• Case Study

Teamcenter PLM helps Savio Macchine Tessili S.p.A. parallelize project activities to reduce lead times

The company
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Savio is a leader in the yarn finishing machinery sector, operating globally in the production and marketing of automatic winders, continuous and bulking winders, two-by-one twisters and rotor spinning machines. The company has factories in Italy, China and India.

What challenges led Savio Macchine Utensili to choose Teamcenter PLM and Solid Edge CAD?

  • Designing complex assemblies
  • Parallelizing business processes
  • Exchange data directly between ERP and PLM to align engineering and manufacturing departments
  • Extend 3D assembly visualization beyond engineering departments
  • Rendering CAD di una complessa macchina industriale
  • Modello CAD di un motore industriale dettagliato
  • Modello CAD di una macchina automatizzata
  • Esploso CAD di un componente meccanico

Savio's machinery delivery time is currently five weeks (compared to three months in the past), from order to assembly (which takes another week).

This was achieved through standardization of parts combined with appropriate technological tools, including computer-aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM).

After abandoning the existing CAD/PDM package, Savio's management initiated a process to evaluate the best tools on the market.

Savio's requirements are quite complex, with bills of materials (BOMs) consisting of an average of 13,000 items to cover all alternative configurations and options, while a BOM for a configured machine typically contains about 5,000.

Each customer selects a configuration by filling out forms with 40 different sections. The company’s portfolio è built around eight main models, for which more than 30 different configurators have been developed, including macrocategories and subcategories.

Choosing a referral partner

During software selection, Savio managers met with several vendors and eventually chose Tech-Value.

The Tech-Value team, with decades of experience in CAD and PLM, proposed Solid Edge software for 3D design and Teamcenter software for equipment lifecycle management.

"Tech-Value presented and implemented the project successfully, meeting all our expectations in terms of implementation, migration, and startup,” confirms Badiali, R&D Director at Savio. During the adoption phase, Savio migrated all 3D and 2D design data to Solid Edge and Teamcenter.
“With the previous software, we were limited to only a few types of assemblies because it could not handle the complexity of our machines. With the valuable support of Tech-Value, we converted 450,000 files from the previous 3D platform to Solid Edge, which immediately proved capable of delivering the performance required to manage our assemblies.".

"The next step was to develop macro assemblies of entire machine sections and populate them not only with parts linked to corresponding drawings, but also with BOM items without drawings, which was not possible with the previous system. Our planners need to be able to work in a unified environment without having to access our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system" says Badiali.

PLM for everyone

Teamcenter interfaces directly with Savio's ERP system, performing a daily data synchronization procedure.

In addition to the 35 CAD workstations, the Siemens Digital Industries software suite has also been implemented outside the engineering department, with installations in manufacturing, industrialization, methods and quality.

Teamcenter was implemented “out of the box” without any customization, whereas the previous PLM solution required significant work to replicate all of Savio's protocols.

Savio Machine Tools benefits gained from Teamcenter PLM, Solid Edge CAD and Tech-Value
  • More flexibility in using and managing PLM and CAD tools.
  • Reduced time for change management and implementation.
  • Better management of large assemblies.
  • Easier and faster modeling of variants and configurations