Additive Manufacture

La produzione additiva sta cambiando il modo in cui i prodotti vengono progettati e fabbricati, permettendo di ottenere progetti ottimizzati in precedenza impossibili o troppo costosi da realizzare. Progettazione, ottimizzazione e costruzione di componenti in metallo e plastica utilizzando i più recenti e innovativi metodi di produzione additiva.

Environmental Compliance & Product Sustainability

Le funzionalità per la gestione di materiali e sostanze, l'elaborazione automatizzata delle dichiarazioni dei fornitori, la valutazione della conformità e la generazione dei relativi report, a cui si aggiunge un framework PLM per la sostenibilità, consentono di garantire la conformità e risolvere i problemi di sostenibilità.

Fluid dynamics simulation

Simcenter fornisce software leader di settore per la fluidodinamica computazionale, che consente di simulare quasi tutti i problemi di progettazione che comportano il flusso di liquidi, gas (o una combinazione di entrambi), insieme a tutta la fisica associata.

Industrial Design & Styling

Design e stile distintivi conferiscono alle aziende produttrici un vantaggio competitivo. I nostri prodotti offrono strumenti software computer-aided, flessibili e affidabili per la creazione dell’industrial design e dello stile che accelerano la progettazione assicurando una rapida ideazione del progetto direttamente utilizzabile in fase di modellazione.

Manufacturing Process Planning

Crea con efficienza piani relativi ai processi produttivi e comunicali con efficacia a ogni livello dell'azienda estesa.

Structural simulation

Comprendere come reagirà un componente o un assieme di prodotto alle sollecitazioni o alle vibrazioni è fondamentale in tutti i settori ma, con prodotti e materiali che diventano sempre più complessi, i progettisti hanno bisogno di strumenti capaci di andare oltre le analisi statiche lineari. Simcenter include in un singolo ambiente utente tutte le soluzioni strutturali necessarie per una vasta gamma di problemi di analisi strutturale.