Delphi Demonstrates Structured CAD/CAM Methodologies That Accelerate Innovation, Reduce Cycle Times

        Delphi's innovative methodologies, Horizontal Modeling and
   Digital Process Design, provide best practices for CAD/CAM designers

WHO: Michael Richardson, Director of Engineering, Delphi Steering Delphi Corp. .

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WHAT: Significant attention has been paid to training CATIA users on how to use the CAD system, but very little training is available in best practices for design. That is: How to design better products using CATIA.

Delphi has developed and formalized structured methodologies that provide substantial cost savings and increased productivity throughout the design-to- manufacturing cycle. These methodologies -- Horizontal Modeling(TM) and Digital Process Design(TM) -- are being rapidly adopted across Delphi plants worldwide to break down the walls that form between design, engineering, Field Engineering Automation (FEA) and other downstream applications. The result is streamlined business processes, increased productivity, reduced manufacturing costs and a dramatically accelerated time-to-market.

During his keynote address at the CATIA Operators Exchange (COE) 2004, Richardson will demonstrate how these methodologies can be adopted by other manufacturers to increase CATIA user productivity and innovation from the drafting room to the shop floor.

  WHEN:  COE 2004 Annual Conference and TechniFair
         Session Title: "Design Methodologies to Accelerate Innovation"
         Tuesday, April 27, 2004, from 8:50 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
         West Ballroom, Fontainebleau Hilton Resort
         Miami Beach, FL
         www.coe.org/events/04conference/

To schedule an interview with Michael Richardson at COE 2004 or by phone, contact: Terri Douglas, Catapult PR-IR, +1-303-581-7760, ext. 18, tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

For more information about Delphi's CAD/CAM methodologies, please visit www.delphi.com/dti/dcce or stop by the company's booth #302.

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