About 25,000 Messier-Bugatti-Dowty-equipped aircraft make over 40,000 landings every day, all over the world. Its dedication, global expertise and technological breakthroughs in aircraft braking have made Messier-Bugatti-Dowty the world leader in landing and braking systems.
Many airliner and helicopter manufacturers, including Airbus, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, Bombardier and Comac, rely on Messier-Bugatti-Dowty braking systems and landing gear.
In 2012, the company launched a Manufacturing and Engineering Data System (MEDS) project to streamline development processes by rationalizing information systems at landing gear production sites. “Our products are developed in a cross-cultural, multi-site environment by technicians and engineers working in different countries who do not necessarily speak the same language and who, in the past, were using different methods and tools,” Hadi said.
“As our sites in Gloucester (UK), Montreal and Toronto (Canada), and Bidos (France) each had their own industrialization processes and tools, data exchange was difficult and collaboration practically non-existent,” continued Pascal Tavernier, MEDS project manager, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty. The MEDS project defines production processes, possible alternatives, as well as the manufacturing resources needed and requisite instructions. “One major challenge was to streamline processes and work methods across our sites,” Tavernier said.
“We chose Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to support our development processes because it provides us with a unique platform with data references for design, delivery and maintenance. This digital continuity ties all our sites together so that everyone is working with the same and most up-to-date product information with real-time accessibility,” Hadi added. “We have adopted a zero paper approach, which is an enormous time saver that improves our productivity and efficiency.”
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