ITP
End-to-End Implementation of a Product Lifecycle
Management Solution
Client profile
ITP is the ninth largest manufacturer
of aviation engines in the world. With
major centers of operation in Spain,
UK, Malta, USA, Mexico, and India, the
company is known for its high-quality
and environmentally friendly products
as well as its employees´ talent and
commitment to achieve excellence and
client satisfaction.
Business challenge
In 2010 the company decided to refine and
align its strategic goals and supporting
operations to fuel top and bottom line
improvements while better responding to
customers’ changing demands. The
updated strategy focused on reducing
time-to-market of products, maintaining
engineering efficiency and optimizing
plant productivity, as well as improving
product traceability and quality, even
as operations became more globalized.
ITP’s 2010-2015 business plan called for
tripling production rates, while also
improving production traceability
and globalization without sacrificing
product quality. ITP leaders knew that
tighter integration of Engineering and
Manufacturing would be critical to
achieving all these goals, and that more
advanced product lifecycle management
(PLM) capabilities would enable success.
How Accenture helped
ITP chose Accenture to collaborate with
the company on a PLM transformation
initiative. Accenture was selected
primarily due to its global PLM network
and alliances needed to deliver high
quality services and solutions across the
globe. In collaborating with ITP to design,
pilot and implement new PLM processes
and solutions, Accenture leveraged the
experience of Accenture Technology Labs,
the Strategy practice from Accenture
Consulting, the firm’s PLM Center of
Excellence (Bangalore), PRION Group
(now part of Accenture), Avanade, and
Accenture’s ongoing collaboration with
Siemens.
The multi-year transformation was led by
ITP business and IT leaders, and the project
team included experts from Siemens who
provided support for its Teamcenter® &
NX™ solutions, as well as Accenture PLM
process, data migration, and SAP
integration professionals. Together, the
team embarked on a journey to integrate
ITP’s Engineering and Manufacturing
functions accomplishing this goal in five
distinct steps (see Figure 1).
• PLM benchmark: Functional diagnosis
and market analysis
• PLM processes reengineering: End-to-end
operating analysis for Manufacturing &
Engineering. Harmonization to create
the “To-be” picture
• PLM Manufacturing implementation and
SAP integration
• PLM Engineering implementation and
SAP integration
• Data migration from any legacy systems
(including Windchill)
“The role of PLM software is
considered key. All of the information
can be traced using PLM software,
which allows us to track and monitor
it through the company so we can
achieve our goal, which is to produce
the most competitive, efficient design
at the lowest possible cost.”
Ignacio Mataix (CEO of ITP)
High performance delivered
Accenture was able to transition ITP
from using multiple isolated systems
to having an integrated PLM platform
across processes and systems in a matter
of months. Teamcenter & T4S was up
and running in both Manufacturing
within eight months and Engineering in
14 months, exceeding ITP’s expectations
and original timetable.
The end-to-end PLM transformation is
continuing and on track to enable the
strategic and operations goals identified.
Current successes include:
• Having greater agility to make design
modifications and new product
introductions
• Reducing non-quality costs (scrap and
rework)
• Reducing delivery delays About Accenture
• Increasing new sales opportunities by
improving the qualification processes Accenture is a global management
• Improving Engineering capabilities and consulting, technology services and
Program Management visibility outsourcing company, with approximately
• Enabling higher percentages of 319,000 people serving clients in more
commonality of parts, which reduces than 120 countries. Combining
inventory and related costs unparalleled experience, comprehensive
capabilities across all industries and
Over the next few years, ITP aims to business functions, and extensive research
“squeeze the value” of the PLM platform on the world’s most successful companies,
to achieve even higher efficiency levels. Accenture collaborates with clients to
Goals include increasing reuse of help them become high-performance
Engineering Detail Drawings for businesses and governments. The company
Manufacturing and Engineering BOM generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion
for Manufacturing BOM, and also for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2014.
generating an ERP warning when Its home page is www.accenture.com.
drawings or BOMs are modified to
reduce these instances.
“Our vision was to have a single
source of truth where users could
access the right data in a consistent
and harmonized environment. Accenture
was the company chosen by us to make
this PLM journey. Now the PLM
business benefits are a reality, and we
are capturing them continuously”
Carlos Tarazona, PLM Project Manager, ITP

Figure 1: ITP End-to-End PLM Transformation Journey

Windchill Data Migration

Phase 0.1 Phase 0.2 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Benchmarking PLM PLM Processes PLM Manufacturing PLM Design Overall Data
Reengineering Implementation Implementation Migration
6 months 8 months 8 months 14 months 18 months
• Functional diagnosis of • End-to-end operating • Detailed definition of • Detailed definition of • Migration priority 1
Manufacturing and processes analysis for Manufacturing and Design Engineering and (9 Programs)
Engineering processes Manufacturing, Engineering, Engineering processes Assembly processes • Migration priority 2
• Market analysis and Design Engineering and • Functional and technical • Functional and technical (17 Programs)
comparison of COTS PLM Assembly design of the solution design of the solution • Migration priority 3
tools and final decision • Harmonization • Solution build, ERP, • Solution build, ERP (13 Programs)
• To-be processes proposal integration and go-live integration, tests, and • Migration priority 4
• Data migration TC2005 > go-live (75 Programs)
TC Unified • Training and support
• Training and support • Data migration Windchill >
TC10.1 (3 critical programs)
• Data model and processes
alignment with PLM
Manufacturing and MES
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