| COMPANY: | Inteva Products LLC |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Troy, MI |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees |
| INDUSTRY: | Automotive OEM |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Interiors and closure systems, cockpits, latch and closure systems, door modules, window lift systems, advanced development systems |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Launch integrated system at Inteva to improve results |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To provide employees globally with strategic insight into day-to-day operations from shop floor to top floor; provide consistent and integrated business information to all workers; launch quality management system for continuous improvement, defect prevention, and variation and waste reduction |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Plex Online PLM, Cisco LAN/WAN |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Revamped purchase order workflow process; critical information can be viewed through a dashboard in real time; cut one-third from monthly IT budget; ROI expected within five years; increased flexibility |