Marcopolo is rolling out the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to its production facilities, with three of its plants in Brazil using it on the shop floor.
“Production workers can access the 3DEXPERIENCE platform via tablets,” da Silva said. “We’ve also set up large displays in strategic points throughout the plant to show information about key production process, such as the chassis assembly and the assembly prototypes. We plan to roll out the platform in our Mexico and Colombia plants next year.”
Once fully rolled out, Marcopolo will unlock even more of the platform’s capabilities on the shop floor. For example, it plans to use DELMIA to help it move from manual to automated processes. “We are currently developing around 80 robots for our plant,” da Silva said. “In the next six months, our process team will start using DELMIA to program and optimize these robots, and to simulate work cell design.”
This is just the start of things to come. Marcopolo now is leveraging the platform’s capabilities to create a first-of-its-kind product configurator that it believes will be transformational for the industry.
“Right now, our configuration process is complex, and it’s difficult for customers to fully understand the multitude of options and pricing available to them,” da Silva said. “With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, we believe we can automate much of this process through an online solution that will allow our customers to choose from two million possible configurations. By enabling customers to configure their own vehicle online, we will not only simplify the purchasing process but accelerate product development even further. It will make life easier for everyone.”
With Dassault Systèmes as its strategic partner, Marcopolo will continue to innovate long into the future. “We are committed to being responsible leaders in the electric vehicle space, and we are excited about how the 3DEXPERIENCE platform will support our next-generation projects,” da Silva said. “Together with Dassault Systèmes, we’re building the future of Marcopolo, one step at a time.”
