December 18, 2018: Bridgestone EMEA has selected Dassault Systèmes for its new smart factory program to optimise plant performance. Dassault will digitally transforming Bridgestone’s tyre production planning and execution across Europe.

 

Bridgestone EMEA will use the Delmia Apriso and Quintiq applications powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to manage its manufacturing operations, its production planning and to optimise eight production sites in Europe. All their intelligent connected systems including thousands of machines, devices and sensors, including Bridgestone employees, will be synchronised in a virtual environment that will provide a single source of real-time data on production and maintenance activities. Bridgestone EMEA will therefore be able to reduce the planning cycle from weeks to days, increase the use of plant assets and quickly respond to production disruptions using one integrated solution.

 

“Our smart factory program plays a key role in our enterprise-wide ‘Dan-Totsu’ objective to lead in everything we do. Dassault Systèmes’ digital technology will support this mission. By optimising manufacturing processes at our plants, we can improve decision-making and productivity, and ultimately reduce costs,” said Adolfo Llorens, Vice President Manufacturing, Bridgestone EMEA

 

 Philippe Bartissol, Vice President, Industrial Equipment Industry, Dassault Systèmes commented, “Speed and agility in industrial manufacturing operations require the complete integration of operations, yet manufacturers struggle with vast amounts of data, fragmented systems and reactive maintenance practices. Dassault Systèmes enables Bridgestone EMEA to provide a single view of all sites, processes, operations and planning so that they can continually improve their business.”