CA Technologies, an enterprise information technology management software and solutions company, announced that TATA Steel has selected CA Technologies to help accelerate the innovation of new steel solutions to drive top line growth.
The company will use the CA Clarity Project and Portfolio Management to manage the entire new product and service lifecycle from innovation and product design through production and delivery. As a result, TATA Steel expects to achieve a structured approach to innovation which will help drive profitability and competitive differentiation, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Mr Rene Kieft, manager, product development portfolio and IP strategy, strategic marketing, TATA Steel said that "The PPM Solution will help us to more efficiently innovate to speed our products to market, build market share and better align with customer needs."
TATA Steel has been transforming its European operations into a more customer focused organization by realigning its internal resources to industry sectors such as automotive, lifting and excavating, energy and power, packaging, construction and rail.
CA Clarity PPM will be used to better manage this process. By overcoming silos of innovations that previously resided in each business unit, the PPM solution will help optimize TATA Steel's time-to-value and return on investment, by aligning the portfolio of innovation initiatives with the steelmaker's business strategy. Every possible innovation will come under the microscope, ranging from ways to expand and improve the quality and performance of the company's steel products and related service to facilitating new products to be tested on an industrial scale, such as can making, automotive solutions, parts for lifting and excavating equipment and for various construction applications.
CA Clarity PPM will provide TATA Steel with a single, unified decision engine which will capture and hold information about the portfolio of steel products and development projects, and the people and resources that support the innovation activities. This centralized decision engine will enable the company to prioritize the right opportunities, collaborate on developing the right products, and track and optimize the innovation portfolio at every stage.
Source - Data Monitor
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