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Product

NX, Teamcenter

Business challenges

Improve time-to-market

Quickly adapt to market

demands

Increase productivity

Ensure traceability of data

Offer high value-added

products

Keys to success

Utilize exibility enabled by

integration/synchronization of

NX and Teamcenter

Adjust processes to PLM best

practices

Use unique codes for all parts in

all processes and departments

Results

Responded more quickly to

market demand

Signicantly increased

productivity

Enhanced traceability and

integration of data

Reduced product develop-

ment time

Increased effectiveness and

control of all processes

TMC Cancela signicantlyincreases productivity

Taking advantage of trustworthy tools

TMC Cancela is based in Galicia, Spain, and

designs and manufactures agricultural and

forestland machinery, such as mowers and

shredders. Founded in 1971 to providecustomized and repair services to local

farmers, TMC Cancela is currently leading

its sector in Spain with sales growing over

20 percent annually.

We are committed to provide high value-

added products based on design, quality

and the pursuit of excellence, says J.

David Sears, head of design at TMC

Cancela.

Industrial machinery and equipment

www.siemens.com/plm

TMC CancelaAgricultural machinery manufacturer uses NX and Teamcenter toquickly respond to market demand

The company employs fty people, and is

planning to expand to meet the growing

international demand for its products. TMC

Cancela products are sold in most of

Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin

America and Africa. It is expected that, in

2013, exports will account for nearly 50

percent of the companys total revenue.

Key factors in the companys success

include its vibrant and creative staff,

extensive industry experience, a willing-

ness to continuously adapt to consumer

demands and a strong focus on research

and development (R&D), which the com-

pany dedicates 12 percent of revenue

annually.
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We have a lot of talent and creativity at ourdisposal in the technical and R&D departmentbut that talent would be useless withouttrustworthy tools like NX and Teamcenter.J. David Sears

Head of Design

TMC Cancela

We design and develop our products with-

out outsourcing anything, says Sears.

Our technical and R&D departments are

the brain and soul of the company. The

communication between different depart-

ments, suppliers and customers is, with

the support of good software, a key factor

to be productive and avoid downtime.

Since 2010, that good software has

included NX software and Teamcentersoftware from product lifecycle manage-

ment (PLM) specialist Siemens PLM

Software. We have a lot of talent and cre-

ativity at our disposal in the technical and

R&D department, but that talent would be

useless without trustworthy tools like NX

and Teamcenter, says Sears.

Gaining an edge with 3D design

In 2010, TMC Cancela decided to imple-

ment 3D computer-aided design (CAD)

Another reason that we

selected NX was because it

was produced by Siemens

PLM Software, a renowned

multinational company. This

gives you a great sense of

security, because you know

the company wont disap-

pear, youll have strong

technical support and you

know big companies around

the world are committed toSiemens PLM Software.

J. David Sears

Head of Design

TMC Cancela

software. Until that time, we worked with

a 2D system, says Sears. To manufac-

ture a prototype, we needed months to

play with templates, and a lot of materials

and working hours were wasted.

After spending several months analyzing

3D CAD tools and collecting user experi-

ences from several companies, TMC

Cancela selected NX. We thought NX was

a good value and we liked the fact that NX

was highly congurable and modular soft-ware, able to grow and improve along

with the company, says Sears. Another

reason that we selected NX was because it

was produced by Siemens PLM Software, a

renowned multinational company. This

gives you a great sense of security,

because you know the company wont dis-

appear, youll have strong technical sup-

port and you know big companies around

the world are committed to Siemens PLM

Software.


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In just one week, TMC Cancela imple-

mented NX with the support and training

of Avantek, a partner of Siemens PLMSoftware.

Despite having never worked with 3D

software, the staff quickly adapted due to

the usability of the tool, and as a result,

the improvements quickly became obvi-

ous, says Sears. By changing from 2D

to 3D, we noticed a drastic improvement

in the speed of response, prototyping and

management of the technical documenta-

tion. To say that we improved production

by 100 percent with NX would be an

understatement.

Thanks to 3D design, our prototypes have

become far more polished; much more like

the nished machines that we have in

mind, says Nicols Pichel, head of engi-

neering at TMC Cancela. With NX, we

have the agility to design and make modi-

cations that allow us to market more new

products and be highly exible in our rela-

tions with our customers; if they ask us for

a particular model or customization, we

can respond very quickly.

Using Teamcenter to improve productivityWith the successful implementation of NX,

TMC Cancela decided to take another

step forward to improve its processes by

adopting a complete PLM solution. The

Teamcenter implementation took about

three months and included a review of

previous procedures.

We decided on Teamcenter because it

seamlessly communicates directly and in

real time with NX, and because we had

very good references on it from othercompanies, says Sears. We also decided

that Teamcenter would be the starting

point for the whole companys way of

working. We started using it for coding

items for all processes and departments.

This proved to be a major improvement

because today, we enjoy higher levels of

order, quality, exibility and agility, with-

out duplications or redundancies through

the organization.

Sears says the decision to adjust the

companys processes to the specic cus-tomization tools within Teamcenter was

critical to the projects success: If a com-

pany is tempted to tailor Teamcenter too

much to its traditional ways of working, it

risks repeating the same mistakes it had

been making. Instead, it is worth making

an effort to adapt to the predened fea-

tures of the new tool. In our case, this

resulted in a great improvement in

productivity.

To say that we improved

production by 100 percentwith NX would be anunderstatement.J. David Sears

Head of Design

TMC Cancela


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Using NX to increase operational

efciencyTMC Cancela uses ve NX modules

modeling, sheet metal, assembly, drawing

and simulation for designing, dimension-

ing, manufacturing assemblies and manag-

ing technical documentation, such as

assembly, parts and manufacturing draw-

ings handbooks. Sears points out that in

relation to other design software, NX is

very suited to manage mechanical parts

catalogs, especially because of its perfect

integration and synchronization with

Teamcenter.

Sears particularly appreciates the stabil-

ity and exibility of NX: The management

of multi-level assemblies is very easy,

because you just need to cut and paste.

Users can design their pieces at their own

pace without worrying about technical

procedures or a preconceived structure. I t

is also very easy to use. The environment

is very clean, intuitive and easily customiz-

able. Ultimately, the stability, exibility

and user-friendly features of NX resulted

in signicant operational efciency.

Managing with agility

The Teamcenter solution is used at TMC

Cancela for document management in the

design and production launch areas.

PLM has played a very important role for

us, says Pichel. We have a large range of

models, with many variations within each.

Bringing a document management system

for each model with an independent prod-

uct lifecycle gives us great agility when

managing items such as spare parts and

all after-sales activities.

Pichel notes that Teamcenter enables users

to quickly access information of any part

or item in relation to the design, the pro-

duction launch and the changes or valida-

tions. Therefore, information can be easily

traced, which is crucial to effective quality

control. He notes, It is very easy to search

for any part thanks to the large number of

customizable lters.

When going from an existing design to a

new design, Teamcenter gives us a lot of

exibility to make changes, and review

and save assemblies and parts, with no

linking problems, adds Picehl. With

Teamcenter, it is easy to handle bothlarge and small assemblies. He notes,

Teamcenter is also an exceptionally

usable tool, because it delivers a very

simple environment to work in.

Getting a new product to

market before your competi-

tors is essential, because they

have probably detected the

same needs in the market as

you have. Therefore, it is

necessary to speed up the

product development process

as much as possible, and that

is something that the SiemensPLM Software solutions

allow us to do very well.

J. David Sears

Head of Design

TMC Cancela


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Solutions/Services

NX

www.siemens.com/nx

Teamcenter

www.siemens.com/teamcenter

Customers primary business

TMC Cancela designs,

develops and manufactures

agricultural and forestland

machinery, such as mowers

and shredders. Founded in

1971 to provide customized

and repair services to local

farmers, TMC Cancela has

grown into a major manufac-

turer, with customers and

dealers all over the world.

www.tmccancela.com

Customer location

Galicia

Spain

Partner

Avantek

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When going from an existingdesign to a new design,Teamcenter gives us a lot offlexibility to make changes, andreview and save assemblies

and parts, with no linkingproblems.Nicols Pichel

Head of Engineering

TMC Cancela

Getting to market faster

Three years after implementing Siemens

PLM Software technology, TMC Cancela is

clearly enjoying the results. For that rea-

son, the company plans to update NX

and Teamcenter and acquire new

licenses. Other projects in the works

include connecting Teamcenter to its

enterprise resource planning (ERP) sys-

tem and expanding the use of this solu-

tion to the purchasing, production and

after-sales departments.

Getting a new product to market before

your competitors is essential, because

they have probably detected the same

needs in the market as you have, says

Sears. Therefore, it is necessary to

speed up the product development pro-cess as much as possible, and that is

something that the Siemens PLM

Software solutions allow us to do

very well.
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