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Optimizing vehicle design and production with a Teamcenter Audit

Flyer Defense is a leader in designing and manufacturing all-terrain wheeled platforms. To strengthen how it manages production, Flyer Defense partnered with Applied CAx for an audit of its Teamcenter environment.

Overview
Challenge
Solutions
Results

Overview

For more than 30 years, design and manufacturing leader, Flyer Defense, has been trusted by U.S. special operations forces and global allies to produce high-performing all-terrain wheeled platforms.

Company

Flyer Defense

software

Teamcenter PLM

industry

Aerospace and Defense

To strengthen how Flyer Defense manages product data and engineering change, it partnered with Applied CAx for a Teamcenter Audit.

The challenge

Managing change across complex vehicle systems while adopting advanced tools as a smaller company.

The solution

Performed a Teamcenter audit with top-tier support from Applied CAx experts to find areas of improvement.

The impact

Created a single source of truth across design and production, supporting future collaboration.

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Follow along as Flyer Defense guides you through the journey of receiving a Teamcenter Audit from Applied CAx.

Challenge

As vehicle systems become more advanced, the ability to manage change grows increasingly difficult. Flyer Defense designs its product line in Siemens NX and manages data in Teamcenter, but as a smaller organization, fully leveraging the capabilities of these tools was a daunting task.

Bringing on a partner like Applied that has the knowledge and experience with Teamcenter is an invaluable decision.

Nic Frey Director of Engineering Flyer Defense

To ensure its PLM environment could keep pace with growing product complexity, Flyer Defense partnered with Applied CAx for a comprehensive Teamcenter audit. The goals for Flyer Defense’s Teamcenter audit was to identify gaps, improve efficiency, and build a scalable foundation for future development.

Solutions

Teamcenter PLM

Optimize the entire lifecycle of products from conception through design, manufacturing, service, and disposal with Teamcenter PLM.

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Teamcenter Audit

Ensure your product lifecycle is healthy and running efficiently with a Teamcenter Audit from Applied CAx.

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Optimizing Teamcenter with Applied CAx

Applied CAx performed a comprehensive audit of Flyer Defense’s Teamcenter environment and developed a tailored roadmap grounded in industry best practices.

Unified Teamcenter foundation

From change management workflows to collaborative markups, the audited Teamcenter system created a single source of truth.

Unlocked full functionality

With Applied CAx's support during the audit process, Flyer Defense unlocked the full value and functionality of Teamcenter PLM.

Strategic tailored roadmap

After identifying improvement areas, Applied CAx developed a roadmap based on industry best practices for Flyer Defense.

Advanced NX capabilities

With guidance from Applied CAx, Flyer Defense was able to immediately enhance large assembly modeling and unlock advanced capabilities in NX.

Results

Driving continuous improvement

The success of this partnership has positioned Flyer Defense to expand its digital capabilities further.

The company is exploring additional features, including Polarion, Capital, and Check-Mate, to further strengthen its engineering and production processes. With a stronger digital foundation, Flyer Defense continues to modernize its platforms and ensure its vehicles meet the demands of the world’s toughest environments.

Single source of truth

Enabled a single source of truth across the organization, improving visibility and collaboration on design, documentation, and manufacturing processes.

Large assemblies

Enhanced the team's ability to model large assemblies in NX.

Software investment

Allowed the Flyer Defense team to fully leverage NX and Teamcenter capabilities.

Future growth

Positioned Flyer Defense for future digital expansion with additional tools and features to further strengthen engineering and production workflows.

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