Delphi Redefines CAD/CAM Design for Manufacturers

Patented* and proven methodologies eliminate design change redundancies throughout the entire design and production cycle

TROY, Mich., Sept. 29 -- Delphi Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Delphi Corp. , today announced the commercial availability of two new structured CAD/CAM methodologies for manufacturing companies: Horizontal Modeling(TM) and Digital Process Design(TM). The methodologies, developed over the last six years at Delphi's world-renowned Steering Manufacturing Development Center, represent an entirely new set of methodologies for manufacturing design and have proven to help CAD/CAM designers boost their productivity by as much as 70 percent.

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"As Six Sigma and lean manufacturing have illustrated for years, disciplined product delivery methodologies can have a tremendous impact on manufacturing efficiencies. While Six Sigma and lean concentrate on what's occurring 'downstream,' Delphi's structured methodologies go 'upstream' to provide substantial cost savings and increased productivity throughout the design-to-manufacturing cycle," said Mike Richardson, Director of Engineering at Delphi Steering. "These methodologies are being rapidly adopted across Delphi Corporation as an efficient means of delivering product designs and processes. We have realized significant benefits from using these methodologies."

The Delphi Center of CAD/CAM Excellence

To facilitate delivery and support of the methodologies in the manufacturing marketplace, Delphi Technologies has established a new business entity, the Delphi Center of CAD/CAM Excellence (DCCE). The Center will serve as an industry resource, providing information, training and support to designers and engineers who are interested in taking training and certification programs in the methodologies.

Proven Methodologies for the Future of CAD/CAM

Delphi's CAD/CAM methodologies are patented*, industry-tested and proven to shorten design cycles, improve efficiencies and accelerate time-to-market. At the core of the methodologies' value proposition is enabling designers to use their existing CAD systems to create higher quality CAD data that is easier to change downstream, resulting in greater innovation in less time.

Horizontal Modeling(TM) allows designers to completely eliminate the need to re-create CAD data throughout the entire product and manufacturing design cycle. Designers can work from fewer CAD models, streamlining the product design process, improving productivity, enabling faster updates and changes, and automating the downstream flow of documentation onto the manufacturing floor.

Digital Process Design(TM) optimizes design-change cycles as manufacturing process designers develop process models and associated process drawings. Drawings are automatically created, updated and deployed with minimal rework or design redundancy. Designers and their design teams are rewarded with significant efficiencies, as the entire design-to-manufacture process becomes faster, more accurate and more reliable, yielding greater productivity and lower cost.

Availability

Professional training programs in Delphi's CAD/CAM methodologies are available immediately from Cadpo (www.cadpo.com ), the leading provider of vendor neutral eLearning, training and engineering services for the manufacturing industry. Pricing varies depending on the number of session attendees.

For more information about Delphi, please visit Delphi's Media Room at www.delphi.com/media . For more information about Delphi's CAD/CAM methodologies and the Delphi Center of CAD/CAM Excellence, please visit www.delphi.com/dti/dcce .

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