Manufacturer Optimizes Product Development with New Enterprise PLM System

Feb. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- TwinEngines (http://www.twinengines.com), a business process and technology solutions firm for small and mid-market manufacturers, announced today that DiversiTech Corporation, North America’s largest manufacturer of equipment pads and a leading supplier of components for the HVACR industry, has gone live with a new enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.  

The PLM system provides secure document management, workflow automation, project management, distributed collaboration and change and configuration management – all in an integral, scalable system architecture.

DiversiTech, headquartered in Atlanta, has manufacturing and distribution facilities in the United States, Europe and the Far East.  Their industry-recognized brands include Devco® Enterprises, Wagner® Manufacturing, The Black Pad®, Hef-T-Pad™ and Specialty Chemical.  With a product-centric company came the necessity for a PLM solution to ensure that product development resources and processes deliver real business value.

“The PLM system gives everyone participating in product development, regardless of location, access to one, secure system and the ability to know exactly what is happening,” said Dave Wethington, Product Development Engineering Manager at DiversiTech.  “Decisions are made quicker and better informed resulting in products that are more competitive, cost-effective and higher quality.”

“DiversiTech is a great example of how TwinEngines’ custom development approach produces the exact solution for lean, efficient operations, said TwinEngines’ Jack Burnett. “The PLM system is built on our Manufacturing Operations Visibility platform that provides a single source of information for all internal applications and workgroups – ensuring that all departments are always using the most accurate and up-to date information.”

The PLM solution for DiversiTech includes:

- Document Management
    - A central repository where documents are stored
    - Automated workflow for approvals and archiving
- Project Management
    - Gantt Charts with project views by department and employee
    - Tasks Lists with constraints, resources and dependencies
- Engineering Change Notice Management
    - Automated workflow for approvals and execution processes  
    - Logs all actions taken on the ECN for audit purposes
- Executive Management Review functions
- Email notifications and reminders based on workgroup and tasks
- Permission-based access to data and functions within and across departments
- Administration Tools
    - Dynamic administration functions to extend settings and configuration without
       additional programming
    - System management for both IT and line of business managers


About DiversiTech Corporation

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, DiversiTech manufactures a suite of products, which includes a wide range of mechanical, electrical, chemical, and structural parts for HVACR and electrical systems, and swimming pool installations. The company maintains manufacturing and distribution facilities in key U.S. locations, Europe, and in the Far East. DiversiTech has enjoyed a continued history of successful growth and has acquired industry-recognized brand names including Devco® Enterprises, Wagner® Manufacturing, The Black Pad®, Hef-T-Pad™ and Specialty Chemical.

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