Dassault Systemes, a leader in 3D design software and product lifecycle management, announced that Ashok Leyland has adopted two offerings of its ‘3DExperience’ platform to address the business challenges of transportation and mobility companies.

The commercial vehicle manufacturing major is expanding its use of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience platform to accelerate the modular design, validation, production and configuration management for its trucks and buses, it said.  Ashok Leyland adopted ‘modular, glocal and secure’ and ‘target zero defect,’ two of Dassault Systèmes’ industry solution experiences tailored to cut costs and simplify processes.

“Dassault Systèmes’ industry solution experiences enable us to focus on improving vehicle performance and reducing weight, fuel consumption and emissions as well as prioritizing digital sculpting and surface optimization,” said Dr N Saravanan, Sr., Vice President and Head of R&D, Ashok Leyland.  “The 3DExperience platform’s configured-to-order approach, configuration management features and unique BOM include all variant characteristics and functional requirements.  Our designers can make changes and rapidly build new variants.”

With the implementation, Ashok Leyland can define and develop vehicle programs with IP protection, starting from a high-level architecture definition and supporting modularity concepts and configuration, to minimise cost, maximise re-use, and simplify complexity across programs, teams and locations.

“Target Zero Defect” ensures right-the-first-time vehicle design through optimised end-to-end development processes that connect Ashok Leyland’s engineers with partners and suppliers in a dynamic, collaborative product creation environment.  It includes high-performance virtual design and simulation at all stages of product creation, from conceptual design to virtual manufacturing, including powertrain, body engineering, styling and final assembly.

“In today’s competitive market, suppliers and manufacturers like Ashok Leyland must introduce new features faster than ever while managing increasing vehicle and development process complexities,” said Olivier Sappin, Vice President, Transportation & Mobility Industry, Dassault Systèmes.